Racism, in one aspect, is morality itself, which is to say loyalty, care, devotion to a particular community, one you can identify with most as it is the most like you.
This is the 'positive side' of racism, which Communists seek to destroy for white people only; all other groups are allowed to have it.
There is the 'negative side' of racism though.
Exclusion is not the 'negative side' and not wrong. You can't have freedom of association without without exclusion, nor the positive side of racism. Apartheid and Jim Crow were not wrong, as no one was forcing blacks to stay near whites and 'access to white people' is not a right or in the communal interest of white people.
The only truly 'negative side' of racism is when one group justifies or excuses an act of unnecessary brutality by claiming the victim is less than human. Torture, such as the treatment of Australian POWs by the Japanese, would fall into this category.
Is this 'negative side' really 'racism' though, or just evil? When a Communist attacks a patriot while de-humanising them, calling them a 'dog', are they being 'politicist'? There is no such word - I just made it up. The Communist doesn't really think the patriot is an animal, but he is using that as an excuse or imaginary narrative to justify his evil, power-seeking actions. We can certainly say he's partisan and evil, but 'politicist' would just be a junk word that would require more explanation than it would help explain.
So I reach the same conclusion as David, though through a different path. In summary:
- The 'positive side' of racism is not racism, it's just love of kin/community.
- The 'neutral/exclusionary' side of racism is not racism; it's just freedom of association.
- The 'negative side' of racism is redundant, as people can de-humanise others without referring to race and the de-humanisation itself is the relevant aspect and the evil part.
So "racism" means nothing, but has become a reified ideology to bludgeon white people with, and only white people. The claim of 'racist' toward white people is used to de-humanise them and deny the love of kin and freedom of association that every other race is granted social permission. It is the only true act of evil.
This is the 'positive side' of racism, which Communists seek to destroy for white people only; all other groups are allowed to have it.
There is the 'negative side' of racism though.
Exclusion is not the 'negative side' and not wrong. You can't have freedom of association without without exclusion, nor the positive side of racism. Apartheid and Jim Crow were not wrong, as no one was forcing blacks to stay near whites and 'access to white people' is not a right or in the communal interest of white people.
The only truly 'negative side' of racism is when one group justifies or excuses an act of unnecessary brutality by claiming the victim is less than human. Torture, such as the treatment of Australian POWs by the Japanese, would fall into this category.
Is this 'negative side' really 'racism' though, or just evil? When a Communist attacks a patriot while de-humanising them, calling them a 'dog', are they being 'politicist'? There is no such word - I just made it up. The Communist doesn't really think the patriot is an animal, but he is using that as an excuse or imaginary narrative to justify his evil, power-seeking actions. We can certainly say he's partisan and evil, but 'politicist' would just be a junk word that would require more explanation than it would help explain.
So I reach the same conclusion as David, though through a different path. In summary:
- The 'positive side' of racism is not racism, it's just love of kin/community.
- The 'neutral/exclusionary' side of racism is not racism; it's just freedom of association.
- The 'negative side' of racism is redundant, as people can de-humanise others without referring to race and the de-humanisation itself is the relevant aspect and the evil part.
So "racism" means nothing, but has become a reified ideology to bludgeon white people with, and only white people. The claim of 'racist' toward white people is used to de-humanise them and deny the love of kin and freedom of association that every other race is granted social permission. It is the only true act of evil.
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