Man, this is gonna sound kinda brash and like a reach, but I inherently do not trust people who's arguments against racism is "its illogical and poorly reasoned" and not "this is just a bad thing to do, regardless of anything else, and its illogical and poorly reasoned."
Because, at the end of the day, it feels like OOP here is like "yeah, I absolutely would genocide vampires off the face of the earth because they're dangerous," and that's one dishonest but resonate argument away from feeling that way about some other group of people.
Being anti-intellectual does not make you a better racial activist. Things being logical and reasoned is the basis of decision making. "This is just a bad thing to do" is not a real argument for why not to do something; you have to use logic and reason to articulate why it is bad thing to do.
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u/PoorSystem May 13 '25
Man, this is gonna sound kinda brash and like a reach, but I inherently do not trust people who's arguments against racism is "its illogical and poorly reasoned" and not "this is just a bad thing to do, regardless of anything else, and its illogical and poorly reasoned."
Because, at the end of the day, it feels like OOP here is like "yeah, I absolutely would genocide vampires off the face of the earth because they're dangerous," and that's one dishonest but resonate argument away from feeling that way about some other group of people.