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Will Steem become a valid decentralized social media network, or just a tool to push political correctness and Marxist propaganda like every other social network? Let's put that to the test right now.

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marsresident (60) in steemit • 8 years ago

While I see the point you are TRYING to make, David Duke is actually a racist.

For example, Ben Shapiro doesn't ever really mention being Jewish, and is definitely not a Marxist. But David Duke made this meme and posted it on Twitter directed at Ben Shapiro, just so everyone would know he was Jewish.

This isn't "Live and let live" this is hate.

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r0achtheunsavory (60) · 8 years ago (edited)

Want me to perform a test on you to see if you're racist? Simple. In terms of mating partners, do you have any preference whatsoever in terms of what your ideal woman would look like? If so, your brain is saying those genes and phenotype are superior to whatever ones you did not pick.

Preference alone is in fact racism, and pretty much everyone walking the planet tends to have some type of physical preference. It is the coward's way out to pretend facts like this do not exist and just say, la de da, I'm the politically correct moral high ground and can do no wrong. In reality, everyone walking the planet regardless of what ethnic group is likely technically a "racist".

It's a thing that always exists. It was just turned into a political weapon, usually to try and push things like Marxism which centralizes power and control.

Anyway, bringing big names to the table is always a good thing, even if your personal view of them isn't good.

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link.purplemoss (29) · 8 years ago (edited)

This type of mentality is pretty dualistic and very retrograde. This test is pretty stupid, rather than simple. Let me try to educate anyone else before they fall for this polarized perspective. First lets start by searching the definition of Racism.

A belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
A policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
Hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

So basically the most relevant keywords here are : 1. Belief in Superiority, Right to Dominate, Belief in Inferiority, Discrimination, Hatred, Intolerance. I think your test would be better based on the word "Discrimination" and not "Racist," so I don't think you're wrong but then lets define Discrimination:

To make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality

I know this will only make what should have been a simple reply longer, but here is the definition for distinction while we're at it

A marking off or distinguishing as different:
The recognizing or noting of differences; discrimination:
A discrimination made between things as different; special regard or favoritism:

So your test probably fits more into a category of "discrimination and favoritism"
I don't see how you get "Preference alone is in fact racism," preference is preference and does not imply discrimination much less a belief in superiority. Favoritism and Discrimination do not imply anything but favoritism and discrimination as they are defined. Preferring to drink wine than to drink beer does not make you racist, and there is more than likely a reason why men prefer some woman over others. More than likely that reason is due to conditioning, and the environment in which one grows, but this is still preference, not racism. When you're young you tend to reject different flavors or tastes, me for example I hated any type of seafood until I grew up and acquired taste. The same thing can happen with any human having preference for one race, then acquiring taste for another race, but generally the reasons have nothing to do with racism or the belief in superiority/inferiority, hate and intolerance. It's just a simple preference, you're only trying to polarize an idea, which is against being truthful. The truth is neutral it is never black or white, positive or negative, the truth simply is. You can say the truth lies in between black and white, but whenever you are polarizing it you are doing so for your own agenda. By trying to impose that preference/favoritism/discrimination/ is racist, you will only perpetuate confusion and the big misconception the very people who centralize power and control are trying to achieve.

For those seeking the truth remember that the truth is unbiased and cannot be polarized, when you are ready to see things as they are rather than what you want them to be, when you are concerned with the understanding of mankind you will learn that neutrality is the quickest path to spiritual growth and the maturing of the human species. Only by learning to see the truth and removing our prejudices, our bias, assumptions, can we learn that we are all human, we are MEN of different HUE but we belong to a single species. If we are divided we have been fooled, and we will continue to be controlled. If we are united we can end war, poverty, famine, violence, homelessness and an infinite amount of problems.

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beowulfoflegend (65) · 8 years ago

Yep, David Duke's pretty much certainly a racist.

Plenty of other people are racist, too. I'm a white, middle-class dude, so even I get a little nervous when I walk down the street and someone of a darker skin tone walks by. It's that fear of the Other that we all have inside - someone with a different face, different voice, different body. It's natural to a degree.

You can choose to be racist, if you want to. You can also choose not to be. Just like you can choose to post, curate, and comment on Steemit, or you can choose not to.

I'm not a fan of David Duke. I'm also pretty sick of Zionism too. If David Duke, or Benjamin Netanyahu, or anyone else wants to use Steemit to try to build their own ideology they can go ahead and do that. I won't upvote any of their content, because I'm not aligned with those ideologies.

I'm not going to downvote them either, though. Yeah that sounds pretty awful - I would be permitting what I and many other people consider hate speech to flourish - but people have a right to their opinions, even if it's my opinion that they're awful, divisive, incendiary, and morally wrong. Censorship, even of truly heinous thoughts and ideas, prevents a discussion of just how heinous those thoughts and ideas are.

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r0achtheunsavory (60) · 8 years ago (edited)

I noticed you conveniently skipped over my "racism" test. Nobody wants to admit that the act of having a physical preference at all in mating partners is in fact "racism". Should preferences be banned? Where does it end? You can either destroy all political correctness or be enslaved by the parties that use it as a political weapon.

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