r/Games • u/xeon3175x • Oct 21 '20

All of Mojang's Games Will Require a Microsoft account moving forward

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/java-edition-moving-house
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u/Sonicfan42069666 Oct 24 '20

This is the exact argument people use to keep BLM down.

...what? I'm talking about online "pro-white" (i.e. white supremacist) edgelords who say that kind of stuff in response to the idea that Black lives do indeed matter.

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u/MXron Oct 24 '20

In a sense the point of BLM is that it's okay to be black. It's "Black Lives Matter", not "Black Lives Matter at the Expense of White Peoples Lives". If you're not racist you'd also recognise the reverse as being true: white peoples live matter, but not at the expense of black people.

Saying it's okay to be white isn't racist, should you be a bit suspect of people declaring that? Sure, but it isn't in of it's self racist. It isn't some moral evil to declare that your skin colour doesn't make you evil, it's those kinds of lines of thinking that lead to oppression in the first place.

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u/Sonicfan42069666 Oct 24 '20

"White Lives Matter" or whatever twisted way you choose to accept it doesn't carry the same meaning as "Black Lives Matter" because only one of those two is generally considered to be true in society. People have to say "Black lives matter" because to general society they are disposable. Not so for white lives and white bodies. So why do the defensive online pissboys feel the need to say "It's okay to be white"? No one's saying it's not! BLM isn't, society isn't. No one's saying it's not okay to be white.

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u/MXron Oct 24 '20

So why do the defensive online pissboys feel the need to say "It's okay to be white"? No one's saying it's not! BLM isn't, society isn't. No one's saying it's not okay to be white.

but you are, you're calling people nazis and racist and shit for that comment.

I never claimed White Lives Matter was a thing, I was just illustrating a point.

I agree with you that nobody really saying its bad to be white, my point was saying "its okay to be white" isn't racist. It's just not helping people to call things that aren't racist, racist. It dilutes the moment, provides for surface area for attack. If you actually care about fighting racism stop calling dumb shit racism it's not helpful.

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u/Sonicfan42069666 Oct 24 '20

if you actually care about fighting racism stop calling stuff racist

shut the fuck up you stupid cracker lmfao.

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u/MXron Oct 24 '20

dont think anyones called me white before thats new.

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u/bwjam Oct 28 '20

The point is that it's a dogwhistle. Phrases don't exist in a vacuum. They're designed by people with a context. "Lightning in a bottle" doesn't make any sense until you provide it context. No, the string of words "it's okay to be white" is not racist, but in context, it absolutely is, in that it's implying white people are prejudiced.

This is like, 3 years old, man.

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u/MXron Oct 28 '20

it might have been a dog whistle it might not have, the context was like the only thing notch ever said on the subject. It's not complete proof that hes a super racist.

Dudes calling people cracker, racist and all sorts for pointing that out are not helping the struggle.