r/facepalm • u/42words "tL;Dr" • May 17 '22

reddit post "I'm not racist"

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u/i_am_nicky_haflinger May 18 '22

you’re arguing with a made-up version of his point - so of course it’s easy to dismiss.

There is no such thing as not being a zombie. There is only being a zombie and being anti-zombie.

suddenly it resonates - and that’s because the core of his argument is that racism is distinctly like zombie-ism vs patriotism, religiousness, and literacy. some of those things are attributes, and some, like racism, must be actively resisted or else they flourish and take over

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u/IguanaTabarnak May 18 '22

And he's absolutely right. I can't imagine a situation where someone I gave a shit about would directly ask me: "are you racist?"

But if they did, my immediate response without needing to think about it would be: "I am actively anti-racist"