America Is Not Racist | Change My Mind

submitted by sproketboy from youtube.com

all 24 comments
sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun

[–]teelo 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

America, along with most countries out there, including all the "third world" countries, are racist in 2020: towards white people. Including white people themselves, racist towards other white people.

[–]Wrang1er 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Im brown and agree

[–]AFutureConcern 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The term "racist" has to be dropped though. It was only ever a term of subversion; that's why its definition keeps changing. The left owns it. Call the people who hate white people what they are: anti-white.

[–]LarrySwinger2Voluntaryist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Nobody owns a word. If we call leftists out for their racism, it forces them to confront their hypocrisy.

[–]AFutureConcern 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I disagree. Leftists never confront their hypocrisy; attacking them using their own framing only helps reinforce their narrative that "racism" is the greatest evil that exists. At best, you get small concessions while the general culture shifts leftward.

Conservatives have been trying this for years - has it worked? Or does the left simply get more crazy over time? I think anyone who would have been convinced by the argument from hypocrisy has already jumped ship. Everyone left are bleeding-heart liberals who need to be persuaded a different way.

[–]Riva 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

Nope, but Canada?

Lol

Sob

[–]sproketboy[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

Is this just goal post moving? 共匪

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

It's just click bate. Click bate I have no interest in. Now what I do find interesting is the characters "共匪". Now why on earth did you post the Chinese characters for 'gangster' in your reply?

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

My translator says it means "communist bandit (i.e. PLA solider during the civil war)"

So he's referring to the CCP using hired agents or shills to influence public opinion, I believe

[–]sproketboy[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Youtube was deleting comments containing these characters a couple of weeks ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvy4Cwmie3o

[–]Questionable 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

共匪

Strange both google and mdbg.net show it phonetically as "gòng​fěi", but for some reason, google then translates that to 'gangster'. But if you break it up, both sites give you 'total bandit.'

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Each character individually translate to "common" (as in communism) and then "bandit". It's a disparaging term for mainland Chinese soldiers (and shills) as far as I can tell

[–]sproketboy[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It's click bait.

[–]Riva 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Saying Canada is racist is just what all the leadership and media in Canada are saying. How is that clickbait?

[–]sproketboy[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm just being a grammar nazi since u/Questionable spelled it click "bate".

[–]Questionable 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I make this mistake often. That being said, after looking up both words, I now know that bated breath does not mean what I thought it did.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Did you click on the leading question to watch to find out more? Alright, now you've learned some inflammatory 'facts' setting off and endorphin cycle in your mind, and someone else is getting paid add revenue for you clicking on the baited titled. I'm sorry, I'm making some rough guesses here, because I don't watch trash with click bait titles.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

What do you mean?

I think that's wrong, Canada has more social mobility. But I beg to be educated, as always.

Aaaaand it turns out I am correct. Who would think a retired economist would correctly preduct such a thing.

Either way, I gather that's what you meant?

[–]Hellothereawesome 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Lol as a foreigner who came over back in 2009 from over seas, yes america is extremely racist, so is every other country on earth and that is not ok at all.

[–]sproketboy[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

From where? Assassstan?

[–]twutwan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Of course America racist.

Every culture everywhere at anytime in history has been racist.

Every individual who ever lived understood "in" group and "other."

Quit feeling bad about being racist. You are supposed to feel that way.

[–]sproketboy[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

共匪

[–]twutwan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I am a Chinese communist bandit because I believe racism is universal?

What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

[–]sproketboy[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're confusing racism with tribalism making you a communist bandit or a useful idiot. Pick one.