I mean, there is a poster who literally labeled himself a Nazi. Itâs not an epithet in this case, weâre talking about literal self-identified Nazi.
I would say this is symptomatic of anti-SJW discourse. Youâre not wrong in pointing out the flaws of the left, youâre just doing the same damn thing. A man explaining anything becomes âmansplainingâ, even when itâs appropriate and respectful in context; and calling a literal self-identified Nazi a âNaziâ becomes trigger snowflake etc. etc. Both are the same weak pattern of thought.
Do better, Aegean.
First, ILP is not a platform. I agree that CNN should not have Richard Spencer on to talk about white supremacy, because it gives the impression that explicit white supremacy is a bigger force that it is, and lends Spencer more respectability than he deserves. But ILP is an internet backwater, white supremacy is about as big a force as three teenagers on an internet backwater message board. I flatter myself that ILP is more respectable than that, but not so respectable that anyone is raising their profile by posting here.
Second, there have to be places where people can talk about bad ideas. For one thing, people do sometimes change their mind in response to reason. But more importantly, society needs to make explicit the reasons why bad ideas are wrong. If we canât discuss them, if no one can defend them, then we wonât discover the rebuttals, and our noble beliefs will be fragile and vulnerable to simple questioning. The discussion isnât only about convincing the other people in the discussion, itâs about crystallizing our own ideas, which, once explicit, can be shared like antibodies.
And if ILP canât be a place like that, then no where can.
Jews, as in people who follow Judaism as an ideology? What about where they disagree, e.g. pro-Palestine Jews? still Jewish? Are there e.g. people of Italian ancestry who are Jews by dint of their adherence to an ideology? Madonna â Jewish? (This is an ironically post-modern take on what it means to be âJewishâ. Iâm sure you also think that Black is an ideology and Rachel Dolezal is a convert.)
But, what are you relying on to say that American is âdominated by Jewsâ. Do you have a reliable survey of ideology? Or are you just using Jewish as a race when itâs convenient, and as an ideology when you get called a racist. Motte-and-bailey?
But even racially, what numbers are you relying on? Looks like we have 10 Jewish senators⌠10 % is pretty dominant⌠Letâs count up the non-Hispanic whites in Senate, and see how they compare â Wiki says 91-9, but letâs call it 81 because it looks like theyâre counting Jews as white. So, whites are at least 8x more dominant. Same in business: numbers Iâm finding are like 70% of CEOs are white, even if thatâs similarly including 10% Jews, weâre still talking 6x dominance.
Why do you believe the things you believe, Aegean?