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Jack, some people really are working off a different set of facts

Posted by Reagen Feb 6 '19, 13:19

that was quite the tantrum on the "well I guess I'm just the biggest racist in the world" business. Racism doesn't exist unless it's the n-word or in a Klan uniform. That's really what it takes for people who've bought into the Just World fallacy.

I won't say that people can't come around to realizing it's an issue - I can look at people *here* who have come to realize the magnitude of the problem. But there's definitely some motivated reasoning not to recognize it.

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This. - ReluctantCynic Feb 6, 16:18
I remember some STers expressing surprise that racism still exists during that Clippers owner FB/Instagram rant -- nm - con_carne Feb 6, 14:19
that cousin, wow -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 13:55 3
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  - Vermin was always a great example of "I know what the right thing is, I just don't want someone telling me what to do". -- (edited) - Reagen Feb 6, 14:32 1
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- They want to believe that they're not part of the problem. -- nm* - Roger More Feb 6, 13:46 5
  - And also if there *is* no problem, they can just ignore having to do anything. -- nm - Reagen Feb 6, 13:52 4
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      - No, but they're essentially racist-tolerant. That is not the same, but gets to the kind of issues a person needs to confront if they accept that the - pmb Feb 6, 14:52 1
        
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    - Both of these. It makes life easier and the rationalization makes it easy to avoid having to ask hard questions of yourself and society in general. -- nm - pmb Feb 6, 13:57

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