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Archie Moses said:
I made this thread because I think it's lame internet mobs are calling for people's jobs from tweets they made in the past so I agree with you on her not getting fired. It's amazing how many people have gone under fire in the last month or so. Both the left and the right are at each other's throats.
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She'll be fired if the NYT editorial board sees her presences as a hindrance or a business-loser. "Lame internet mobs" only have the power to get someone fired as is compared to the degree they affect people's pocketbooks. By contrast, they are also able to drive minority presences off the web (e.g., Anna Diop) in a fashion in a manner that does not happen to white people.

I will agree that over the past 10 years or so, being a jerk to women, racial minorities, etc. has become more likely to give companies pause and make them think it will affect their bottom line.
 
One Brow said:
An older white dude that works with people of oppressed populations and who are displeased with said oppression? Gosh, I can't even imagine that.
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I doubt you've read her tweets people are upset about. If you have, your attitude certainly condones racist behaviors.
 
One Brow said:
Are there any key differences in the situation you may be overlooking? Such as the notion of "punch up, not down"?
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Yes, there are. One is mental the other went to UC Berkeley and Harvard.

Your notion of punch up not down is a thoughtless cliche.

You shouldn't be a racist, regardless of *insert anything.*
 
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One Brow said:
By contrast, they are also able to drive minority presences off the web (e.g., Anna Diop) in a fashion in a manner that does not happen to white people.
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Wrong. In February the NYTs just fired a white journalist for posting edgy tweets because of internet mobs.

Also, please see the title of the thread too, guy...
 
Archie Moses said:
I doubt you've read her tweets people are upset about. If you have, your attitude certainly condones racist behaviors.
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Here's a summary from RealClearPolitics:

"Oh man it's kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to old white men."
"Dumbass f****** white people marking up the internet with their opinions like dogs pissing on fire hydrants."
"#CancelWhitePeople"
At one point, Jeong tweeted a crude graph claiming that as whiteness increased so did awful. Later she said that white people smell like dogs.
"White people have stopped breeding. You'll all go extinct soon. That was my plan all along."
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I see a lot of anger and hate toward white people. Since white people are not an oppressed group, that's quite possibly prejudice and bigotry, but it's not racism.

Archie Moses said:
Yes, there are. One is mental the other went to UC Berkeley and Harvard.

Your notion of punch up not down is a thoughtless cliche.
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So, your claim is that Jeong is being protected by privileges Norton did not receive? Possibly, but I think the target is the more relevant factor.

Archie Moses said:
You shouldn't be a racist, regardless of *insert anything.*
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You shouldn't be white, either. Yet, whiteness exists and racism exists. I wonder if you'll understand this is not referring to skin color.

Archie Moses said:
Wrong. In February the NYTs just fired a white journalist for posting edgy tweets because of internet mobs.

Also, please see the title of the thread too, guy...
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I see you did not even bother to look up what happened to Anna Diop.
 
Uh, you guys realize that Jeong's tweets are a satirical response to all the abusive **** she's had hurled at her right? Like, it's pretty ****ing obvious.
 
AlaskanAssassin said:
They are one in the same. Racism is prejudice directed at someone of a different race.
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Siro said:
It's not like these concepts are written into the fabric of the universe. Just tell us the definitions you have for them.
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Racism is used (at least more formally in the literature I have read) as the application of racial prejudice/stereotypes/structures towards those disadvantaged by the culture/society/laws. You can be prejudiced and/or bigoted regarding any specific group, but you can only be racist to disfavored/oppressed groups.
 
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