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by didntcheck 846 days ago
How so? Organizations have been very open and explicit about wanting to employ less white people and seeing "whiteness" as a societal ill that needs addressing. I really don't understand this trend of people excitedly advocating for something then crying foul when you say that they said it
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zmgsabst 846 days ago
They use euphemisms like “DIE” because they know their beliefs are unpopular and repulsive.

Even dystopian states like North Korea call themselves democratic republics.

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remarkEon 846 days ago
> really don't understand this trend of people excitedly advocating for something then crying foul when you say that they said it

A friend of mine calls this the Celebration Parallax. "This thing isn't happening, and it's good that it is happening."

Depending on who is describing the event in question, the event is either not happening and a dog-whistling conspiracy theory, or it is happening and it's a good thing.

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mynameishere 846 days ago
The best example is The Great Replacement "Theory", which is widely celebrated by the left (including the president) unless someone on the right objects or even uses the above name for it. Then it does not exist and certainly didn't become Federal policy in 1965.
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