I was thinking about that this morning in the case of Kanye. Sure, it's not as if it's just Jewish people that are taking him down. Or even primarily Jews. We live in a society! When it comes to cancelling wrong-thinkers, we're all in this together. It doesn't exactly "prove him right". However that is a rationalization, and ignores decades of soft power and influence.
I generally treat everyone as individuals and want everyone to get along. I don't care much for "attacking identity groups as inferior or conspiring" (say, like women), least of which because it's not tactically smart. Especially if you live in a mixed-race nation and other groups can be potential allies. But let me play devil's advocate for a moment.
anti-semitism is generally frowned upon
Why? Was that always the case? What changed in Western culture to make it so? Is there something special about anti-semitism vs. other racial discrimination? (Did he engage in racial discrimination?) I'm interested in the greater societal reasons, but also in your personal opinion. Would you "cancel" or distance yourself from Kyrie if you were in the position to do so?
I'm not even sure it's true that the brand is "toxic to normies", especially with Kyrie. Most people wouldn't have cared. Except that "normies" are basically empty vessels that parrot what influencers tell them is important. There were way too many twitter replies about that guy that were indistinguishable from bots, yet I can't conclude they are all bots because that's how people in the collective actually speak. It becomes difficult to see or criticize them as individuals.
Why? Was that always the case? What changed in Western culture to make it so?
Well, there was this small issue in the early 40s.
Is there something special about anti-semitism vs. other racial discrimination?
The fact that it actually led to mass murder, while the other kinds led to isolated attacks by certain groups?
in your personal opinion. Would you "cancel" or distance yourself from Kyrie if you were in the position to do so?
I've given my position on this. Blaming the Jews is, in my opinion, a thinly veiled scapegoating attempt to avoid having to confront women's actions, by claiming utter garbage like "they were made to do it!".
I probably wouldn't "cancel" him if I was deciding if he got paid or not. I'd just tell him what I think privately and say publicly that he can have his own opinions.
Which is ironic, because most people on his side are likely grinding their teeth at the fact they couldn't cancel me here.
This is hilarious. Someone can point out that some Jews are wealthy and powerful, and that number is (indisputably) disproportionate to their population (which is, according to the left, a Very Bad Thing -- all things must be proportionate or it's evidence of racism/oppression) and according to you, that's "blaming the Jews."
Hell, in Kyrie's case, the "problematic" bit was that he claimed to be a Jew. And his claim that he might be a Jew is somehow anti-Semitic?
But your claim that literally all women are part of a worldwide secret conspiracy, well, that's ok. Not scapegoating at all.
Blaming the Jews is, in my opinion, a thinly veiled scapegoating attempt to avoid having to confront women's actions, by claiming utter garbage like "they were made to do it!".
Because as we know, one of the few surviving Matriarchal cultures that has lasted most of human history and is well represented in the elites has nothing to do with women's influence in the world.
I was thinking about that this morning in the case of Kanye. Sure, it's not as if it's just Jewish people that are taking him down. Or even primarily Jews. We live in a society! When it comes to cancelling wrong-thinkers, we're all in this together. It doesn't exactly "prove him right". However that is a rationalization, and ignores decades of soft power and influence.
I generally treat everyone as individuals and want everyone to get along. I don't care much for "attacking identity groups as inferior or conspiring" (say, like women), least of which because it's not tactically smart. Especially if you live in a mixed-race nation and other groups can be potential allies. But let me play devil's advocate for a moment.
Why? Was that always the case? What changed in Western culture to make it so? Is there something special about anti-semitism vs. other racial discrimination? (Did he engage in racial discrimination?) I'm interested in the greater societal reasons, but also in your personal opinion. Would you "cancel" or distance yourself from Kyrie if you were in the position to do so?
I'm not even sure it's true that the brand is "toxic to normies", especially with Kyrie. Most people wouldn't have cared. Except that "normies" are basically empty vessels that parrot what influencers tell them is important. There were way too many twitter replies about that guy that were indistinguishable from bots, yet I can't conclude they are all bots because that's how people in the collective actually speak. It becomes difficult to see or criticize them as individuals.
Well, there was this small issue in the early 40s.
The fact that it actually led to mass murder, while the other kinds led to isolated attacks by certain groups?
I've given my position on this. Blaming the Jews is, in my opinion, a thinly veiled scapegoating attempt to avoid having to confront women's actions, by claiming utter garbage like "they were made to do it!".
I probably wouldn't "cancel" him if I was deciding if he got paid or not. I'd just tell him what I think privately and say publicly that he can have his own opinions.
Which is ironic, because most people on his side are likely grinding their teeth at the fact they couldn't cancel me here.
This is hilarious. Someone can point out that some Jews are wealthy and powerful, and that number is (indisputably) disproportionate to their population (which is, according to the left, a Very Bad Thing -- all things must be proportionate or it's evidence of racism/oppression) and according to you, that's "blaming the Jews."
Hell, in Kyrie's case, the "problematic" bit was that he claimed to be a Jew. And his claim that he might be a Jew is somehow anti-Semitic?
But your claim that literally all women are part of a worldwide secret conspiracy, well, that's ok. Not scapegoating at all.
Because as we know, one of the few surviving Matriarchal cultures that has lasted most of human history and is well represented in the elites has nothing to do with women's influence in the world.
Nothing at all.
Nobody's holding them at gunpoint to be shitty people. They choose it.
Wouldn't have figured you for a "Not ALL Women" person!