"I'm a half-Asian that grew up in a solid red area and I never thought about race until high school so idk what the director of Elemental is talking about" Silence
"Max Landis seems like a jerk but the accusations against him don't meet the definition of rape" This resulted in a girl getting extremely pissed off so I had to make peace for 15 minutes
"Hunter Biden is obviously laundering money through the painting hobby he started last week" Tepid agreement
"Male and female characters obviously behave differently and you can't just swap them into each other's stories" "Hahaaa I don't know, I just like this character doing her thing"
"Obviously cancel culture exist, we wouldn't be able to have any frank conversations if they were publicized to millions of people" "Yeah fair point" Silence
"If that female pastor is ordained, that's illegal according to church rules" Crossed arms staring at the ceiling
Before a few years ago, I've never had the problem of being too obviously right in political discussions. That's because I used to cling to dumb ideas myself, like the Iraq invasion, but at least I had a little wriggle room (democracy is a good thing for the Middle East! just give it time!). There are too many positions on the left today that are indefensible if you're not a psychopath. I guess I'm thankful my lib friends are still genuine friends and retain a shred of integrity.
I understand your philosophizing, but the United States was once a country that controlled its racial makeup. I don't care whether you describe that as liberal or illiberal. The fact remains that it existed.
That's simply not true. No American in that period would have described slaves as American or Americans.
You're citing contemporary internet arguments to prove the existence of a 19th century debate over whiteness. So you have no proof. I mean, I knew you didn't, but that's funny.
Supremacy == ethnocentrism. The US was obviously ethnocentric, first specifically to Anglo-Saxon Protestants then later expanding to include the rest of Europe.
Japanese immigrants did campaign to be perceived as white, but ultimately that failed. White = European.
If Japan is ignoring its constitution as a matter of practice, you should have plenty of evidence.
You understand the fact of the philosophical basis, then you reject it anyway and supplant it with your own narrative.
I can do nothing for you.
You are not operating either in good faith, or with respect to evidence.
I'm just forcing you to acknowledge the reality that the US once controlled its racial demography. Mission accomplished I guess.
Oh, so this chain started because I denied that segregation existed?
Idiot. I expect you to move my goalposts, not yours.
There's no point talking to you when you're moving your own goal posts to convince yourself you won.
Segregation? I'm talking about the racial makeup of the US, not its internal policies.