The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.
The race-issue is an excellent example of the false left/right-dichotomy our world is ruled by.
Racism means to put someone down because of his race. Its causes are fear and hatred. It is an attitude that is fortunately dying out because of our
ability to travel and internet-communicate with many different cultures.
However, the inflationary use of the PC "race-card" is created by Cultural-Marxists/Leftists and meant to stifle our appreciation of different races
and their individual beauty/uniqueness in order to bring about the bland and totalitarian uniformity that is typical of Marxism.
A Taboo is then imposed on seeing differences and minority groups are projected as pathetically weak victims of "white oppressors" rather than
strong and proud members of their culture.
The false Dichotomy ruling the hive-mind is
A) We are different and thats Bad (I am superior to him) = Racism
B) We are all the same / equal = Leftism
The truth lies in neither of those statements but in this:
C) We are different and thats good (Every race has their own unique qualities and strengths)
The folly of Racism is obvious to most people of our modern day and age, but the folly of Cultural-Marxism/Leftism is more subtle, more hidden. In a
very strange and distorted sense, it is almost as racist as the other side because it portrays/creates non-white citizens as weak and needy. It also
clouds our ability to see-reality-as-it-is.
A more Enlightened view of things would be to appreciate Diversity. And rather than calling it "Stereotyping", to allow one to demand Cooking from
the Italian, Music from the Jamaican, Cars from the German, Banking from the Jew, Skyscrapers from the American, Philosophy from the Chinese, Dancing
Classes from the Senegalese, Yoga-Classes from the Hindu, Vodka from the Russian, and so forth.
Did I just stereotype? Of course I did, but it was a positive and kind-hearted sort of stereotyping that looks upon the various races with
Reverence and Respect at their unique abilities, traditions, cultures and quirks.
The race issue is only one of very, very many issues in which the far-right and the far-left have spread their
poisonous crap into millions of
minds.
The issue of Women and Feminism would be another example. On the one-side you`d have the chauvinistic mistreatment of women, and then, as a
counter-reaction, radical Feminism...where if I hold a door open for a lady because I just feel like being nice to another human being, the
PC-Feminist will blast me for "treating her as an inferior". Of Course no such thought crossed my mind, and yet, Feminists run on the Slogan "women
are oppressed".
What is typical of Cultural-Marxist-PCness is to take a phenomenon that makes up 1% of society and overblow it as if the majority felt this way.
As
if the majority were racists,
as if the majority looked down on women.
Here`s a video I recently found posted on ATS which shows a leftist-type journalist interviewing a far-right-type. It is unintentionally funny because
it shows how both are viewing the world through heavily-filtered-glasses which create their own kind of blindness.
The video itself need not be subject of Discussion in this thread, much more:
Can you tell the difference between what is Racism and what is not?
Can you tell the difference between genuine Anti-Racism and Hidden-Agenda-Driven-Marxism?
Can you see how Diversity can be a cause of Fun, Learning, Growth rather than armed conflict?
As an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.
