[character, ponting at a huge box labeled “IT’S COMMON SENSE”] Interesting, let’s open it to see what’s really inside
[the character opens the box and looks distraught]
[a top down view lets us see what is inside the box] A PRETEXT TO BE RACIST
[character, ponting at a huge box labeled “IT’S COMMON SENSE”] Interesting, let’s open it to see what’s really inside
[the character opens the box and looks distraught]
[a top down view lets us see what is inside the box] A PRETEXT TO BE RACIST
Hanging with my conservative parent. The conversation immediately started with Faux News and fwd:fwd:fwd: “Conservative Bullshit” like “Biden let in 11 million illegals” and shit like that, or less than 1% of illegals work in agriculture because they’re simultaneously stealing our health care and taking all the jobs higschoolers used to do. Then of course we’re at the airport and a PoC walks by who apparently fit whatever stereotype my parent thought constituted being of “Hottentot” heritage - and so was Michelle Obama in their opinion. Want to know if Hottentot is racist? You bet your ass it is, go check it out.
Anyway, long way ‘round to the point… Liberals say race should not be a factor in how society or we deal with a person or people other than to make sure they are treated equally and not overlooked. Conservatives also say race shouldn’t be a factor, it’s common sense, but we should make no effort at equal treatment and of someone is overlooked it’s their fault. “Common sense” these days has devolved to the lowest effort, knee jerk, most convenient possible response.