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[–] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

Splitting hairs. If you think a group of people are intrinsically worse than others, you are effectively racist.

We can come up with new names, but ultimately it's all the same. If you think racism means black vs white then your understanding is kindergarten level.

If you prefer, we can use the term bigoted. That term also covers other intrinsic groups like trans, gay and disabled people among others.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    When a country does war crimes, the entirety of its populace is not to blame, the systems, power structures and people in charge are.

    Most people in a country are not for wars or other attacking other countries. This is true for America and Russia alike, to the best of my knowledge (which granted, is anecdotal).

    More people should be engaged in activism and should push back against the inhumane actions of their state, and people should be less gullible to the promises of their leaders.

    Both America and Russia are overdue for major reform. Their systems are broken and many of their people brainwashed. Wishing harm on them does not help and imo is not a constructive approach. If anything, hate just begets more hate, making things worse.

    If you are going to have hate, it should be more focused on the people in power.

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    The funny thing about "hate begets more hate" is that the user you're replying to has a good reason to feel hate, and the racist Americans on the other side of that equation don't. And yet, between those two groups, whose hate results in millions of people dying through sanctions and warfare?

    The problem with the idea of "racism" against Americans, or even hatred against Americans being problematic, is that there's no power structure behind it that makes it real. You're essentially policing the tone of victims here and acting like their anger at what was done to them is equivalent to the very real wrongdoing they are reacting to.

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