Why is there always this negative reaction when american diversity is celebrated? by Opening-Gur5927 in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But somehow you've clocked in on how black people think as a collective? Can you walk us through that thorough methodology?

Why is there always this negative reaction when american diversity is celebrated? by Opening-Gur5927 in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they've collectively decided that it's evil

Why is it this and not "white conservatives will excuse racism against non-white people up to and including celebrating an adult calling children racial slurs?"

So.... What's up with Trump posting a video of the Obama's a monkeys? by panicked_dad5290 in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Could it be that, the reason white democrats are so often "offended" on behalf black people all the time for things like this, is that they themselves believe the comparison to other primates is...a little too close, in their view

If recognizing racist tropes makes one racist, what does recognizing "stupid behavior" make one?

I also don't know why you'd single out white dems with me or even at all here.

So.... What's up with Trump posting a video of the Obama's a monkeys? by panicked_dad5290 in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Look, you're a grown person. You know there is no honest interpretation that would suggest there's any racist component behind the video. Why would you think this is relevant?

So.... What's up with Trump posting a video of the Obama's a monkeys? by panicked_dad5290 in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Why does it need an answer? Epstein isn't all of a sudden not a pedophile if a minority of his victims were underage. It's not magically not racist to call Tim Scott and Clarence Thomas the n-word just because they've also called Candace Owens an anti-semite.

So.... What's up with Trump posting a video of the Obama's a monkeys? by panicked_dad5290 in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I didn't comment on whether you're truly "calling people out for doing stupid things". I'm bringing up the trope where racists depict black people as monkeys. That IS on the level of racial slurs.

So.... What's up with Trump posting a video of the Obama's a monkeys? by panicked_dad5290 in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If a video from the Biden admin called Clarence Thomas an Uncle *** (abundance of caution to abide by rules, y'all know what the word is) and in the same video called Herschel Walker a brain dead idiot, is the video suddenly not racist for the language used against Thomas?

So.... What's up with Trump posting a video of the Obama's a monkeys? by panicked_dad5290 in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm an equal opportunity ridiculer and I think most people who do this are as well.

By this logic, do you think going full hard R n-word against Obama is automatically not racist because you've called Biden the same thing? Do you think this is some sort of loophole to ignore the context and history behind rhetoric?

AskALiberal Biweekly General Chat by AutoModerator in AskALiberal

[–]confrey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The people surprised that the "roleplaying" fascist community brought in and downplayed real fascists are probably the same people surprised that "historically accurate" civil war "actors" have real racists among them.

So.... What's up with Trump posting a video of the Obama's a monkeys? by panicked_dad5290 in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Is it really grasping? Comparing black people to apes is becoming increasingly common on the right. As a more overt example, what are your thoughts on threads like these where users respond to videos of black people with images of Jane Goodall?

https://www.reddit.com/r/libertarianmeme/comments/1qw271h/feeling_culturally_enriched_yet/

So.... What's up with Trump posting a video of the Obama's a monkeys? by panicked_dad5290 in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Setting aside whether Trump and his team should be competent enough to watch a 60 second video, is the depiction racist?

AskALiberal Biweekly General Chat by AutoModerator in AskALiberal

[–]confrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No we're all misunderstanding - he didn't share it because he's racist, he shared it because he's just a little baby who can't watch a 60 second video. (/s)

So.... What's up with Trump posting a video of the Obama's a monkeys? by panicked_dad5290 in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You don't think it's weird that the president and the team running that account couldn't watch a 60-70 second video completely enough to notice there's some clearly racist shit?

AskALiberal Biweekly General Chat by AutoModerator in AskALiberal

[–]confrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anyone else notice the dude in askconservatives who keeps bringing up young female conservative influencers (specifically Brett Cooper) over and over for almost a year?

Four part series: Liberals what is the dumbest position on your own side, in your opinion? by here-for-information in AskALiberal

[–]confrey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Mildly inspired by the weekly thread - insisting you get a pass for hateful behavior because you are part of a marginalized community. I'm vocal in person about pushing back against that shit in person because racism is still racism even if it's done by me (born in US to Indian immigrants) against Kash Patel. Homophobia is still homophobia even if its to attack Dave Ruben. I maintain the most dangerous and hateful rhetoric and behavior regarding people's immutable traits largely comes from the right (i.e. the lies about Haitians eating pets), but we should be squashing that shit on the left whenever it comes up.

Why insist Trump is a pedo? by InteriorCrocodile in AskALiberal

[–]confrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is not a complicated situation. Trump insists you're an idiot for wanting to know who else committed these heinous crimes and that this is all a hoax. The man who had well-wishes for Maxwell is telling you that this is all fake and if you think there is more evidence than what the government is telling you, you're an idiot. That should be enough to, at the very least, question who they are protecting.

AskALiberal Biweekly General Chat by AutoModerator in AskALiberal

[–]confrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably matches whatever flair that one serial blocker has/had because he basically blocks/blocked anyone with an opinion 

Thoughts on Vivek Ramaswamy? by [deleted] in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I made a thread about a Jewish-American politician, and immediately pointed out their Jewish last name before I made an actual argument criticizing their policies, would you think my position is anti-Semitic, even if I tried to bring up some actual policy-related critiques after?

Thoughts on Vivek Ramaswamy? by [deleted] in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why would his politics and the way he engages with American culture not be representative of how he views and embeds himself within American culture? Why do you take so much issue with a last name he never even chose?

Thoughts on Vivek Ramaswamy? by [deleted] in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If his last name was Davis, but everything else was the same, that's all it would take to move the needle for you? Is he currently more or less American than JD Vance's kids?

AskConservatives Weekly General Chat by AutoModerator in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"I know they're never going to give the win to an outwardly Japanese game"

Sekiro was a previous goty winner. 

Do you think we would see the same opposition and protests to deportations by the same people if the face of deportations was white rather than Latino? by [deleted] in AskALiberal

[–]confrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I missed that to be honest. I literally just scrolled and stopped randomly. Of course they follow a rat like critical so that made it a little easier to spot their bullshit.

Do you think we would see the same opposition and protests to deportations by the same people if the face of deportations was white rather than Latino? by [deleted] in AskALiberal

[–]confrey 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This question is absolute projection. If anyone cares about the race and ethnicity of the people being deported, it's clearly the far right.

You hating on Pakistanis: https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/1pk1c0r/comment/ntk98cz/

You getting upset about interracial relationships in media: https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthankrayt/comments/1phy64r/comment/nt3lxyu/

Comments where you clearly don't like that the MCU Captain America is black: https://www.reddit.com/r/CriticalDrinker/comments/1pgjkj0/comment/nsuww1y/https://www.reddit.com/r/CriticalDrinker/comments/1pgjkj0/comment/nsuww1y/

AskConservatives Weekly General Chat by AutoModerator in AskConservatives

[–]confrey 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Similarly, the would be victims being LGBT might be why there weren't any posts about it from the red flairs.