tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post722035379568934371..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: The guys in the backMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-20268263355286465382016-06-09T15:27:11.367-05:002016-06-09T15:27:11.367-05:00Regarding the point of collectivism and racism, th...Regarding the point of collectivism and racism, the reason it's linked is that apart from crimes of violence, racism really only starts hurting people when it's enshrined into law.<br /><br />Interestingly, a lot of social justice warriors on the left are more or less coming to the same conclusion about the Jews as a lot of people on the alt right. Go figure, I would have thought politics was a line, and it's a circle, I guess--at least in some regards.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-79415793636766655212016-06-07T07:35:31.900-05:002016-06-07T07:35:31.900-05:00A formulation that subsumes racism into a mere sub...<i>A formulation that subsumes racism into a mere subset of "collectivism" to account for its "evil" both dismisses the historic scope and scale of institutional racism (and the horrors wrought by it) while simultaneously elevating (say) social insurance to a threat on par with Hitler. </i><br /><br />If that were what Hudson is arguing, I'd agree. Of course, it isn't what he's arguing. He's addressing the racism of the alt-right in this piece. And there's a big difference between "(say) social insurance" and authoritarian collectivism.<br /><br />I'd also wager Hudson might know more about racism and its effects than I do.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-7239560248119636822016-06-07T06:11:50.978-05:002016-06-07T06:11:50.978-05:00A formulation that subsumes racism into a mere sub...A formulation that subsumes racism into a mere subset of "collectivism" to account for its "evil" both dismisses the historic scope and scale of institutional racism (and the horrors wrought by it) while simultaneously elevating (say) social insurance to a threat on par with Hitler. <br /><br />That's awfully convenient if you place yourself on the right (alt or otherwise). And it's morally bankrupt nonsense. <br /><br />Count that among the reasons I quit calling myself a libertarian. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799024060528185282noreply@blogger.com