With my recent post I was trying to ask if there are other people like me who also feel that people seem to focus more and more on skin color and ethnicity in an unhealthy and obsessive way and I thought I’d find some people agreeing with me who also feel uncomfortable and stressed out by this.
But instead the overwhelming response was people trying to justify racism instead of agreeing that it’s a bad thing and needs to end. As if they were trying to use every possible argument to bash on me and justify racism.
Why could it be the case that so many people here on Lemmy support racism? In my opinion there is no reason to discriminate someone based on their looks PERIOD!
This comment is literally giving you the correct answer to the question you asked.
I think centrist liberals lean on identity based politics hard so they don’t have to engage with any material analysis of our society.
And even I, reading your posts, am like 'That’s filled with more red flags then Red Square in the 60s for right wing coded talking points to justify racism.
If you use common bad faith right wing arguments, people will tune you out. If your arguments are close to those arguments and only separated by nuance, people will tune you out.
Edit: People have limited time and attention. Expecting them to interact with you the way you demand, rather than how people are won’t work well for you.