The more things change the more they stay the same

  • Talcosis@lemmy.zip
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    13 days ago

    Yes…disliking someone based on their actions is legitimate, disliking someone because they are part of a specific ethnic/religious group is not.

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      13 days ago

      That level of thinking is deeper than people want to do now, if they’re even still capable of it. The dominant process is to take in minimal information, decide who gets a black hat or white hat as quickly as possible, scroll to the next item, repeat.

    • TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      exactly. Some of my favorite people are jewish! John Stewart, Mel Brooks, Bernie Sanders, Sarah Silverman, Fran Drescher, Volodymyr Zelensky, All of them are fantastic people!