chapotraphouse

With how omnipresent Anti-Semitism and racism are, I feel like we have to have an attitude of forgiveness towards these sorts of issues. There is no bright line to define what is casual discrimination and what's serious discrimination. Most everybody building a life in the western world are racist and anti-semitic. How do we define how much is too much to be considered acceptable once they move past it? Is someone objectively worse because they took the thoughts that "everybody" has and actually owns those beliefs?

As bad as white supremacy is, I actually have a certain level of respect for the people who actually own their beliefs instead of being spineless libs who still believe the same things but don't think about said beliefs enough to actually engage with said beliefs. Being a shitposting racist in the past doesn't feel like enough to totally write somebody off because whenever you break it down pretty much every westerner is a shitposting racist, it just depends on where you draw the line between casual discrimination and real discrimination. With the amount of dogwhistles going around now, it's easier than ever to be anti-semitic and have a hidden shield that most people don't even see. If someone can own their shit and were essentially just being internet shitposters (not actually doing shit in person), they should be redeemable imo.