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The University of Florida student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.

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[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Racism is so fucking pathetic. No one chooses the colour or race they’re born into. It’s not a choice. Not being a complete bag of shit in your life is a choice however.

Fuck off racists. Dig a hole and die.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Racism is kind of ironic to me. You gotta be pretty basic in free thought to think a person's superiority is associated with race. So racism, or being a racist, is really letting other people know that your genetic contributions are undesirable compared to more superior examples of humans—such as ones that have progressed from Pleistocene era behavioural and mental traits.

It's straight up an indicator of significant genetic inferiority.

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Racists are odd. Used to have to deal with nazi skinheads in the 80s. They all wore Levi Strauss jeans.

Imagine being a white racist. No foreign options available. Cant get any car other than Ford, dodge, Tesla?

No mexican, Japanese, Greek, etc food: just burgers and dogs I guess.

Sex. Yes but only with white racists women, have you seen MTG?

Being racist has to be a constant struggle. What if you need an Uber, do you call them and explain how you're racist and need a white man to drive you around....

I don't understand how or why they do it....

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Being racist has to be a constant struggle. What if you need an Uber, do you call them and explain how you’re racist and need a white man to drive you around…

I think they're fine with that part, because you're in an inferior position to them. I think that's why they have so many issues with DEI, it lets the people they hate become their bosses and tell them what to do.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Conservatives need scapegoats because their bigotry is the only thing they've accomplished in life.