Posted on 02/02/2022 4:13:32 AM PST by MtnClimber
“You’re a racist!” We’ve all heard that often enough. In fact, as was once said in saner times about opportunistic patriotism, it’s now racism charges that are the last refuge of a scoundrel. But there is a way to counter these scoundrels and seize the advantage.
No, the answer isn’t to explain yourself. It’s virtually always the case that racism-charge hurlers don’t care about Truth, anyway, but simply want to hurt you and win. The actual remedy?
Remember that the best defense is a good offense and hit them back — hard. And the following short response should become standard when accused of racism.
Simply say, “No, you are the racist — because you wouldn’t be making your accusation if I wasn’t white.”
This not only is rhetorically effective but has another upside: It’s very often true.
This can’t be said about leftists’ racism charges. As is the case with their being leveled at the currently protesting Canadian truckers, they constitute a reflexive device employed out of prejudice and/or because it works.
But don’t let it work. Fight fire with fire intensified with the accelerant of Truth; parry faux moral outrage with real moral outrage.
Level your retaliatory charge with passion, with the righteousness that breeds bravery. Wag your finger and make it stick. If necessary, add, in reference to the accusation hurled at you, “It’s disgusting — and you ought to be ashamed of yourself. And if you continue this disgusting, racist behavior, it means you’re a bad person.”
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Unfortunately, many of these unhinged types - whose answer to everything they don’t like is “You’re a racist” - often become violent when confronted with the truth.
They have no answer except for violence.
Your response is the absolutely correct thing to do.
Don’t think for a moment these idiots won’t do same to you for the most banal of comments.
Wrong! Never, ever say that. You will lose in a defamation suit!
I think the best response is to start an exorcism incantation. It is probably the most accurate response I believe this comes from a heart of hatred at a level which can only be described as demonic. What was Max von SIdow’s lines? “the blood of Christ compels you”
Exactly. Our side is so interested in the truth, we overlook the psychology. And we are not very good at psychology because we don’t live our lives that way.
But where we really lose is when we gaslight ourselves based on our acceptance of our enemies’ premises. The phony and meaningless shibboleth of “racism” is a perfect example, and Duke’s column is a perfect example of how we gaslight ourselves.
The irony is Duke urging this idiotic response as the standard response. There are actually two deeply destructive aspects to the column. It advances the phony propaganda of “racism,” and maybe worse it advances the idea that our enemies can be dealt with on a rational basis of any sort.
This is where our side is losing in the most discouraging way. The enemy is just playing with us and enjoying the sadistic pleasure of having us clueless about our being played with.
Besides the brilliant and insightful Widburg who truly gets it, and Cashill, the writers at American Thinkers are lost in the past. There is no argument going on, as they think. We are WAY past that.
There is only psychological war going on, and our side is losing bigly because most of us do not get that, or if we do we do not understand the tactics involved.
We are the gaslighting victim, and we refuse to fight back because we are brainwashed.
The only problem with your response is that you honestly believe that these are rational people.
Middle finger high in the air and an angry F*** you A**H***
is all that they will understand
Excellent!
“You’re a racist!”
I remember several months back watching TCM and the movie was AFRICA SCREAMS!.
After the movie, Ben Mankiewicz said that the original script was to have a female ape have a crush on Lou Costello.
The censors would not go along with it but they were OK with a male ape having a crush on Costello.
Some film critic of that time said that “Female apes were out but ‘GAY’ apes were now OK!” to which Mankiewicz said he could not believe how any critic “could make such a RACIST statement”
I’m setting there thinking...”SAY WHAT! There was nothing racist at all about the movie!”, but obviously to some people everything is racist.
But only whites can be racist. Because only whites have power. And the most unfortunate, humble and downtrodden white people still have power.
You have me mixed up with someone else. I do not believe they are rational people, and never suggested as much. What I said was exactly the opposite.
However, your response makes 1000X more sense than the response which the writer advocated.
OMG...
This reminds me of a time I was in a casino in detroit.
I was playing some machine with a name like, Africa Gold, or something like that.
Some big black woman walks up to me and says “You can’t be playin no afika sheen”....
I looked up at her ( I was sitting down ) smiled, pushed the button and hit a jackpot!!!
She chugged away pissed!!!
well done.
Just say All Lives Matter and stick with that.
I simply say “Prove it!” Once they start blathering out a bunch of Marxist talking points, I mercilessly cut them off at the knees — “That has nothing to do with me. Defend your premise or shut the hell up!”
A charge of being racist is disgusting.
It needs to fought with fire
When a shallow thinking leftist hurls that out simply because someone with lighter skin disagrees with them ; FIGHT BACK.
They are often the ones who are racist. They categorize people with a simple skin color assessment .
Simple shallow thinking.
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