[andy58-in-nh]

I believe I understand "racism" very well, as the term is presently employed:

• It is a political weapon, wielded not by the put-upon, but by the legally-favored, and it is intended not to provoke conversation, but to silence dissent.
• It creates a class of accredited victims, with superior "rights" and accusation privileges.
• It is an all-purpose excuse for one's own bad behavior, and blames others for one's own failings.
• It renders moot all reference to personal responsibility, and substitutes self-righteousness for virtue.
• It removes the necessity for productive effort, ambition, ability, and achievement as an individual, and instead substitutes group membership as the sole standard by which one is to be measured.
• It validates unfocused anger against a class of others who mean you no harm, but who are nonetheless presumed guilty of evil intent.
• It is an escape hatch from reality, and a portal into a fantasy world where all choices, actions and expressions are judged equally valid as long as they are considered culturally "authentic".
• It empowers a class of "leaders" whose goal is not social advancement or racial harmony, but rather social upheaval and disharmony in the pursuit of power, money and control.

[babyfreep]

That is perfect.

[Bon of Babble]

That is about the best summation I’ve ever seen of the definition of “racism” and how it is wielded as a tool of terrorism to silence us into cowering sheep and squelch any dissent we may have.

The threat of being labeled a “racist” is used as a cudgel to keep us compliant by threatening our livelihoods, our bank accounts and our personal safety.

It is terrorism, pure and simple.

Copied for future reference. Thanks.