Why do the social justice warriors of the left call “racist” so often?
Because it works. It has been popularized by the movie “Up” with the expression, “Squirrel”. In the movie a pack of dogs are about ready to bestow mortal harm and the victim yells, “Squirrel” and points the other way. The dogs heads all whip around and they start searching. It works time and time again. The dogs never learn. They are a lot like conservatives. We used to use the technique when the kids were small and say things like, “Look, a horsie”.
It is what is called a “knee-jerk reaction”. You can’t help yourself. Back in the days before I had insurance by Medicare the doctor used to check my reflexes. He would tap my knee and my leg would jerk. It didn’t require thought. I am not sure I could keep it from happening. That meant I was healthy. When the hammer is “racist” it is not healthy.
Do racists exist? Of course they do. Almost everyone has a tendency to prefer people like themselves. Of course that might be a preference for football over basketball or being into NASCAR more than tennis. It is the way we are built. I would say that the least “racist” group in the world are American, middle class, Christian white people. We are also the ones most called racist. It is just manipulation.
It is a form of cultural bullying and since we are against bullying, maybe it is time to grow up and move on. Lets have a rational discussion instead of yelling “squirrel”.
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