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   Sam (samuteki@ohay.ooo)'s status on Thursday, 10-Oct-2024 19:55:24 JST Sam

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   When you witness the lengths to which people will go to protect their racist beliefs, you could even be persuaded that it's the fever of racism that made them say that ugly thing or do that harmful thing—but it's probably closer to the truth to say that the fears of having been wrong all along or having to give up total power are the true driving forces behind all of this inhuman behavior.

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     Sam (samuteki@ohay.ooo)'s status on Thursday, 10-Oct-2024 19:55:25 JST Sam

     It's tempting to describe racism as mental illness (though I know of no voluntary mental illnesses):
     racism demands a feverish, desperate adherence to beliefs that drives the racist further and further away from reality while insisting that they are closer to reality than anyone else.

     carl marks repeated this.