Embed Notice

@Elizabeth3 it's not that hard to tell, actually. But anyway.

Since you're claiming to not be arguing that Mekka is wrong, in what precise way are those facts relevant?

To be clear, the reason I ask is because I suspect your motives. Mekka is making an extremely important point in drawing attention to the extreme hypocrisy behind American claims of free speech. It's a very common pattern for white folks to come in to replies of Black folks who are doing that sort of work and try to undermine their argument exactly as you did, by making false equivalences to try and prove them wrong.

Then when called out for it, as you have just done, they throw up their hands claim that they're "just asking questions" or "inserting relevant facts" or some similar rhetorical cover. In this way, they hide behind their false premise of neutrality and pretend they don't have any bias behind their actions.

So I'm challenging you like this because I want to hear from you exactly why you felt it important to share that news story, other than to try and disprove the argument and in your words, harsh our "high five".