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alex
@proxystudio.eth
I think the ‘Haitians are eating house pets’ lie is racist. Idk if it’s abstract - we don’t have any evidence it happened, there’s no obvious connection between missing pets & “ethnic minority population that lives nearby” is there ambiguity here I’m missing? This discussion does distract from policy debates. So are we meant to respond to “Haitians are eating house pets” with policy questions? Would love to hear people’s thoughts
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
yes, i think a perfectly reasonable and productive reaction would be: "hey, my read is that you're connecting this bad thing [pet eating] with immigration [haitian immigrants]. why don't we talk about immigration policy and dive into our respective views on it instead?" don't know why that's controversial
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Chainleft
@chainleft
If someone considers immigration a non-issue, why would they elevate racists and expect to have a good-faith debate with them about it?
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alex
@proxystudio.eth
Yeah it’s not controversial to me! I do think repeating a made up story about Haitians eating pets is racist and I’d like to discuss Trump & JD & Harris & Walz’s policies instead. But some ppl have reacted defensively about me calling it racism, so we don’t talk policy lol
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Stuart
@olystuart
Some things I think are controversial with your post are that the border is unchecked (easily proven false) and that immigration causes debt healthcare and employment problems.
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Jared 🎩
@javabu.eth
Because if they did so, you'd have more takes like this. https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1833879485625569467
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