tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234783319349274920.post9156936453451733730..comments2024-03-27T21:58:46.972-04:00Comments on FOLIO OLIO: FRIDAY #4636+Ralph Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05079364726250352589noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234783319349274920.post-89750729782458780402021-09-03T12:06:37.085-04:002021-09-03T12:06:37.085-04:00Is your #1 advisor a medical professional?Is your #1 advisor a medical professional?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234783319349274920.post-70114260404143294162021-09-03T11:36:03.028-04:002021-09-03T11:36:03.028-04:00This is in response to yesterday's rant about ...This is in response to yesterday's rant about you feeling attacked in the comments.<br /><br />Ralph, I'm the fella who commented on your statement about having black friends. I wasn't "calling you out" for being a closet racist. For the record, I don't think you are a racist.<br /><br />I’ll be explicit here so there’s no chance of misunderstanding. We both recognize the social stereotype of the closet racist declaring they have black friends. In fact it is so infused into the social zeitgeist that people have been implicated for being racist just for asserting they have black friends. I think that sort of reactionary reductionism is completely disdainful and wrong - and that ought to be self-evident. In that vein it should have been obvious I was only taking the piss out of your choice of words. <br /><br />So what am I to infer from your perception that you were being accused of being a racist? I would caution you from falling in line with reductionist beliefs. If I was a white man who used that phrase would you assume I was a racist? <br /><br />In my response I took the initiative to criticize the tendency of people to seek social validation through "virtue signaling," which you were doing, just admit it. <br /><br />Above all, my posts were neither anonymous, "shit-talking" nor name-calling. I explained my position quite clearly and I do appreciate you for not censoring my posts.<br /><br />You, yourself, don't pull your punches with your opinions. I agree with you on some things and disagree on others. But I'm not clutching my pearls appalled when I think you are being overtly gauche. <br /><br />I also wasn't kidding when I said that a lot of ethnic minorities, like me, don't habitually see ourselves as victims of any sort. Consequently, we get no reassurance from someone who wants to declare they have no problem with my race. How would you feel if a stranger knocked on your door and said, “Hey, I just want you to know I'm not going to shit on your lawn."?<br /><br />Here's news, unsolicited declarations of “anti-racism” don’t help ethnic minorities. All “virtue signaling” only serves to fortify one’s sense of moral superiority. It does nothing whatsoever for whatever righteous cause it claims to support. <br /><br />Still, I believe you are a good man. If I didn’t think you were a conscientious person I wouldn’t bother writing all this. I enjoy your content and you’ve given me a lot of laughs. I don’t see how my criticism somehow makes me an adversary. If I hated you I wouldn’t be following your blog.<br /><br />I just wanted to give you feedback on how your statement comes across to a lot of people. I thought I was being informative. <br /><br />Of course, if you prefer that nobody challenge your beliefs then just say so.D'Ascoynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954104442331917028noreply@blogger.com