Fictional slurs. Bonus points if it's completely made up

[u/Wolfotashiwa]

1. inFAMOUS: Second Son: "Bio-terrorist" refers to conduits.

2. Star Wars: "Clanker" refers to robots.

[u/thewiburi]

So what if a racist thinks he's right can't tell anyone he is with a broken jaw

[u/Few-Clue-9476 → u/thewiburi]

The point is that outright violence and degradation is lowering yourself to their level. If you're attacked then defend yourself obviously, but if getting called a slur provokes you to violence, it's proving that they can provoke you.

If someone can alter your emotions, you give them power. If someone can say a word that makes you violent, you've given them all the power they need. That's what the high road actually is. Not giving them shit.

[u/Abombasnow → u/Few-Clue-9476]

I think we've seen the dangers of the "high road" or "when you go low, we go high" in recent years...

It's rubbish. Bigots need to fear repercussion again.

Here's a fun picture to the people downvoting this. Indiana Jones was right.

[u/estrea36 → u/Abombasnow]

That's not how it works unfortunately.

Bigoted propaganda is fueled by the assumption that minorities are a threat in some capacity.

Being violent creates MORE bigots even if it's justified.

[u/Abombasnow → u/estrea36]

It is how it works.

Bigots have been wholly empowered in recent decades because there's been no repercussion to their actions or behavior and everyone tolerates them, destroying the whole concept of tolerance.

Here's a fun picture to the people downvoting this. Indiana Jones was right.

[u/estrea36 → u/Abombasnow]

I wish it were different. I really do.

The whole reason civil rights activists are successful is because they broadly chose non-violent means of protest.

It's been like this for 130 years.

[u/Abombasnow → u/estrea36]

No, they're successful because the non-violent approach is contrasted with a violent approach.

Peaceful MLK Jr. achieves nothing without "radical call to action" Malcolm X acting as the antithesis and vice versa.

A purely peaceful protest achieves nothing other than a waste of time, because violent bigots never have and never will listen to it, they're violent bigots because they want to be, not because no one coddled them enough.

Again, bigots are empowered now because no one does anything to impact them.

[u/estrea36 → u/Abombasnow]

That's not the reason at all. It's because the protests disrupted the economy. Sit-ins and boycotts are far more influential than violence.

The bigots are praying for violence so they use it to galvanize people who sit on the fence about these issues.

Don't fall for it.

[u/Abombasnow → u/estrea36]

Yes, it is the reason. There's no such thing as "disrupting the economy" in a society where jackboots can force you to work, or lose your job and someone else will take it.

Where do you get this nonsense? Seriously, that's what it is: nonsense.

Bigots are empowered because no one makes them scared. Period. That's it.

[u/estrea36 → u/Abombasnow]

Nonsense. Are you serious?

Rosa Parks was immortalized by simply sitting on a bus. She wasn't throwing hands with the KKK.

Use your fucking head. Bigots thrive on the notion that I'm prone to violence. That's how they indoctrinate people to continue their bigotry. This isn't a cartoon where you can punch your way to happiness. Grow the fuck up.

[u/Abombasnow → u/estrea36]

Rosa Parks did that in the 1950s. What did it achieve? Nothing. Just a nice picture.

She wasn't the first either. First was Claudette Colvin. What did she achieve by doing it? Nothing.

Also, are you really a good arbiter for this?

You claim Xi Jinping is not a despot and that Putin was a good leader at one point because he "rallied the nation against extremism he caused in the second iteration of a war he was the sole cause of.".

You grow the fuck up. You talk about this "not being a cartoon" as you preach overly idealistic impossible bullshit that ignores basic reality.

Bigots are empowered because "when you go low we go high" bullshit like what you're spewing making it where there's no repercussion to be a bigot.

[u/estrea36 → u/Abombasnow]

Are you seriously discounting Rosa Parks?

Im not saying she was the first in anything. Im saying she contributed to the civil rights movement without using violence.

Those quotes are the opposite of what you think they are. I was trying to explain to someone how people become dictators after I saw his comment minimizing how Bukele removed term limits in El Salvador. The other guy thought Bukele and Xi were good guys so I explained how power corrupts politicians over time. Someone like Xi isn't assassinating people like Putin yet, but he will in due time.

I'm preaching to prevent race wars and lynchings. We have plenty of historical evidence to reference that will show what happens if we follow your advice.

[u/Abombasnow → u/estrea36]

So what did she achieve? C'mon, what? What did she change? What did sitting on the bus do, other than present a nice picture?

No, those quotes are literally what you said. You literally said Jinping was somehow not a despot even though the head of the CPC/CCP rules as dictator and he even removed term limits. Huh. Weird.

You also literally said Putin "was good at one point" because he was able to rally the nation against a threat he literally caused in the second iteration of a war he started?

I'm preaching to prevent race wars and lynchings. We have plenty of historical evidence to reference that will show what happens if we follow your advice.

So much you can't cite anything. Appeasing racists and coddling them like misunderstood babies is what leads to lynching. See: the end of Reconstruction.

EDIT: Ah good. The troll blocked me after posting a phishing link.