I’m also worried about the actual influence of unhinged, armed wingnuts going to polling stations and affecting turnout. Possibly inciting violence before the election is over or tamping down democratic turnout.

I’m really starting to get worried that this sort of talk is going to incite violence on election night. Because when he loses, the portion of ABSOLUTELY INSANE society that he has legitimized and riled up will be absolutely irrevocably convinced that the world has ended and they’re therefore free to go on shooting…

“Donald Trump is a narcissistic three-legged capybara who slipped in a pool of old cooking oil and skidded into a mirror and was knocked out cold and then woke up thinking he’s Zeus.”

I demand an apology to capybaras right now!!!

“Which is troubling, because I’m not sure Donald Trump knows what he’s legally allowed to do!”

Thank you for standing up for the rest of us little people, Tall White Savior. You calling out JK. Rowling on Gawker because she uses Indian tribe mythologies in her writing is what’s ending racism. Bless you, sir.

Thank you for the thoughtful reply. It seems we’re both on the same side, give or take. But that’s normal - hardly anyone agrees 100% with someone else, let alone an entire “movement”.

Of course I am pro equality for everyone and pro respect of people’s traditions and so on and so forth, but in my opinion, the…

So, because we’re all one species, we’re all also one race. People of different ethnicities do not exist. There are no major sociocultural divisions of humankind based on differences of physical appearance, language, culture, etc., which is what “race” means. Interesting. Have you told anyone? I bet there are a lot of…

Okay, the first part is all still nonsense, but I really want to dig into this racism thing you’ve got going on. So, because we’re all different races of the same species, there’s no such thing as racism? Racism, which is prejudice and discrimination based on race, is impossible because all of the races are members of…

I wanted to quote the nonsense part of this, but it’s all nonsense. “I take the science approach,” there’s no such thing as racism because we’re all human, I can’t be critical of works of fiction... it’s just ridiculous, top to bottom.

Of course insitutionalized racism is horrible, and it’s a milestone for humanity that it was finally (at least in legal terms!) abolished. Not sure why you brought it up, to be honest.

I am simply trying to get the point across that if “cultural appropriation” would be constantly policed and enforced, the way certain…

You asked me to do your research for you, so I got you an example and another commenter got you three more; I think you can take it from there.

Logically you’re 100% right. What I presented is a cookie-cutter example of a false dilemma fallacy. But consider how these events have tended to play out in social media.

Appropriation and misrepresentation in the media is part of why a lot on non Natives think we all wear buckskin, speak broken English, and wear headdresses, rather than being 566+ distinct nations and cultures.

But that’s more than a bit of a false dilemma fallacy, isn’t it? That the options are either get it wrong or be blasted for not doing it?

BTW, only a quarter native american and im not offended. I highlyyyyyyyy doubt my grandfather would be if he were alive. I am however slightly offended that someone (the author) thinks they can appropriate the culture in a way that they are faux-offended. Its ridiculous....

So in other words, as a white male you don’t get a flippin’ opinion.

Appropriation and misrepresentation in the media is part of why a lot on non Natives think we all wear buckskin, speak broken English, and wear headdresses, rather than being 566+ distinct nations and cultures.

Similar to my thoughts. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. I really like the idea of American wizarding roots being in Native American culture and history. But it seems difficult to do that without white guilt or social justice warriors saying you are pandering to them or trivializing them.

I’m native American/white. I’m angry at myself and feel guilty about it.