Because they’re different phenomena. The alt-right is distinct from the traditional white supremacist groups, which are often affiliated with “Christian Identity” (i.e. Christian white supremacy) and traditionalist values. The alt-right is younger and often more socially libertarian on issues that aren’t racial. In…

Pretty much, yeah. If your true feelings don’t include racist bullshit, alcohol can’t produce it. See: Mel Gibson.

Read this and mentally added “this article” to your list.

If he were a celebrity, the next step would be rehab. Because alcohol magically makes racist bullshit come out of your mouth.

Can’t figure out as clever a way to phrase it, but there’s a similar phenomenon wherein white women think they can’t ever be the oppressor because they’re the real victims.

Isn’t it an actual thing that long periods of running can make you very suddenly need to poop, though?

Never a wrong time for this one:

I think this is a Kinja glitch? I know I’ve seen it before. Refreshing the page sometimes fixes it.

I try to learn from my mistakes.

Maybe, but surely he’d have approved them at least in that case.

“I refuse to believe that guy is a creep because he doesn’t seem creepy to ME. Sorry, but you ladies are all just wrong.”

I think there’s a distinction between lack of knowledge, and presence of WRONG knowledge. There’s a lot of bullshit racist “science” floating around for neo-Nazis to fill their heads with and feel like they’ve learned things about race. And they do know some things about race. They can cite crime statistics, poverty…

I disagree that this was mere stupidity (cotton?!?!) and what you are doing is doubling down.

I couldn’t believe that Twitter feed. Unprofessional as fuck-all. Did you see the one about “confiscating unknown chemicals” (!!!) when it was spray bottles of apple cider vinegar (used to neutralize Mace, iirc)?

I’m going to say “cotton centerpieces when your guests are black” is not a case where ignorance is an option. AT BEST, someone on his staff is the racist asshole who put the centerpieces out and he didn’t notice them. But that’s still pretty ignorant. A guy his age? He should know better.

There’s a third option: say what you think, but don’t double down when black people tell you you’re wrong. Take it as a learning opportunity instead.

I too am also white and often argue about the vast cluelessness of white people on racial topics.

I’ve gotten the impression that black people tend to put more effort into making serious homemade mac & cheese and they serve it as a side dish for real meals, whereas for white people it’s the stuff in the blue box that you fix for your kids’ lunch when you’re in a hurry, or that college kids eat when they’re not…

If it were just the menu, it might be a clueless white person trying to offer black people something he thinks they like.

Yeah, “too drunk to consent” is a really inappropriate way to describe this crime. She wasn’t a willing girl who was drunk and underage; they got her drunk on purpose and then raped her while she was unconscious. They then took pictures and shared them with the whole school, which led to harassment of the girl so…