Post #2306249
2026-03-21 18:11 UTC
@auriblackcat@social.treehouse.systems @whatanerd@social.treehouse.systems
Well, bigotry was deliberately transformed into things like "ignorance" and "-phobia" in the 90s.
In turns, this infantilizes fascism and medicalizes hate. The former effect helps people discount "ignorance" as a fault of the "uneducated hoi polloi" ("we are not fascist, because fascism requires a lack of education, therefor our enemies are uneducated"), and the latter...
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@johnzajac@dice.camp 2026-03-21 18:11
@auriblackcat@social.treehouse.systems @whatanerd@social.treehouse.systems ... helps people release themselves from the obligations they have to their communities to address bigotry; if it's a medical problem, only doctors should handle it. "Education" is an ineffective solution that actually doubles as a flashpoint in the culture wars, which is a win-win for a political class intent on preventing solidarity and community power from ever coalescing in a way that can threaten their fascist project or their owner/operators' interests.