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[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would you support a policy of student loan forgiveness for only white people?

[–] 5redie8@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What kind of stupid ass comment is this?

[–] Antikythera@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you not understand why I said that? I would not support student loan forgiveness only for white people because, while I like student loan forgiveness, I can recognize that such a program would ultimately just be in the interest of white supremacy. I wouldn't pull the disingenuous liberal line of "you've gotta start somewhere" as though the policy was tethered to some imaginary future state that it is nominally more similar to but practically much further from.

Likewise, saying "well, at least by holding Belarus to account some countries will be held to account, which gets us closer to all countries being held to account!" is absurd. It promotes western dominance, not the abstract idea of "holding countries to account". Striking only one side saying that it's closer to both sides being struck than striking zero sides would be is sophistry.