By: Prof. Jared Gardner

Prof. Jared Gardner
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 13:56:57 +0000

In reply to COMMIES” target=”_blank” title=”/2019/11/white-supremacist-fliers-found-in-arts-and-sciences-departments/comment-page-1/#comment-113609″>COMMIES”>/2019/11/white-supremacist-fliers-found-in-arts-and-sciences-departments/comment-page-1/#comment-113609″>COMMIES ARE LOSERS.

As I explained in my earlier post above, this is a campaign created by explicitly and openly white supremacist racist groups, with the explicit goal of fomenting “race war.” So, yes, of course it is racism. Words are symbols, like flags, smiley face emoticons, or swastikas. They can be used to communicate clear and neutral meanings, or they can be used by people with intentions to commit evil acts. We need to be attentive to the difference. After all, the swastika was a symbol of peace and divinity before the Nazis claimed it and perverted its meaning. Today we recognize their version as a symbol of hate and a reminder of the Holocaust. But when it first started appearing, it was easy for people to say: “it’s just a symbol, don’t overreact to it.” But they weren’t overreacting: they were desperately trying to point out the intentions of those deploying the symbol, as we are today with these seemingly “innocent” “IOTBW” posters. Intentions are everything.