This is another example in which there is an internal contradiction of the conservative reasoning, but that is not allowed to matter in the conservative mind: as it is pure Dasein. I experience the argument that red lining was racist as false, and I experience the idea that redressing the effects of red lining in these areas as racist. One cannot reason oneself into such a position, but that doesn't matter: system 1 is in control.
I don't think that's Heretic's perspective, though. I don't think he denies redlining as racist or denies that it happened. I think he is of the opinion that this form of racism doesn't occur today, is in the past, and that past racism is irrelevant to people today. Further, I would proffer that he thinks that race-informed restorative policies are themselves re-injecting racism into an otherwise equal society. And he can't imagine that people that do want to consider race-informed policies to redress the current effects of past racism are arriving upon that consideration out of a genuine desire for/openness toward justice.
@HereticBD, do I have that right?
Cognitively and politically, what is more troublesome in my opinion, and can be found across right-wingers is what
@Higus pointed out about the authoritarian study: that right wingers are incapable of seeing the logical flaws in an argument that arrives upon the conclusion that they believe is correct. That is, even for more reasonable conservatives like
@HockeyBjj who cosign Heretic's facially illogical and childish arguments, the fact that it arrives upon the desired conclusion (race-informed policies are bad and no one can support them genuinely) automatically means that the argument is just as "good faith" as one that is logically coherent and honest. And that's what's
really fucked up: that they don't think any objective standards can be held by either side in appraising each other's arguments.
@HereticBD regression as a poster over the past couple of years has been impressive.
Just a rejection of all facts, logic and reasoning to call people dorks and leftists
I actually think he's gotten better. I feel like those sort of posts used to be his only posts. Now sometimes he holds logical positions.
It might be that it's actually that you've improved as a poster in that time so you are just more sensitive to shit posting now.
