The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Probably not Trump condemned "all types of racism"

Is there more than one type of racism?

Well, I suppose.

Any race, nation, or tribe can be taken as inferior or superior to some or all others.

Aristotle said that the Greeks were superior to all others, whom he termed "barbarians", and that all barbarians were natural slaves.

Any tribe can be hated.

What did the author of this tweet, too sensible to have been written by Bozo, have in mind?

That our racial problems don't involve only whites who are racist toward some or all nonwhites.

There are also nonwhites who are racist toward whites, just as there are nonwhites who are racist toward some or all other nonwhites.

And yet the tweet has been attributed to Trump, contrary to the balance of probability, in order to enable a barrage of absurd and unjust criticism of it as racist and of him as racist for writing it.

To the extent that the critics mean to deny that there is nonwhite racist hatred directed at whites and condemn as racism both mention of it and condemnation of it, the critics lie in defense of racism and even act it out, themselves.

This was the tweet, ostensibly his, of yesterday morning.

The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. 

We must come together as a nation. 

I condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. 

Peace to ALL Americans!

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