Politics CNN Segment on “Extremism” Equates Racism and Homophobia With “Prejudice Against Business People”

[Army of Light]

CNN Segment on “Extremism” Equates Racism and Homophobia With “Prejudice Against Business People”

John Avlon's new video series on the "threat of extremism" is an unintentional parody of middlebrow centrist false equivalency schlock.

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[SuperFakerBros]

Oh God, the Onion should just go out of business. There's no point in them doing anything

 

[Deleted member 1141]

anyways how's everyone's day doing?

Spoiler

I literally can't deal with fucking reality right now don't mind me

 

[Mekanos]

It's true, I believe in a dictatorship of the proletariat.

 

[Shadow14]

Won't somebody think of the poor corporate tools?!

 

[GoGoDezmo]

If anything, we should be MORE prejudiced against business people.

 

[Zellia]

I'll quite happily admit to being prejudiced against centrist dipshits.

 

[Ramune]

Incredible.

It’s funny, but this is also a key tool in a lot of people’s arsenal - simultaneously downplaying systematic oppression while creating the narrative that criticism of dominant institutions is the same as it. Exhausting shit.

 

[Nintendianajones64]

"I play both sides so I always come out on top."

- Sociopathic American Corporation

 

[Lord Azrael]

lmaooooo

 

[Gashead]

I thought the "Happy Merchant" was a right wing 4-chan thing but I suppose here the lefty labour party has a constant issue with anti semitism although that's more to do with acknowledging Palestine

Whatever happened to Occupy Wall street?

 

[PlatinumClover]

 

[Deleted member 1250]

who the fuck is that punchable prick in that picture?

 

[Brawlz]

I always find it funny when right-wing people say that CNN is far-left/Socialist when they're Centrist at best. This only exemplifies this point.

 

[chocolate_supra]

I always find it funny when right-wing people say that CNN is far-left/Socialist when they're Centrist at best. This only exemplifies this point.

When you're far enough to the right, centrism looks like extreme left.

 

[Brawlz]

When you're far enough to the right, centrism looks like extreme left.

Unfortunately true

 

[Illucio]

Prejudice against minorities, gays, and people who fight for equal rights definitely equals to prejudice against the Christian control and push of policies that effect our schools, lawmaking and personal rights. No one on the left is prejudice against Christians themselves, they are angry and upset that people use their religion as a scapegoat to collaborate and push for control in the name of their religion or doing what's "right" for them. Or to be prejudice to LGBT people through outright hatred, misguided religious belief from their own interpretations that are clearly wrong and to out these people, bully them, kill them, physically abuse them or outright treat them as second class citizens due to their sexual orientation is obscene, and feministic prejudices because women and men are pointing out that women are not treated fairly in the workplace?

And "business people" isn't right, it's the ultra rich and the change of term to "Business people" is so misguided. We are in support of small business people, we are in support with companies who make a small million in profit each year when you ignore expenses they have to make. We are in support of lowering taxes to individuals who don't earn an obscene amount of money. But no, it's Business people they want to claim we are prejudice towards to? Fuck CNN.

There is no equation here.

 

[Terrell]

Prejudice against minorities, gays, and people who fight for equal rights definitely equals to prejudice against the Christian control and push of policies that effect our schools, lawmaking and personal rights. No one on the left is prejudice against Christians themselves, they are angry and upset that people use their religion as a scapegoat to collaborate and push for control in the name of their religion or doing what's "right" for them. Or to be prejudice to LGBT people through outright hatred, misguided religious belief from their own interpretations that are clearly wrong and to out these people, bully them, kill them, physically abuse them or outright treat them as second class citizens due to their sexual orientation is obscene, and feministic prejudices because women and men are pointing out that women are not treated fairly in the workplace?

And "business people" isn't right, it's the ultra rich and the change of term to "Business people" is so misguided. We are in support of small business people, we are in support with companies who make a small million in profit each year when you ignore expenses they have to make. We are in support of lowering taxes to individuals who don't earn an obscene amount of money. But no, it's Business people they want to claim we are prejudice towards to? Fuck CNN.

There is no equation here.

Yeah, it all plays out so weird, equating people with institutions and their abuses to say there's equal prejudicial thinking.

The left is against the religious institution, not the practitioner.
The left is against capitalism and its excesses, not "business people".
The left is against colonial violence and military industrial complex, not the concept of the military itself.

If you feel attacked when people rightfully criticize or vilify institutions for their blatant self-serving behaviours at the expense of our collective humanity and dignity rather than considering that they need reformation at best or abolition at worst, all you're doing is telling on yourself. So congrats to CNN, I guess, they're being more honest than they realize.

 

[Leo]

I truly am sorry for all the hurt and suffering my words have caused to all the CEOs around the world. I will try to learn from my actions and be better.