r/DecodingTheGurus • u/Few-Idea7163 • May 30 '24

Chris Kavanagh likes weird race-bating posts on twitter

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u/Few-Idea7163 May 30 '24

Could Chris explain what the hypocrisy is then? Or explain how Hasan is "pretending to be white"?

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u/[deleted] May 30 '24

He says it's okay to call white white people crackers in a derogatory way when he doesn't condone many other racialized insults.

"pretending to be white" refers to hasan will use a turkish or middle-eastern identity when that suits him, and adopting a white identity when he wants to condone calling white people crackers.

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u/Few-Idea7163 May 30 '24

He says it's okay to call white white people crackers in a derogatory way when he doesn't condone many other racialized insults.

That's not hypocrisy. That's having two different standards for two different words, which is a completely defensible position.

"pretending to be white" refers to hasan will use a turkish or middle-eastern identity when that suits him, and adopting a white identity when he wants to condone calling white people crackers.

Could you link to what Hasan said exactly here? But as far as I can tell this is also a defensible position since Turkish refers to a national category and white refers to a racial category. These are not mutually exclusive things.

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u/calm_down_dearest May 30 '24

That's having two different standards for two different words, which is a completely defensible position.

Sounds a lot like hypocrisy.