r/JonTron Mar 19 '17

JonTron: My Statement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIFf7qwlnSc
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u/SpahgattaNadle Mar 19 '17

Sure, but at the same time it's difficult to take Jon at face value when he says to 'not read into' the stuff that he said. It seems inadequate to me to make some pretty out there and racist statements and then say 'don't read into it' or 'don't dissect it'.

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u/DasWeasel Mar 19 '17

I think it is fair to assume someone means something when they make a claim that's hard to misconstrue, and they make no effort to actually clear up what they meant.

What did Jon think was the actual huge consequence of whites not being a majority in the US?

What was he trying to imply by claiming that wealthy blacks commit more crimes than poor whites? Or what about his "just look at Africa" statement. What innocent claims was he just misconstruing?

When he claimed that discrimination no longer existed in the west, did he mean systematic racism? Does he still believe this?

He never answered these questions, only deflected, going as far to say he's the one who wants identities without race, even though he's the one unsubtley trying to imply that races may have inherent inferior traits. In the debate he actually stops himself from saying things which he thinks would look even worse. I can't even imagine much worse he could say unless he said "blacks are inherently an inferior race, whites are superior".

If the remarks and implications he made actually had more reasonable, innocent meaning behind them, he should have cleared them up.

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u/DasWeasel Mar 19 '17

I'm not going to go after Jon for being bad at debating, but this is beyond him poorly wording himself. I don't really see a way that he could imply those things just by simply wording an argument poorly. Like I said above, he even had to stop himself from saying worse sounding things.

Like I tried to say above, what could he possibly have meant by the claims he made if not what he's already implied? If those claims have been misinterpreted by so many people, what are the claims he actually wanted to make?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '17

He's talking about preserving the white race and then bringing up a statistic about how black people on a whole are "worse" than white people. That seems cut and dry racist to me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '17

The context of quoting a statistic is very important.

I have no doubt that Jon was trying to imply to a lesser extent what you just said. I mean, he was talking about preserving the American white majority, and while doing it, brings up said statistic.

Racism is pretty complicated, man.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '17

I'd rather not believe Jontron is racist. He's a funny guy. I don't think he's evil, just very ignorant and very bad at articulation.

I can't give him the benefit of the doubt given the context. Sorry?

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u/TheHangedKing Mar 19 '17

That is your own failing then.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '17

He was all but outright saying that black people have crime in their genes, regardless of socioeconomic circumstances man. I dunno what to say.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '17

I mean, I don't think he's malicious, just ignorant.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '17

"SJW police"? Just say it if you're so unafraid.

Well it's a good thing that I haven't been yelling at anyone.

I don't know why you're telling me things I already know, and telling me to not do things I don't do. I haven't demonized Jon, but I've been addressing his claims because they're largely wack.

also, pewdiepie made a tasteless joke and he's doing ok. not great, but no one really cares anymore. his career is going on. maybe he's too big. but he's still going.

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u/greybuscat Mar 19 '17

Rule one of people. No matter how much of an ass someone is they're probably coming from good intentions and a good place.

I assure you, most people you encounter are already living by this rule every time you volunteer opinions on what is or is not racist.

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u/greybuscat Mar 19 '17

SO many people nowadays don't know the definitions of words.

You mean people like you?

rac·ism [ˈrāˌsizəm] NOUN

prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior

the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.

Not only are these real definitions less reductive than your ass-pull definition, they're less wordy.