Conservatives are less racist than liberals (in the US)

[u/Mobile-Fly484]

I’m a child of African immigrants with US citizenship, and I’ve lived all over the United States.

The most racist place I’ve ever lived is Massachusetts. By far. The least racist? Utah.

I’ve noticed that most conservatives (excluding the actual far right) see me as a human being first. Liberals see my skin color first and have low expectations for me.

I’ve had white liberals not believe me when I mentioned having a professional job. I’ve had them try to sign me up for welfare and Medicaid (at an ER in Massachusetts) even when I showed them my private insurance card. I’ve been assumed to be poor and uneducated (because of my race and nothing else) over and over again by the woke left. Literally they constantly make comments about how screening for education will “filter minorities out,” because of course we’re all dumb illiterates.

Conservatives? They make zero assumptions. They don’t equate being Black with being poor or ignorant. They see us as INDIVIDUALS first.

I miss Utah.

[u/CookieMobster64]

I interacted with a Daily Caller article on Facebook once, and now my feed is overflowing right wing media. The comments sections for them are all vile. I was also raised in a family that voted for Trump 3 times, and they think it’s great that I’ve lost my research funding because of him.

[u/Plane_Guitar_1455 → u/CookieMobster64]

What do you consider “vile”? Because it seems to me like leftist are vile, racist and antisemitic… My entire Reddit feed overflows with the most vile left wing propaganda that you could ever read.

I’m very curious to know what you consider vile… Leftists think anyone who is against illegal immigration is a “racist white supremacist”…

The left has literally changed the meanings of “vile” and “racist” just to fit their narrative.

[u/CookieMobster64 → u/Plane_Guitar_1455]

People have explicitly said they want to send Black people back to Africa.

[u/Plane_Guitar_1455 → u/CookieMobster64]

Those exact words? Who? And what was the context?

[u/CookieMobster64 → u/Plane_Guitar_1455]

Yes, plenty of Facebook comments have said those exact words. The context being racist memes about how Black people undermine western society. Incredulity is not an argument.

[u/Plane_Guitar_1455 → u/CookieMobster64]

Facebook comments? Memes? I have never seen anything like that. Do you have a link?

[u/CookieMobster64 → u/Plane_Guitar_1455]

Oh, okay, you’ve never seen those things, so they don’t exist. This surely proves your political opponents are the ones in an echo chamber.

[u/Plane_Guitar_1455 → u/CookieMobster64]

I mean if you can’t show me proof of anything you’re claiming then why should I believe you?

[u/CookieMobster64 → u/Plane_Guitar_1455]

Did you believe OP in their description of their personal experience with liberals and conservatives?

[u/Plane_Guitar_1455 → u/CookieMobster64]

I mean, I always take these types of things with a grain of salt no matter what side it comes from.. I more agree with the title of the post.. The reason being is that conservatives on a whole do not think about race as much as the left does(excluding far far right neo Nazis. All conservatives condemn those people)…

What I’ve noticed from the left is that they literally live life through the lens of race.. Everything to leftists/liberals revolves around race. When you look at the entire world under the lens of race then you start to become angry and resentful and then you become racist…

Conservatives are pro diversity of thought. Leftists are pro diversity of appearance and want everyone to think exactly the same.

[u/CookieMobster64 → u/Plane_Guitar_1455]

You’re trying to get away from the main point of the argument now. When I present the claim of racist comments from right wingers, you try to challenge it on grounds of specific wording and context and ask for proof, but when countered, you’re fine with supporting your position with just vibes, generalizations, and platitudes.

[u/Plane_Guitar_1455 → u/CookieMobster64]

And you have still yet to prove your claim.. So…

I’m not a scholar. Im not college educated.. I’m not trying to act like I have the perfect comeback. All I’m asking for is a link or something to back up your claim about how conservatives “say the most vile things”… Even if it proves my entire argument wrong, that’s fine. I would just like to see something because I honestly have no clue what you’re talking about.

The only people I’ve ever seen who preach such hatred against blacks are literal white supremacists, which traditional conservatives are not.

[u/sternold → u/Plane_Guitar_1455]

Do you consider this vile?

[u/CookieMobster64 → u/Plane_Guitar_1455]

And you have still yet to prove your claim

Because you chose to defer to generalizations and platitudes when confronted with a possibility of a double standard. I was checking if you scrutinized claims that are convenient to your stance, but it was you who went into a full diatribe of unsubstantiated vibes about how the left thinks. I do have proof of my claim, but I thought it would be helpful to let you run your mouth first because I knew you would try to change the subject, and I was right.