Colin Moriarty Says White Supremacy/Racism Doesn't Exist Because Asians

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decisions said:
I'm really confused by people's reaction to this, and it even being posted here.

There are many people on the far left who believe that, in modern times, there is a systematic white supremacy, which, by definition, detriments all other races.

Colin argued against this. He didn't say that racism doesn't exist (which is especially clear after clarification on Reddit). He said that the kind of widespread, systematic racism people on the far left believe to exist in America doesn't exist. Can we not see the difference between widespread, systematic white supremacy and racism in its entirety? Surely people on here are smart enough to makr that distinction, I think a lot of people in this thread just don't want to.

The thing is he argues against far left ideas almost every single day on Twitter? Why is this being posted here? Because if we frame a post properly with a biased thread title it can kind of seem like this guy thinks racism doesn't exist at all and we can pull out our pitchforks, lit with ego flames?

A lot of the animosity towards Colin is just unfounded.
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Wow, it took 13 pages. I feel this is progress.
 
decisions said:
I'm really confused by people's reaction to this, and it even being posted here.

There are many people on the far left who believe that, in modern times, there is a systematic white supremacy, which, by definition, detriments all other races.

Colin argued against this. He didn't say that racism doesn't exist (which is especially clear after clarification on Reddit). He said that the kind of widespread, systematic racism people on the far left believe to exist in America doesn't exist. Can we not see the difference between widespread, systematic white supremacy and racism in its entirety? Surely people on here are smart enough to makr that distinction, I think a lot of people in this thread just don't want to.

The thing is he argues against far left ideas almost every single day on Twitter? Why is this being posted here? Because if we frame a post properly with a biased thread title it can kind of seem like this guy thinks racism doesn't exist at all and we can pull out our pitchforks, lit with ego flames?

A lot of the animosity towards Colin is just unfounded.
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This is literally an objective fact in America so pretending that its some conspiracy theory by the far left is ridiculous. Read the new jim crow or dog whistle politics if you want to understand how deep rooted and systematic white supremacy is in this country. You have to be incredibly ignorant to believe the shit you just posted.

Also; donald trump is our president.
 
Hello. I am Asian. I experience racism.

This man is not allowed to speak for Asian Americans.

Edit: to add, this is despite being statistically more successful as Colin wants to point out. And thats just because surprise surprise first generation immigrants work really hard (see African immigrants as well). White flight occurs even in neighborhoods with high population of educated Asians.
 
decisions said:
Yes I know, that is a little shaky and worried me too. But it's Twitter so we should remember that you can't word things the way you really should. Or maybe he made a mistake by phrasing it that way. Whatever the case, he gave further clarification on Twitter and Reddit that was not talking about the existence of racism in general being disproved by Asian American success. Surely you are not holding Colin to the same standard you would someone else if you don't see that.

"You worded your Tweet in such a way that it if interpreted in this way you are a racist idiot!" isn't good enough for me, he clarified what he meant. It's not the best argument, it's not his most shining moment of intellectualism, but it's not what the people jumping in the thread and insulting him thought it was as baited by the thread title. That's just the way I see it.
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I don't really understand this approach. You're talking about Colin as if he was just some random that deserves the benefit of the doubt. He's a pretty known quantity and his history at this point was that he left his gaming podcast because his political views annoyed his colleagues, struck gold by seeking out right wing welfare, and then proceeded to see that income gradually dwindle to the point where he conceals it now once people realized that besides pissing off progressives, he didn't actually have anything even vaguely resembling interesting political insight to offer.
 
decisions said:
I'm really confused by people's reaction to this, and it even being posted here.

There are many people on the far left who believe that, in modern times, there is a systematic white supremacy, which, by definition, detriments all other races.

Colin argued against this. He didn't say that racism doesn't exist (which is especially clear after clarification on Reddit). He said that the kind of widespread, systematic racism people on the far left believe to exist in America doesn't exist. Can we not see the difference between widespread, systematic white supremacy and racism in its entirety? Surely people on here are smart enough to makr that distinction, I think a lot of people in this thread just don't want to.

The thing is he argues against far left ideas almost every single day on Twitter? Why is this being posted here? Because if we frame a post properly with a biased thread title it can kind of seem like this guy thinks racism doesn't exist at all and we can pull out our pitchforks, lit with ego flames?

A lot of the animosity towards Colin is just unfounded.
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All I can add to the others is that I'm happy that the phrase, "frame a post" is in here.
 
decisions said:
Maybe it is. But you have just admitted that he is arguing against the existence of systemic racism, not racism entirely, which is what the thread title says in an attempt to create some sort of childish dogpiling on this guy.
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Why and how are you trying to make Systematic Racism somehow something different from Racism? Racism is racism, period. There are different ways to apply it but only the assholes who don't want to call "fine young people" carrying tiki torches racists try to define Racism in strict rigid ways that just coincidentally leave them out of that box.

And to add it's not surprising at all that those with the privilege are intentionally going after systemic racism. '"No no no, what we use to keep in power doesn't really exist people". Uh huh. You are seeing it play out right now with the NFL protests and the people with privilege scared they are losing the power.
 
hes going full grammar nazi on people that disagree with him atm

what a fucking dismissive ass

It almost like hes trolling for sport. Thanks for using your position for a shit goal Colin

You didnt bring people closer together or serve any higher purpose outside of massaging your own ego
 
decisions said:
A lot of the animosity towards Colin is just unfounded.
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No it's all deserved, He's done it all to himself and he deserves all the criticism and disgust he gets, I don't get his fans with how they blindly follow him.

chubigans said:
Finding out the fact that Colin had to hide his Patreon monthly income in what I imagine to be embarrassment just made my day.
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Yup I just hope it means that his income keeps getting lower.
 
Racism in America is like a long running GAF argument. Eventually the same points get trotted out again despite being refuted multiple times and people act like it's something new instead of just the 4th or 5th retread.

If you don't think there's systematic racism against Asians, you don't know what racism is, or the social context Asian Americans live in.
 
LordKasual said:
Why do dumbass people with dumbass ideas deserve entire threads to spread their dumbass comments
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Already discussed ad nauseam here. Colin was a big part of the gaming community and a lot of people here defended him with passion. The more this guy gets exposed for what he truly is, the better.
 
Tankard said:
Already discussed ad nauseam here. Colin was a big part of the gaming community and a lot of people here defended him with passion. The more this guy gets exposed for what he truly is, the better.
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It's good bait in any case for the lurking would-be gators. They just can't resist the smell of milquetoast gamer white supremacy.
 
Hypron said:
Bringing up Asians is racists' number one diversion technique when discussing racism.
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Exactly, it does two things simultaneously: It allows the racist asshole to claim there's no white supremacy because Asians are doing better than white people are on average, and cast other minorities as lazy, disruptive, etc... Both of which are standard conservative dog whistle bullshit.

They also use this diversion to turn Asian Americans against other minority groups.
 
decisions said:
Surely you are not holding Colin to the same standard you would someone else if you don't see that.
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lmao I expect Colin to do exactly what he does which is be a disgusting piece of shit every time he posts something. That's the standard I hold him to.

It's time you opened your eyes, dude. He's just a loud mouthed trash bag.
 
That's incredibly disengenous to say, and quite frankly, a really really REALLY stupid over simplification of minority opportunities. First off, you absolutely need to take into account that when you're referring to "successful" Asians, Europeans, Indians, and even Middle Easterns, you're likely talking about 1st or 2nd generation immigrants that already have strong aspirations upon moving into the country. These people are already filtered from among the best of their country, and have a STRONG foundation of both encouragement and pressure to support their families. Of course, this could be argued in favour of strict immigration policies that have helped get the best among the best, but Colin is very clearly talking about "local" identity politics. Compare the blight of these people to... let's say... certain people that have been in America for a much longer period, have been disenfranchised for generation after generation, and are only now being able to pursue those opportunities (the 70s weren't that long ago), and it should be really obvious why you'll see really shitty communities that stem from those really weak foundations. I'd be interested to see some statistics about people that come from Africa today, cause a lot of the people I've met from there are genuinely some of the smartest people I know from my STEM courses.

To add to that, and speaking anecdotaly as an Asian having once lived in Florida, me and my family's "success" still had no bearing on whether or not I got my fair share of "ching chong" and other shitty stereotype assumptions. I'm not offended by that kind of petty thing anymore, but you're shitting me if you don't think those intentions don't come from an engrained systematic "knowledge" about certain races.
 
In case it's not clear to anyone decisions is a libertarian who stans for his fellow "libertarian" at any chance he gets.

He's not exactly interested in what Colin is saying, or here to actually defend that specific thing he said, he's here to defend Colin in the abstract.

A quick look at their post history shows a pattern of "bring up the times Colin said things that aren't completely batshit as proof he's not batshit" and "*shrug* hey what can do you" when it's something actually batshit.

Tankard said:
Already discussed ad nauseam here. Colin was a big part of the gaming community and a lot of people here continue to defend him with passion.
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Fixed that for ya.
 
Even the term "Asian American" is not without its own insidious discriminatory meanings because it often entirely ignores the Indian subcontinent, SE Asia, Western Asia, Pacific Islands, and Russia adjacent Asia. When someone like Colin says "Asian", he is thinking of Chinese, Koreans and Japanese.

This is just the very tip of "Asian" life in America and Western culture. If you're not even cognizant of that much you have no ground to say anything.
 
Holy shit. I thought, certainly this time nobody on GAF at least will possibly defend this guy.

I can't believe what I just read.

Systemic racism is a far left conspiracy theory?

What in the actual fuck is wrong with people. You're on the fucking internet, read some things and educate yourself. I feel like I'm living in a god damn nightmare.
 
I honestly don't think I've ever seen someone so far up their own ass as Colin Moriarty.

Just look at him responding to people with grammar corrections all while saying "nobody wants to debate" and ranting about safe spaces. He genuinely thinks he's super clever and an intellectual. He blocks out criticism and first instinct is always to double down and play the victim. It's astonishing. But then again, he's surrounded himself exclusively with people that feed that ego and his opinions.
 
Apologies to all Asian GAF members but I will chase you very hard from now on


whatever that actually means

SuperStiltzkin said:
The problem is that people think those are the only acts of racism worth calling out as racist. Oh people aren't rampantly burning crosses and lynching people like they were decades ago, so racism must not exist anymore!
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I hope it was clear that I was just joking but you are obviously 100% right
 
Fantastapotamus said:
Ah, good to know.
I'm off to say the n-word and set crosses on fire on people's yards then

Thanks Asians!
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The problem is that people think those are the only acts of racism worth calling out as racist. Oh people aren't rampantly burning crosses and lynching people like they were decades ago, so racism must not exist anymore!

Although it seems you can still get away with saying the n-word and still have lots of defenders.
 
Haly said:
Even the term "Asian American" is not without insidious discriminatory meanings because it often entirely ignores the Indian subcontinent, Western Asia, Pacific Islands, and Russia adjacent Asia. When someone like Colin says "Asian", he is thinking of Chinese, Koreans and Japanese.

This is just the very tip of "Asian" life in America and Western culture. If you're not even cognizant of that much you have no ground to say anything.
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The label "Asian" is outdated and in my view an insidious form of light racism which erases the cultural differences between people of various ethnic heritages by turning combining them into a reductive monolith. I wish people would stop using it.
 
Zukkoyaki said:
I honestly don't think I've ever seen someone so far up their own ass as Colin Moriarty.

Just look at him responding to genuine criticism with grammar corrections all while saying "nobody wants to debate" and ranting about safe spaces. He genuinely thinks he's super clever and an intellectual. He blocks out criticism and first instinct is always to double down and play the victim. It's astonishing. But then again, he's surrounded himself exclusively with people that feed that ego and his opinions.
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This is why humility is a good trait to have.
 
I sure am tired of privileged white men talking down to me about white supremacy and systemic racism.

I sure am tired of white people claiming that racism doesn't exist because of Asian people. I'm not an Asian American, but the idea of other minorities being used as model minority props is sickening. The entire point of this idea (which isn't new, like, isn't this guy supposed to be regarded as some amazing free thinker? this is one of the oldest, goofiest white supremacist talking points ever) nothing more than an attempt to use a minority to beat down other minorities, black people in particular.

I hope everything bad in life happens to him.
 
The guy is douchebag, always was as evidenced by his ME3 defence video.
Now people learn he is a douchebag AND a racist.
And it is very probable that he will go lower till he will be breathing through the shit with a straw.
 
decisions said:
I'm really confused by people's reaction to this, and it even being posted here.

There are many people on the far left who believe that, in modern times, there is a systematic white supremacy, which, by definition, detriments all other races.

Colin argued against this. He didn't say that racism doesn't exist (which is especially clear after clarification on Reddit). He said that the kind of widespread, systematic racism people on the far left believe to exist in America doesn't exist. Can we not see the difference between widespread, systematic white supremacy and racism in its entirety? Surely people on here are smart enough to makr that distinction, I think a lot of people in this thread just don't want to.

The thing is he argues against far left ideas almost every single day on Twitter? Why is this being posted here? Because if we frame a post properly with a biased thread title it can kind of seem like this guy thinks racism doesn't exist at all and we can pull out our pitchforks, lit with ego flames?

A lot of the animosity towards Colin is just unfounded.
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Everyone can see where this is going
 
Even if this was a legitimate argument, think about how terrible the rationale behind the "model minority bullshit is.

"This ethnic group gets a stamp of approval from white people because they do get given shit but instead of being more vocal against it, they take it and just work and are seen but not heard. Why can't blacks be silent and just take shit too?"
 
More than half of my family is Chinese. I would ask them if they had ever experienced racism but they are inscrutable and mysterious so there’s no way to know. I will just have to take Coin’s word for it.
 
mdubs said:
The label "Asian" is outdated and in my view an insidious form of light racism which erases the cultural differences between people of various ethnic heritages by turning combining them into a reductive monolith. I wish people would stop using it.
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I agree that Asian American often gets confused for specifically East-Asians. More often than not if it isn't a census then people from India will be called Indians much more often than being called Asian. But Black Americans and White Americans is very reductive too.
 
Inferno313 said:
lol, he's still coming after me.

I called him dumb. That's not an ad hominem. It's an insult.

The fact that he thinks this is an example of irony means I can rest my case.
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Man you triggered him so hard he straight up tweeted about it.

I do not understand where the irony is?

Right in his thing he is talking about where he went to school. Its pretty much the same thing.

Oh that you said ad hominem? This guy has some serious issues doesn't he. His brain don't work good.

Haha and lower in his tweets is him showing off his mental superiority by insulting someones grammar? Did he learn diversion from Trump?
 
DeathbyCheerios said:
Man you triggered him so hard he straight up tweeted about it.

I do not understand where the irony is?

Right in his thing he is talking about where he went to school. Its pretty much the same thing.
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Colin's claiming the original tweet is an ad hominem against Colin, and therefore it's ironic that he would get ad hominem thrown in his face when that's what started the conversation
 
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