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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: Cracking Speech by JDV!
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:35:57 +1100
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On 20/02/2025 2:32 am, John Larkin wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:05:32 -0700, Don Y
> <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 2/19/2025 3:51 AM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
>>> bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>>>> The idea that a man who has the appearance of a woman could easily enter
>>>> a woman's bathroom and engage in nefarious activities drives even some
>>>> of my better-educated American relatives and associate into conniptions
>>>> of hand wringing.
>>>
>>> It's a primitive fear that is drummed into women from an early age and
>>> it's not uncommon in men either.  As soon as the spectre is raised of a
>>> predatory man being present when you are at your most vulnerable, all
>>> logical thought is suppressed.  That is what they are playing on.
>>
>> And, what was the reason for fearing blacks, mexicans, homosexuals,
>> etc?
> 
> Fundamental tribalism. Genetic competition.
> 
> And racism isn't always driven by fear.

Some people do want to feel superior to some other people, and deciding 
the being white makes you superior to people who are black or yellow 
satisfies this particular desire. It doesn't make a lot of sense to 
think that way, but it can satisfy a craving.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney