# Bricker is a Pile of Shit Sculpted into Human Shape

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 30, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344 "2017-03-30T13:46:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/601 "2018-10-22T00:33:13Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> See, I _was_ gonna say something, but then you had to open your damn fool mouth and now I just _can’t_ give you the satisfaction…

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> Woo, look at the 25 cent words from Mr Dictionary, here…so articulate.

So articulate? Let’s not get carried away now. I’ll be honest, I have to look up a good 11.6% of the words you use.

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**Author:** ![Huey\_Freeman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/huey_freeman/32/251_2.png) [@Huey\_Freeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huey_Freeman)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/602 "2018-10-22T03:03:49Z")

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> [@Gary\_Kumquat](#):
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> If people take you to task for comments such as “white people have a higher prevalence of autism due, in part, to inbreeding”, you conveniently label them as not being ready to engage on the subject of race. You also conveniently forgot that people responded with multiple peer reviewed cites that kicked your premise deep into touch\*.
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> Worse, the cites given actually demonstrate systematic racial inequality of the worst sort. Late diagnosis of health issues, mental or otherwise, because black people have worse access to healthcare is clearly a fundamental issue that must be dealt with. It proves your point, without making a throwaway dig about whites suffering from mental health issues due to inbreeding.
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> So if you really want to engage in a discussion on race, how about we skip the trolling, and focus on unarguable facts?  
> \*Selection of some of the cites you’ve been referred to in the past.
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> [Autism and the African American community - PubMed](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21707353)  
> “African Americans tend to suffer disproportionate rates of disability and disease when compared to other racial and ethnic groups due to access to preventative and curative care. However, evidence demonstrates that although rates of diagnosis for autism occur at the same rates in all racial groups, diagnosis in African American children occurs later than in White children”  
> [https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...omes-to-autism](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...omes-to-autism)  
> "ASD affects people of all races and ethnicities, but research shows that African-American and Latino children with autism are diagnosed at older ages than white children, giving them less of an opportunity for proper intervention and treatment…
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> …A recent study from Georgia State University found that African-American parents reported fewer concerns about behaviors like delayed speech and repetitive behaviors, even though their children showed a greater severity with these symptoms, overall"  
> [https://www.livescience.com/62415-au...ate-rises.html](https://www.livescience.com/62415-au...ate-rises.html)  
> "what’s behind the increase? Perhaps, rather than more kids having autism, just more of them are being diagnosed with it. Communities are doing a better job of diagnosing autism among minority populations, said Alison Singer, president and co-founder of the Autism Science Foundation, who was not involved in the new report.
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> Historically, autism prevalence has been much higher among white children compared with black and Hispanic children, according to the CDC. But in the most recent report, minority populations had similar percentages of kids with autism as found in white children, Singer said. (For example, in earlier years, autism rates were about 30 percent higher in white children than in black children; but in the latest report, the autism rate was only 7 percent higher among white children than in black children, the CDC said.)
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> This is a positive step, but the new report also revealed room for improvement in autism diagnoses, Singer said. For example, in 85 percent of the autism cases, there were notations in the children’s health or educational records expressing concern about their development by the time they were 3 years old, but only 42 percent of the children received a developmental evaluation to diagnose autism by that age."

Yes, I’ll repeat that. You, like most white folks, are not ready to engage in a discussion on race. My time is limited and it would not be fruitful for me to engage with you on race. It would be a waste of your time and my time. So, I’ll move on to your other point regarding autism. You do know that your third cite confirms that white folks have a higher prevalence of autism, right? I’m just making sure we’re clear and on the same page on that point. What your cites are saying is that, for the most part, the observed differences in autism prevalence is due to under reporting by people of color. Seems all-too convenient if you ask me. To me, at worst, the idea reeks of white privilege and white supremacy - because it reinforces the the idea that _only_ white folks would take their ostensible special needs child to the hospital, while people of color would deliberately leave their children to suffer; at best, the explanation attempts to obfuscate an uncomfortable facts by inventing stereotypes from whole cloth. But let’s set all of this aside (not just because this is becoming an exercise in semantics) because this all it begs the question: why would Somali rate of reported autism be higher if their poverty rate is higher than African-Americans as a whole (and it is, 54% vs. 27% cite for African Americans [here](http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/fact-sheets/poverty/) and cite for Somalis [here](https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/immigration/2018/02/24/state-demographer-offers-some-context-somali-refugee-poverty-numbers/370507002/)). If the theory - poverty and/or lack of affordable health care is the primary contributors - held true, it would mean autism rates by Somali population would be lower not higher. This isn’t the case, in fact, the observable facts are the reverse: Somalis are _poorer_ and _have less access to health care_ yet have _higher_ rates of autism. The Somali population is a great population to study because there is strong evidence of inbreeding due to religious reasons. Further, [inbred animal strains](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2441761/)are used by autism researchers to model autism. Although I will read your reply, if you wish to discuss autism further, open up a thread. We shouldn’t loiter in Diamond and Bricks thread.

> [@Blalron](#):
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> No, it tells you that the specific individual named John Roberts doesn’t believe in expert opinion. You are taking an example of one person and using it to make broad generalizations about white folk.

Yes, I generalize. No, John Roberts is a product of white supremacy from the United States. White folks reject expert opinion from climate scientists who warn about global warming, and, instead, trust their own non-expert judgment. White folks reject expert opinion from doctors and scientists and believe it is [safe to bathe your child in lead-tainted water](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/2016/01/09/state-removes-criticized-flint-water-poster/78559088/), but then a few days later white folks say “[Flint water is not safe to bathe a newborn](https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-ag-flint-water-not-even-safe-to-bathe-a-newborn).” Which is it, white folks: is it safe to bathe in lead-tainted water or not? White folks have even co-opted EPA to tell people of color that it’s OK to bathe, shower, or drink lead-tainted water but curiously remains silent on the high levels of trihalomethanes and coliform bacteria found in the water. White folks gutted education to the point white women were protesting in the street. White folks won’t allow researchers to study gun violence because reasons. White folks have expunged experts from the EPA because reasons. White folks have abandoned facts and truth to walk into dark woods of conspiracy theories, fake news, and talk radio. White folks actually believed that the U.S government let Obama be President without confirming whether he was a U.S. citizen. If people of color behaved this way, we’d be ridiculed. Truth doesn’t matter to white folks anymore, they just make shit up. So, no, John Roberts rejecting facts and evidence isn’t an anomaly, it is exactly what what whiteness is and does.

I want to talk a bit more about truth. Do you know why people of color were convinced of Dr. Ford’s testimony? It’s because people of color spend our lives listening to white folks lie all of the goddamned time. Whether it be your reasons for gerrymandering,for suppressing our votes, for showing solidarity with white supremacy, for tainting our water supply (and then blaming it us), or denying our ability to exist without suspicion, all we hear are your lies, your equivocations, and your falsehoods. So, when you have this white woman, Dr. Ford, come out there and tell the _truth_, it’s like being jolted by a bolt of electricity, or watching Season 5, Episode 18 of the sitcom _227_, or watching Moses part the Red Sea. You actually saw a white person tell the truth (but you know your friends aren’t gonna believe you). The tragedy of Dr. Ford was that she was cannibalized by her own people who refused to rely on experts on rape and sexual abuse but, instead, relied solely on their own non-expert judgement - “Why would Dr. Ford wait till now to come forward?” or “She is a liar”. White folks are incapable of believing in the truth because they are not true to themselves.

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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/603 "2018-10-22T03:35:44Z")

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You do realize that by not using a simple adjective such as “some” in front of “white folks” or wypipo you _needlessly_ alienate many that are on your side. It’s almost like you are trying to write in a counterproductive manner. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/604 "2018-10-22T03:47:37Z")

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There’s no such thing as white people. White is not a quality, it is the absence of qualities. My redneck cousins share almost nothing in common with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, even less with a recorder player in Vermont. Most all of us on the Boards type white. But I have no idea how many of us are African-American, and am not the least bit curious.

Now, if you are going to presume to the authority to speak for African-Americans, then how do you speak for any of the rest of us? You claim to be able to tell us what white people think, but you aren’t one. And at the same time, you claim authenticity for blackness on account of being one. Bit of a contradiction there, don’t you think?

True, I can’t dance a lick, but Kanye West doesn’t know a do-si-do from an allemagne right! And neither does Obama.

Who you were is not who you are. Life is change, how it differs from the rocks…

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**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/605 "2018-10-22T04:57:12Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> You do realize that by not using a simple adjective such as “some” in front of “white folks” or wypipo you _needlessly_ alienate many that are on your side. It’s almost like you are trying to write in a counterproductive manner. :dubious:

You do realize that #NotAllWhitePeople is a pathetic response when discussing race issues.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/606 "2018-10-22T05:00:18Z")

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> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#):
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> You do realize that #NotAllWhitePeople is a pathetic response when discussing race issues.

Consider the source.

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**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/607 "2018-10-22T05:01:16Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> Consider the source.

True enough. I’m sure he doesn’t realize.

Maybe someone who doesn’t realize that is a pathetic response when discussing race issues but who actually wants to have that discussion will learn.

Not the shitstain, of course.

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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/608 "2018-10-22T06:35:41Z")

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> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#):
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> You do realize that #NotAllWhitePeople is a pathetic response when discussing race issues.

Yeah. You folks are really effective at crafting a message and advancing policy. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/609 "2018-10-22T09:00:14Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> You do realize that by not using a simple adjective such as “some” in front of “white folks” or wypipo you _needlessly_ alienate many that are on your side. It’s almost like you are trying to write in a counterproductive manner. :dubious:

Like it or not, Whites are the majority in this country and will be for the next 25 years or so. If you’re interested in actually winning elections, gaining political power and enacting systemic changes that will materially benefit marginalized groups in this country, then it actually does matter that you don’t alienate White voters.

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/610 "2018-10-22T21:33:54Z")

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> [@Blalron](#):
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> Like it or not, Whites are the majority in this country and will be for the next 25 years or so. If you’re interested in actually winning elections, gaining political power and enacting systemic changes that will materially benefit marginalized groups in this country, then it actually does matter that you don’t alienate White voters.

Well then it’s a good thing that Huey hasn’t (yet) been invited on Fox News.

This is the Pit on a website devoted to fighting ignorance. Plain talk, stripped of diplomacy, is appropriate here, insofar as it promotes clarity of thought.

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**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/611 "2018-10-22T23:08:34Z")

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I’m with\*\* Measure for Measure\*\* on this. **Huey Freeman** is posting from a place of frustration and exasperation; he’s expressing his feelings on the state of race relations in this country. And he’s owned up to the fact that some of his opinions may seem insulting to people and he seems genuinely sorry about that. As a white man who sees myself as a liberal and have (actually) worked to improve race relations, I take no offense when he broad brushes wypipo. I am secure in what I have done and am open to the fact that I may be unaware of some of my hidden (to me) racism. And, as he has said, there is a difference between criticism and insult, and too many times I seen posters here take as an insult what was meant as a criticism. I think it’s a shame that he has basically been run out of a thread that he started, in a forum specifically designed for rants and raves, because a bunch of whiners got their feeling hurt.

As for **Bricker** ; why should anyone care if he’s playing both sides of an issue? Does he have an agenda? Probably, but, don’t we all? He’s been a member of this community for quite some time and has an expertise that is in demand here. I have been irked, as well, by his ocd to frame even philosophical discussions in the letter of the law, but I view that as my failing, not his: different people approach things from different directions and I should allow for that.

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**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/612 "2018-10-23T01:28:11Z")

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> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#):
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> You do realize that #NotAllWhitePeople is a pathetic response when discussing race issues.

No, I think #NotAll\_\_\_\_\_People is a marvelous response to a generalization about an arbitrary group, because people are individuals.

> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#):
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> This is the Pit on a website devoted to fighting ignorance. Plain talk, stripped of diplomacy, is appropriate here, insofar as it promotes clarity of thought.

GQ is about fighting ignorance and everything else is a social club. But, nevermind—what have we learned? **Huey** ’s taught me he’s angry about racism and that he pisses me off. When I’m pissed off, I don’t think as clearly. I’m more ignorant now than before I read his posts.

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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/613 "2018-10-23T02:35:16Z")

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> [@coffeecat](#):
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> No, I think #NotAll\_\_\_\_\_People is a marvelous response to a generalization about an arbitrary group, because people are individuals.  
> GQ is about fighting ignorance and everything else is a social club. But, nevermind—what have we learned? **Huey** ’s taught me he’s angry about racism and that he pisses me off. When I’m pissed off, I don’t think as clearly. I’m more ignorant now than before I read his posts.

For many, this board is not a place to “fight ignorance” or even have a proper debate. Rather, it’s a place to virtue signal for acceptance into a toxic in-group. This bizarre need for validation from dysfunctional strangers should find its way into ICD-12.

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**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/614 "2018-10-23T03:03:17Z")

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> [@coffeecat](#):
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> No, I think #NotAll\_\_\_\_\_People is a marvelous response to a generalization about an arbitrary group, because people are individuals.

Then you’re a defensive moron who doesn’t want to discuss actual issues. You and the other shitstain have that in common evidently.

> [@](#):
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> GQ is about fighting ignorance and everything else is a social club. But, nevermind—what have we learned? **Huey** ’s taught me he’s angry about racism and that he pisses me off. When I’m pissed off, I don’t think as clearly. I’m more ignorant now than before I read his posts.

Don’t blame him. You were quite ignorant before.

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**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/615 "2018-10-23T03:04:26Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> For many, this board is not a place to “fight ignorance” or even have a proper debate. Rather, it’s a place to virtue signal for acceptance into a toxic in-group. This bizarre need for validation from dysfunctional strangers should find its way into ICD-12.

As has already been established, you are willfully ignorant and actually don’t want proper debate. That’s why you #NotAllWhitepeople.

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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/616 "2018-10-23T03:14:37Z")

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> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#):
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> As has already been established, you are willfully ignorant and actually don’t want proper debate. That’s why you #NotAllWhitepeople.

Lol. Established by whom? A group of no-life nuts with OCD? :eek:

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**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/617 "2018-10-23T04:41:02Z")

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> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#):
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> Then you’re a defensive moron who doesn’t want to discuss actual issues. You and the other shitstain have that in common evidently.  
> Don’t blame him. You were quite ignorant before.

If you want to discuss issues, tell me what’s wrong with #NotAll[SomeRandomGroup], because I don’t see it. If you want to call me names because I disagree with you and I said another poster made me angry, then life’s too short for this bullshit; goodbye.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/618 "2018-10-23T05:17:48Z")

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> [@coffeecat](#):
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> If you want to discuss issues, tell me what’s wrong with #NotAll[SomeRandomGroup], because I don’t see it. If you want to call me names because I disagree with you and I said another poster made me angry, then life’s too short for this bullshit; goodbye.

That’s easy. Those are always strawmen, because the other side has never said that all [SomeRandomGroup] are bad. It also tends to be a way to undermine a legitimate issue.

The most common is #NotAllMen. Currently, that is a response to #MeToo. It is thus implying that #MeToo is about attacking men, when it never has been. The hashtag accuses #MeToo of being sexist against men. Otherwise, why would you need to remind them that “not all men” are rapists?

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**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/619 "2018-10-23T06:00:51Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> That’s easy. Those are always strawmen, because the other side has never said that all [SomeRandomGroup] are bad. It also tends to be a way to undermine a legitimate issue.
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> The most common is #NotAllMen. Currently, that is a response to #MeToo. It is thus implying that #MeToo is about attacking men, when it never has been. The hashtag accuses #MeToo of being sexist against men. Otherwise, why would you need to remind them that “not all men” are rapists?

You must not be reading this thread.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-pile-of-shit-sculpted-into-human-shape/783344/620 "2018-10-23T06:28:36Z")

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> [@k9bfriender](#):
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> The problem is that _you_ are conflating two different definitions of racism, and claiming that they are the same.

Conflating? I’m not the one taking the term “racism”, which has a well defined meaning, and then using it in the place of “systemic racism” which also has a well defined meaning.

Seriously, look at the original quote:

“Huey can’t be a ‘racist’.” - I’d argue that a person who calls someone else the hispanic equivalent of a “House Nigger”, or accuses another group of being prone to autism due to inbreeding, is most likely racist.

“Huey can’t be a systemic/institutional racist” - Fair point.

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