# Systemic Oppression, Personal Bigotry, and Jerkiness **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/systemic-oppression-personal-bigotry-and-jerkiness/967712 **Category:** Great Debates **Created:** [July 10, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/systemic-oppression-personal-bigotry-and-jerkiness/967712 "2022-07-10T16:51:19Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde) #### Post date: [July 10, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/systemic-oppression-personal-bigotry-and-jerkiness/967712/4 "2022-07-10T17:02:08Z")
No–if you are only interested in saying systemic oppression is bad but are not interested in exploring the particulars of that conclusion I don’t see much to debate, and have no interest in the discussion. I too agree systemic oppression is bad, but I think that without considering how that intersects with specific issues and policies it is little more than platitude. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/systemic-oppression-personal-bigotry-and-jerkiness/967712)._