Why is the White man so racist?
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Summary
In this episode of the Shameless Spender Podcast, I discuss why we are becoming more and more extreme on social media, and why we should be worried about it. I read a poem by Rudyard Kipling, and discuss some of the reasons why we have become so extreme.
Transcript
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Hey folks, I am the Shameless Sperg. I hope you're doing well today.
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So today I want to discuss the subject of radicalism and extremism.
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I'm sure that a number of you, probably most, have been called radical or extremist,
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Why are you so extreme? Why are you so angry? Why don't you calm down? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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You've heard it all when you try to point out the obvious, when you try to raise the alarm,
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and you're just met with a deadpan stare, or people clam up, or they get really defensive,
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or they act like there's something wrong with you.
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For all these people that just cannot imagine why we've gotten so extreme.
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They'd rather just go on social media and be like,
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I just can't understand why these people, blah, blah, blah.
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Yeah, well, we're going to supply you an answer today.
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To open this up, I want to read one of my favorite poems.
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Now, when you hear the word Saxon in this poem,
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I want you to consider really our race more broadly,
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The Wrath of the Awakened Saxon, by Rudyard Kipling.