I'm not against recognizing patterns. You keep bringing that up and trying to claim I'm against logic or some nonsense, but you're not going to straw man me into defending something I'm not saying. I'm saying it's not right to hate an entire race or religion based on traits that aren't inherent to the group. Furthermore, it's not right to hate people based in inherent traits that were never chosen by the individuals that possess them.
Drawing lines around groups of people and forming collective identity groups and treating them as monoliths is the essence of identity politics where leftists think people who share similar inherent traits all need to believe and support the same things. I'm against this as are many others because it's stupid and not representative of reality.
Are you defending anti-semitism? I don't even know what you're trying to argue. I feel like you're looking at two circles on a venn diagram, where circle A has the thing you dislike, and circle B is the Jews, and you're looking at the overlap between the two circles and using that to infer circle B is the problem. However, I don't actually know what you're trying to argue, so you should tell me in your own words. I've explained my position, now you should explain yours so we can have a conversation.
If I am understanding correctly:
-you are not against recognizing patterns
-but you are against using pattern recognition as a basis for forming opinions of races, religions, and people?
Most people have no problem with the idea of using pattern recognition to form opinions, heuristics, and actions, but some people do have a problem with that when it's about other people. It seems to be something deeper than what might be perceived as rational decision making.
"Noticing patterns is collectivist identity politics."
Claiming an entire race / religion is bad is a big generalization and is identity politics. It's literally categorizing people based on an identity.
Call out bad actors, bad ideas, and bad behavior.
Generally speaking, with regard to just about anything, are you against recognizing consistent patterns?
If so, would you acknowledge such an attitude as willful ignorance or malicious disregard of reality?
I'm not against recognizing patterns. You keep bringing that up and trying to claim I'm against logic or some nonsense, but you're not going to straw man me into defending something I'm not saying. I'm saying it's not right to hate an entire race or religion based on traits that aren't inherent to the group. Furthermore, it's not right to hate people based in inherent traits that were never chosen by the individuals that possess them.
Drawing lines around groups of people and forming collective identity groups and treating them as monoliths is the essence of identity politics where leftists think people who share similar inherent traits all need to believe and support the same things. I'm against this as are many others because it's stupid and not representative of reality.
Are you defending anti-semitism? I don't even know what you're trying to argue. I feel like you're looking at two circles on a venn diagram, where circle A has the thing you dislike, and circle B is the Jews, and you're looking at the overlap between the two circles and using that to infer circle B is the problem. However, I don't actually know what you're trying to argue, so you should tell me in your own words. I've explained my position, now you should explain yours so we can have a conversation.
If I am understanding correctly: -you are not against recognizing patterns -but you are against using pattern recognition as a basis for forming opinions of races, religions, and people?
Most people have no problem with the idea of using pattern recognition to form opinions, heuristics, and actions, but some people do have a problem with that when it's about other people. It seems to be something deeper than what might be perceived as rational decision making.