Reply #68: Racist language was not an organized attack

[loyalsister]

The language he refers to was not cleverly developed by organized groups who were involved in a political movement. It was not "used" to perpetuate and reinforce the validity of violence and hate towards individuals. It was ordinary daily language used en masse that perpetuated a hideous cultural norm. Average Joes with no relation to the klan were involved in randomly killing black men for looking at white women.

There is a personal distance between the scientist and his\her ideas that does not exist in the case of racism. The language attacks are not nearly as personal or hateful.
A comparison of efforts to discredit ideas and attacking integrity with speech that reflects personal hatred of an individual to a point that the person was potentially subject to violence is just not valid.