Race Traitor¶
Hi. My name is Chris, and I’m a Race Traitor. I’m also gay. And a pussy. I have “nigger-lips”.
These are all insults that have been hurled at some point in my life. They’re also, not a single one of them, true, in any semblance of an objective sense.
Warning
I’m about to virtue signal, whatever the hell that means, so conservatives head to your safe spaces to avoid getting triggered.
When I was young I was not what you would call popular. My circle of friends was extremely small, and even within that group I was clearly at the bottom of the social hierarchy. As will likely not surprise you, this made me the target of quite a few insults reserved for those who have the temerity to not understand the unspoken, nuanced rules of popularity.
One of the more popular insults of my youth was to call me gay. This always used to upset me. In my youthful mind I was outraged, because even though I didn’t conform to the traditional gender role of masculinity1, that did not mean I was sexually attracted to other men. So, the thinking went, how dare they call me gay!
It was not until early in high school, around sophomore year I would guess, that I realized the problem. Whether I was gay was beside the point. The insult was meant to harm me. And I was allowing it to harm me, even though I did not think there was any problem with being gay. Once I realized the inherent impotency of the insults being hurled my way, they lost their power. What was wrong with being gay? Nothing. Why is being a pussy a bad thing? It’s a very resilient organ. Nevermind the complete and total lack of non-European ancestry in my genetic lineage, what exactly is wrong with having large lips?2 Again: nothing.
Which brings me back to being a Race Traitor. This is a new one. It had been so long since I’d encountered a new insult that I forgot how to react to them. It bothered me. I’m not betraying my race just because I support policies to help equalize the awful imbalance in our society between people with different colored skin. I’m not betraying my race just because I read history and know that our past is far from perfect.
None of that matters though. What’s so bad about being a Race Traitor? Allegiance to people solely based on the color of their skin seems about the stupidest reason I can think of to be loyal to someone. So if I’m betraying the “white race” with my thoughts and words and actions, so be it. If the “white race” stands in opposition to racial equality and diversity, then it needs to be betrayed.
So yeah, I’m a Race Traitor. Got a problem with it?
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