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> Adams said Black people are a hate group, citing a recent Rasmussen survey which, he said, shows nearly half of all Black people do not agree with the phrase “It’s okay to be white.”

Pay attention to this common trick, where journalists omit checking an easily verifiable fact, and choose to report it as if it were a mere unfounded statement by their target. "He said" it, because that is what the survey actually showed:

BLACK AMERICANS ONLY: "It's okay to be white." 53% agree, 26% disagree, 21% not sure - https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/162846019293223731...

The article itself is paywalled [1], but this somewhat dubious website reporting on it [2] claims it found that: By race, 81% of Whites, 53% of Blacks and 58% of other races at least somewhat agreed it’s alright to be white.

[1] https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/ge...

[2] https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/poll-72-us-adul...

He also says in the video "I used to identify as black because I want to be on the winning team" and "If you're white, just stay away from black people"

Or you could watch the video where he actually said it, while justifying his identifying as white again, because by previously identifying as black, he accidentally joined a hate group. The story isn't about the poll, it's about Scott Adams.

> The story isn't about the poll, it's about Scott Adams.

The story is about Scott Adams' rant, but tries to avoid the question of how much of his rant was based in fact.

That fact is racist and knowledge based on facts is racist.

The other problem with the survey is: if I think "it's okay to be white" is a stupid slogan used mainly by trolls, do I "agree" with it or not?

If you feel the need to hide behind trolls to avoid agreeing with literally the mildest possible statement about whites, then I would say that no, you don't. That's like being pro-vivisection just because the Nazis made a point about banning it.

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