Zizek On Racism

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[quierover1234]

@aarongreenb Slavoj is a genius.

[stochastic24]

Not by wrath, but by laughter do we slay.

[PoizenJam]

I think I can agree with his sentiment in principle. However, where I disagree is that the kind of jokes and 'casual' non-pc discrimination he's talking about is only really ok and an expression of solidarity when there is no natural power imbalance. I think trouble arises when there is systematic oppression or power imbalance between the in-group and out-group members- it normalizes and tacitly supports the discrimination. This video is an ideal, for people who are smart enough to know better.

[SteveShaw008]

Jokes serve solidarity only if the obsequiousness in the laugh (i.e., the renouncing response) is the sacrifice of self for larger radical praxis, rather than for the father (i.e., individualistic psychical {oedipal} survival strategy). Zizek typically joins both via bourgeois psychoanalytic Marxism, but here he omits his Lacan.

[churchjamespeter]

@zilbiol you don't understand the difference between marxism and totalitarianism.

[jumpnjza2]

"I don't care about your stupid ethnic dances I want dirty jokes" lololololololol

[zilbiol]

@hapobelle Maybe his joke wasn't that funny but he's right about this, over-reacting to small jokes, quips and remarks or honest criticism is an effect of racism, not a defense against racism, it says that you are too insecure and anxious to be relied on, which is what the racists want.

[hapobelle]

@zilbiol

Zizek is a fat asshole - his grabbing of upper hose is making me want to slap him.I have heard these jokes so many times,they are boring like hell.Have you heard - when people of Marshall Islands burp you get a tsunami?!!!!!!!! 

[zilbiol]

@hapobelle if you dont find his joke about how montenegrans masturbate funny there's something wrong with youe

[zilbiol]

logically he should abandon marxism completely as an ideology and declare it just another religion but then he'd lose the following and all the friends he's built up over the years

[hapobelle]

Racist,or jokes about natonalism are ridiculous and boring/annoying .Things in life are relative,what is enjoying to the masses is not always enjoying to all.When are people just going to be people.

[sinprelic]

i was born in serbia and i also enjoy these dirty, nationalistic jokes! i daresay, forgive me, that most of you will not really FEEL what he is saying because you've never experienced it firsthand. it's a simple concept but i also daresay young people in the western world are not exposed to these kinds of things anymore as i used to in my home country. political correctness distorts racism into something that can become evil. nationalistic jokes function to ridicule nationalism and racist ideas.