"Racism is a particularly pernicious form of collectivism. Persons who cast racial slurs on others are not considering the individual merits or demerits of the person slurred; they may not know the individual at all, except that he is a member of some racial group (Jews, blacks, Ital ians, etc.). Though the person’s individual qualities may be quite different from many other members of the group, all this is ignored: all they know or care is that he is a member of that group."
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Academics from the United StatesPhilosophers from the United StatesUnited States presidential candidates, 1972People from IowaLibertarian Party (United States) politicians
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"Justice versus Social Justice", as quoted in "White Supremacy Is Alien to Liberal and Libertarian Ideals" (7 August 2019), by J.D. Tuccille, Reason
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John Hospers
(9 June 1918 – 12 June 2011) was an American philosopher and politician. In 1972 he became the first presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, and was the only new party candidate to receive an Electoral College vote in that year's U.S. Presidential election.
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