I am so sick of these faux ‘left’ types laundering MAGA talking points by pretending that sensitivity to language politics is elitism incarnate. Guess what? Giving a shit about how you treat people is the foundation of a consistent politics oriented towards justice, including anti-capitalism.
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Also please do use alt text next time
https://slate.com/culture/2021/06/woke-critical-race-theory-definition-history-meaningless.html
Woke - we must adopt the word Tyler because it is more inclusive of him, and resistance to this unwieldy paleologism is rooted in…
people like this simply don’t want to be judged for thinking less of others
Coastal people may not understand it, but as a Democrat living in rural Kansas, I sure do.
It didn’t work in the very place it was supposed to work - Midwest, corn/wheat belt, rust belt, & sun belt states. Because “aw gosh” is less powerful than populist appeal to base emotions and fear.
would be funny if it wasn’t so effective with centrist media dumbshits
i feel like the people who believe it have bought into the idea that only one thing can matter at once
it's very sad 2 dimensional thinking
Pretty sure Marsha Blackburn would disagree.
If the left focused on class over identity, they would stop losing. We can discuss the morality of that move, but the right wins on "the icky people wanna word police you" every time.
We pointed out they are weird and gross. Didn't work.
I would simply point out that your way seems to be working not at all.
You have to trick them into not circling the wagons around white supremacy.
I just am super curious: What part of the current strategy seems successful?
I don't know how you address people's fear of change and perceived loss of culture.
Pointing out that said culture has a really bad history just drives them to fascist idiots.
It's not a contest to see who is the most socially conscious person. The object is to affect positive change.
We will never get half of the electorate to willingly accept change if we constantly frame it as "because of systemic racism."
The idea that if we free the least us us we free us all came from Black woman radicals. Most trans people are poor. Most disabled people are poor. Most trans latinos are poor. He doesn't want to hear them?
“I’m here to create a debate” is such a tired position amongst liberals
TAH: reliably trash