If there was ever any doubt that Donald Trump has this thing in the bag, it was removed by last night’s results in New Hampshire. It was the state where
perhaps its dominant meaning now is a kind of progressive culture-war posturing characterized by language policing, censoriousness, automatic deference based on personal identity, and moralizing about individual behavior.
Yeah, the author here isn’t even trying to say “this is what the Right thinks, but that’s not what it’s really about.” They aren’t trying to qualify this statement at all, and in fact go on to basically say “yeah, this is pretty much what it is.”
And I absolutely agree with what you said about people thinking this is an issue of niche concerns that “SJWs” have become militant about. The fundamental nature of my being, and that of entire communities of people, isn’t a niche concern. It comes from such a gross position of privilege for people think “you’re just making everything political! stop trying to tell me I’m being mean by being a bigot!” when our entire existence has been politicized. White cishets are trying to set the parameters of the conversation, pretend they are the default, and attacking anyone to dares suggest people could exists in a framework outside their narrow worldview.
More fucking Centrist bullshit from people who see this as an entirely academic discussion. “One side wants to eradicate entire groups of people, while the other says we should fight for equality, equity, tolerance, and empathy. But really, isn’t the latter group getting out of hand with their demands?”
I guess it is not much different than people calling women “hysteric” if they dared to complain about how they were treated. Or people calling me “too extreme/radical” when I went vegan over a decade ago. It’s just so lazy of them. As you said, because they see themselves as the default they don’t even have to use their brain before dismissing any perspective different from their own. It is so frustrating the power people have when they are in this default position. Any arguments you give them are just repelled by their ignorance.
And the thing is, I actually would like to live in a world where everyone can be happy and live freely, not only a select few. But I guess the logic of privileged people is that we have to be like them and that we, if we one day get to power, would like to oppress them just as they oppress us now (I think there is a video by F.D. Signifier where he explains this in more detail).
Yeah, the author here isn’t even trying to say “this is what the Right thinks, but that’s not what it’s really about.” They aren’t trying to qualify this statement at all, and in fact go on to basically say “yeah, this is pretty much what it is.”
And I absolutely agree with what you said about people thinking this is an issue of niche concerns that “SJWs” have become militant about. The fundamental nature of my being, and that of entire communities of people, isn’t a niche concern. It comes from such a gross position of privilege for people think “you’re just making everything political! stop trying to tell me I’m being mean by being a bigot!” when our entire existence has been politicized. White cishets are trying to set the parameters of the conversation, pretend they are the default, and attacking anyone to dares suggest people could exists in a framework outside their narrow worldview.
More fucking Centrist bullshit from people who see this as an entirely academic discussion. “One side wants to eradicate entire groups of people, while the other says we should fight for equality, equity, tolerance, and empathy. But really, isn’t the latter group getting out of hand with their demands?”
I guess it is not much different than people calling women “hysteric” if they dared to complain about how they were treated. Or people calling me “too extreme/radical” when I went vegan over a decade ago. It’s just so lazy of them. As you said, because they see themselves as the default they don’t even have to use their brain before dismissing any perspective different from their own. It is so frustrating the power people have when they are in this default position. Any arguments you give them are just repelled by their ignorance.
And the thing is, I actually would like to live in a world where everyone can be happy and live freely, not only a select few. But I guess the logic of privileged people is that we have to be like them and that we, if we one day get to power, would like to oppress them just as they oppress us now (I think there is a video by F.D. Signifier where he explains this in more detail).