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Man, you are comparing totally unfair attacks on Obama to totally fair attacks on rich 25yos who say ridiculous things about race and privilege without ever hav

Man, you are comparing totally unfair attacks on Obama to totally fair attacks on rich 25yos who say ridiculous things about race and privilege without ever having any real hardship or responsibility in their lives. I mean, you want to compare the Trayvon Martin story to stories of techies pitching a fit about the word "blacklist" in a codebase? That's the kind of thing I'm talking about, in case it wasn't clear. Can we not differentiate?

dragonwriter 8y ago
> Man, you are comparing totally unfair attacks on Obama to totally fair attacks on rich 25yos who say ridiculous things about race and privilege without ever having any real hardship or responsibility in their lives. This is incorrect on several levels. But, most centrally, I'm saying people like the rich 20 year olds have been around forever, that people have been attacking the Democratic Party about them forever, they aren't a meaningful change from what has been around for decades, and your implicit claim that they are a change from Clinton and Obama is erroneous I. comparing fringe non-politicians that may seem locally significant in your social circles to career politicians who are also succesful Presidential candidates and being surprised that the former have a less carefully crafted political presentation for mass appeal, which is an unsurprising observation with no particular significance.
- yourbandsucks 8y ago
  Poor 20something artists with far left views have been around forever. 25yos making 200k working for the man and then lecturing others who make less about privilege is pretty new. I get what you're saying about singling out the dumbest individuals in a movement, but as techie liberals, I think we have an obligation to police. Just like principled conservatives vs their racists.

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Man, you are comparing totally unfair attacks on Obama to totally fair attacks on rich 25yos who say ridiculous things about race and privilege without ever hav

by yourbandsucks 8y ago

dragonwriter 8y ago
> Man, you are comparing totally unfair attacks on Obama to totally fair attacks on rich 25yos who say ridiculous things about race and privilege without ever having any real hardship or responsibility in their lives. This is incorrect on several levels. But, most centrally, I'm saying people like the rich 20 year olds have been around forever, that people have been attacking the Democratic Party about them forever, they aren't a meaningful change from what has been around for decades, and your implicit claim that they are a change from Clinton and Obama is erroneous I. comparing fringe non-politicians that may seem locally significant in your social circles to career politicians who are also succesful Presidential candidates and being surprised that the former have a less carefully crafted political presentation for mass appeal, which is an unsurprising observation with no particular significance.
- yourbandsucks 8y ago
  Poor 20something artists with far left views have been around forever. 25yos making 200k working for the man and then lecturing others who make less about privilege is pretty new. I get what you're saying about singling out the dumbest individuals in a movement, but as techie liberals, I think we have an obligation to police. Just like principled conservatives vs their racists.