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I'm hoping to combat my bias with new perspective. I would like to be convinced that people who identify as Republican aren't more likely to be racist or misogy

I'm hoping to combat my bias with new perspective. I would like to be convinced that people who identify as Republican aren't more likely to be racist or misogynistic people.

pizzazzaro 8y ago
I think "adventured" shows you what we're dealing with. There is no respect for the fact that some members of our society continue to enjoy certain advantages. When you're the one who recieves such, this is subtle. Telling people about the racist history behind zip codes can be a hard conversation. Telling white people about the way black families have "the talk" about being careful not to spook police, or white people who call police simply for being black... That's a hard conversation. Telling my fellow white men about how women have their own version of "the talk" about walking down the street alone in more communities than you realize... That's often a hard conversation. The talk about how the poor deal with more expenses, more physical pain, less power to demand basic humanity from shittier bosses... As a car-dweller with a full-time job on the East Coast, I've had to deliver it repeatedly. Nobody helps, unless you can earn the trust of others in a similar situation. And car-dwellers move around too much to make those relationships. Nobody had these hard conversations with me growing up. I had black friends, activists, girlfriends that informed me about how my own neighbors live. I didnt always take it well at the time, but I did grow from the experience. And no matter how much we rage about it on twitter in our safe little bubbles, nobody that needs this revelation is going to hear it anywhere but in person. The subgroup of Conservatives whose ideology boils down to "screw you, I got mine" is just Sociopathy claiming Righteousness via deformed Capitalism. These people need to be called out as the anti-patriots they are.

I'm hoping to combat my bias with new perspective. I would like to be convinced that people who identify as Republican aren't more likely to be racist or misogynistic people.

pizzazzaro 8y ago

I think "adventured" shows you what we're dealing with. There is no respect for the fact that some members of our society continue to enjoy certain advantages. When you're the one who recieves such, this is subtle. Telling people about the racist history behind zip codes can be a hard conversation. Telling white people about the way black families have "the talk" about being careful not to spook police, or white people who call police simply for being black... That's a hard conversation. Telling my fellow white men about how women have their own version of "the talk" about walking down the street alone in more communities than you realize... That's often a hard conversation. The talk about how the poor deal with more expenses, more physical pain, less power to demand basic humanity from shittier bosses... As a car-dweller with a full-time job on the East Coast, I've had to deliver it repeatedly. Nobody helps, unless you can earn the trust of others in a similar situation. And car-dwellers move around too much to make those relationships. Nobody had these hard conversations with me growing up. I had black friends, activists, girlfriends that informed me about how my own neighbors live. I didnt always take it well at the time, but I did grow from the experience. And no matter how much we rage about it on twitter in our safe little bubbles, nobody that needs this revelation is going to hear it anywhere but in person. The subgroup of Conservatives whose ideology boils down to "screw you, I got mine" is just Sociopathy claiming Righteousness via deformed Capitalism. These people need to be called out as the anti-patriots they are.