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Because I don’t think it has anything to do with race or oppression, it’s about power. Identifying a group, calling it racist to undermine it, and then through
by underseacables 6y ago
Because I don’t think it has anything to do with race or oppression, it’s about power. Identifying a group, calling it racist to undermine it, and then through public humiliation and derision, force it to do some thing. That thing could be anywhere thing from better treatment and awareness, to reparations. It’s all about power.
- brayhite 6y agoIt took me a long time to understand this. Not to say I whole-heartedly endorse it, but the sentiment is reasonable. Unfortunately, the language used elicits such visceral emotion, folks have a hard time divorcing their interpretations for a moment to hear someone out.
- thisiszilff 6y agoCertain parts of it do make sense, but it can also cause a feedback loop whereby the shift is away from concrete policy goals and towards power seeking behavior. Much of the present day political toolkit is postmodern flavored which unfortunately erodes the role of reason in communication and makes it less likely that that power is wielded towards concrete policy objectives. > folks have a hard time divorcing their interpretations for a moment to hear someone out. I think the key here is that in our current political landscape, "interpretation" and "hear someone out" don't really mean what they used to mean. Communication today is increasingly performative and less oriented towards synthesis and common understanding. In many of our recent political discussions, the topic hasn't been a specific policy or proposal, but a vague nebula of idea and mindsets that some would like people to adopt wholesale.