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> In lumping together black and Asian people in an amorphous group assumed to have a common experience of racism, ... > Be wary of the white, straight men who

• happytoexplain 6y ago
  I don't see a need for antagonism. "Mental gymnastics" and "cognitive dissonance" are very common jabs in shallow arguments. Both of those points you're quoting parts of sound totally arguable - in a generalized sense - and not contradictory. A lot of criticism of opinions about -isms seem to take on this form of "if you encounter a similar situation twice where the only significant outward difference is the (race/sex/etc) of the participants, then you must have exactly equal thoughts and opinions about them in every way, or else you're a hypocrite", as though in the end those situations always play out the same after the fact, have the same consequences, and have the same motivations and contexts. It's just not realistic. People love to isolate race/sex/etc as the only variable in the universe when talking about -isms, because it makes it easy to create arguments for your favored opinions and against others.
  • wilsocr88 6y ago
    It's far more acceptable to lump whites and males together than the other groups mentioned. And, sure enough, they do. "Be wary"
  • damagednoob 6y ago
    > Both of those points you're quoting parts of sound totally arguable Her _whole_ article is how you can't lump people into a group and then she does it in her conclusion. How is that not contradictory? Do a search on twitter for 'TERF', count up how many tweets are from woman/men and then tell me it's legitimate to generalize to white, straight men.