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This is the most standard of social justice talking points. I don’t like it at all. But putting that aside, how would I go about determining whether it’s true?
by psyc 6y ago
This is the most standard of social justice talking points. I don’t like it at all. But putting that aside, how would I go about determining whether it’s true? Take all y’all’s word for it? Listen and believe? Read exclusively intersectional literature until it takes over my thought processes?
What is the truth value of this stance? If I say viewing everything as political is a motivated choice, you say it could only be so for the privileged. And so I’m stuck in my little fishbowl, and you’re over there in whatever your situation is, and never the twain shall meet.
- KozmoNau7 6y agoLuckily reality doesn't care whether you like it or not, to put it bluntly :-) All you really have to do is to listen to people when they describe the struggles they go through, the injustices they face and the roadblocks in their path. It quickly becomes obvious that a lot of people[1] really are in disadvantaged positions, some even from birth, while others see mild corrections to their ingrained behavior and reminders of how privileged they are, as massive infractions on their personal freedoms. Speaking truth to power by dumping on the over-privileged people of the world is catharsis and a necessary healing step. [1] In fact the majority of people on Earth.
- psyc 6y agoIf only you knew. Literally all I do in my old age is listen to everybody and try to work out where they’re coming from. I thought long and hard about my rebuttal, and I might have almost had a pretty good one. But instead I’ll just say thanks for giving me occasion to think a lot.