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I would say that the tabletmag attack piece shared by rayiner is absolutely not reasonable. It does not really say what is wrong with white liberals but simply
by random314 5y ago
I would say that the tabletmag attack piece shared by rayiner is absolutely not reasonable.
It does not really say what is wrong with white liberals but simply shames them and aims to make white liberals seem ridiculous. The repeated use of the term "wokeness" for a liberal attitude is also a key part of the shaming strategy.
The substance of the shaming seems to boil down to three points.
1. White liberals support affirmative action and reparations
2. White liberals are positive about immigration
3. White liberals are more supportive of Palestine than Israel unlike before (anti colonialism and anti apartheid are obvious reasons)
Why should white liberals be ashamed of this attitude?! These are the insinuated reasons in the article.
1. We will call this "wokeness" and laugh at your ridiculousness
2. Oh you have a white savior complex? Hilarious.
3. Umm, do you know that colored liberals are not as liberal as you?
4. Isn't being pro Palestine anti Semitic?
5. You do know that white liberals supported Israel 10 years ago, right?
Rayiner sharing this hit piece, complaining about wokeness in the midst of Republican authored antivax epidemic is par for the course for him. But the audience cant allow him to make multiple cheap shots every day in the interest of sounding reasonable and accommodative. I would like to see him offer one comment of the crazy antivax Republican leadership killing hundreds every day instead of some cheap shots about wokeness, liberals and school administrators.
- tptacek 5y agoI don't think personalized comments like this are helpful, either to the site or to the argument you're trying to make.
- random314 5y agoThe personalized comments while relevant are very few, but the substance of the comment is a critique of the tabletmag article and the introduction of the term "wokeness" across several media outlets to shame any kind of liberal POV. The POV being thrust is "Today's liberals are idiotic trend chasers unlike liberals of the civil rights era". Liberals were ridiculed in the 60s as well and it is no different this time. The particular example of rayiner compelling you to implicitly accept that "wokeness" is degrading society is the kind of Gish Gallop rhetoric that gets churned out in supposedly "intellectual" forums. A way of pushing the Overton window to the right in the more educated and wealthier forums beyond rural America.