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Vocalizing casual judgements and self-righteous moralizing seems to have become the norm. I guess we're relearning the hard way what previous generations knew:
by tcbawo 5y ago
Vocalizing casual judgements and self-righteous moralizing seems to have become the norm. I guess we're relearning the hard way what previous generations knew: don't talk about religion or politics in polite company. Unfortunately, being tolerant of this typically means just tuning it out. So, we sit and suffer through our relatives arguing with each other over Thanksgiving dinner.
- steveBK123 5y agoYes, but also just the deep irony & lack of self awareness of part of that end of the fringe. The white person casually judging non-white voter as racist for voting FOR the black guy? Wait until you see who the cities black voters voted for.. they must also be racist! I'm sorry I don't know better than them what they need, like you do.. Chris Arnade writes about this stuff a lot - front row & back row America. Sometimes front row liberal white America wants different things for "back row", especially non-white, America .. than they want for themselves.. Sometimes theres a weird horseshoe where extreme anti-racism & racism wrap around and meet each other.
- tcbawo 5y agoSometimes I think we're in the midst of a cultural version of the French Revolution. We're going to experience some wild extremes before it's done.