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“biggest enemy is a white liberal”: https://www.thetimesnews.com/story/opinion/columns/2019/01/04/editorial-blacks-biggest-enemy-is-white-liberal/984897007/ ht

“biggest enemy is a white liberal”: https://www.thetimesnews.com/story/opinion/columns/2019/01/04/editorial-blacks-biggest-enemy-is-white-liberal/984897007/ https://www.thetimesnews.com/story/opinion/columns/2019/01/0... When I was younger, I had a hard time understanding Malcolm X’s position; but individuals like Clarence Thomas and the ongoings of the 2020s have made it very clear. I’d love to see moderate Republicans and the “equal opportunity” Black caucus find more common ground here. Why? From first-hand experience (non-white) I can also attest to the racism of the liberal camp being present and more insidious.

systemvoltage 5y ago
Most centrist Republicans value equality. They've moved further left to capture the moderates. The problem is the Berkeley progressives (the extreme left) has no concession in their sights. They want to tear down institutions and gut it out. Kind of how the cryto currency guys want to start seasteading and destroy the US Federal Gov but entirely on a different axis. I find race discussion from Columbia University linguist and NYTimes Columnist, John McWhorter, fascinating and profoundly pragmatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQj5bkUeAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQj5bkUeAc I am so worn out from all this. Living here in Oakland, I cannot, absolutely will not raise my children here. Actively seeking jobs in Texas, Florida, Colorado, Georgia and North Carolina.
- nebula8804 5y ago
  You know its funny I recently visited LA for the very first time for two weeks. (Im from the east coast). I was expecting a barren waste land because of all the talk from Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro about how terrible LA is. Instead what I found was a busting city with a lot of nice and interesting people from all walks of life. Did I see homeless? Yes, it was uncomfortable but after visiting many neighborhoods I came to realize that this right wing bashing of liberal places is exaggerated. California has a lot of problems and looking at the stats, it is actively losing population of people who make less than 100k. This is not good long term but honestly Texas or wherever else would have these same problems if they had this kind of economic gold rush in such a short amount of time. At the same time though it is not as bad as the right wingers seem to make it out to be. If the Liberals are to be blamed for losing people, its because of decades of promises and not ever delivering.
nebula8804 5y ago
Ha! This has been happening a lot longer than the 2020s. Its really a class issue not a race issue. The culture war is a distraction that allows the upper classes to continue the status quo. Sure we might have a pendulum swing to more right wing authoritarianism or we might move even further left wing woke but going back to moderate is a pipe dream because it ignores the fundamental issues that caused us to end up here in the first place: namely lack of fundamental reform.

systemvoltage 5y ago

Most centrist Republicans value equality. They've moved further left to capture the moderates. The problem is the Berkeley progressives (the extreme left) has no concession in their sights. They want to tear down institutions and gut it out. Kind of how the cryto currency guys want to start seasteading and destroy the US Federal Gov but entirely on a different axis. I find race discussion from Columbia University linguist and NYTimes Columnist, John McWhorter, fascinating and profoundly pragmatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQj5bkUeAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQj5bkUeAc I am so worn out from all this. Living here in Oakland, I cannot, absolutely will not raise my children here. Actively seeking jobs in Texas, Florida, Colorado, Georgia and North Carolina.

nebula8804 5y ago
You know its funny I recently visited LA for the very first time for two weeks. (Im from the east coast). I was expecting a barren waste land because of all the talk from Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro about how terrible LA is. Instead what I found was a busting city with a lot of nice and interesting people from all walks of life. Did I see homeless? Yes, it was uncomfortable but after visiting many neighborhoods I came to realize that this right wing bashing of liberal places is exaggerated. California has a lot of problems and looking at the stats, it is actively losing population of people who make less than 100k. This is not good long term but honestly Texas or wherever else would have these same problems if they had this kind of economic gold rush in such a short amount of time. At the same time though it is not as bad as the right wingers seem to make it out to be. If the Liberals are to be blamed for losing people, its because of decades of promises and not ever delivering.

nebula8804 5y ago

Ha! This has been happening a lot longer than the 2020s. Its really a class issue not a race issue. The culture war is a distraction that allows the upper classes to continue the status quo. Sure we might have a pendulum swing to more right wing authoritarianism or we might move even further left wing woke but going back to moderate is a pipe dream because it ignores the fundamental issues that caused us to end up here in the first place: namely lack of fundamental reform.