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I'm not saying if they Left should or should not support war. Also by 'Dem' I should have said 'Left'. I'm not even technically against polices that are overt
by jollybean 5y ago
I'm not saying if they Left should or should not support war.
Also by 'Dem' I should have said 'Left'.
I'm not even technically against polices that are overtly discriminatory, except that they would have to be 'very, very exceptional'.
But the Left supports those, which are arguably racist.
It's not my political posture one way or the other, I'm just responding to the point that the Left is 'not for war or racism' - when they can definitely support war, and polices that are unfortunately racist, even for 'bad reasons'.
The Left can be trusted to have a 'Kernel of Good Faith' on issues of Social Justice. When someone form the Left says they are concerned about it - I believe it. But one step beyond that and I'm cynical. In much the same way I am fully fine with 'flag waiving' and 'acts of patriotism'. But it makes me jittery quickly because that stuff can get mean pretty quickly as well.
- Sporktacular 5y agoI guess you can make an argument that it's racial discrimination in the same sense that affirmative action is racist. But it rings hollow when the same people who have been discriminating against black people for years suddenly have a problem with 'racism'. I don't know you, or whether you fit into that category. But so much of the pearl clutching we see the days from the right is clearly disingenuous. Maybe that's why the left doesn't take it seriously and will vote accordingly.