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> I’m what you’d probably consider a proponent of social justice. These "purity" movements will eventually come for everybody. I don't think it is even fair t

> I’m what you’d probably consider a proponent of social justice. These "purity" movements will eventually come for everybody. I don't think it is even fair to call what these "far left" people are doing "far left" because they're not actually pushing any new position and if anything are drifting to the right on a number of economic issues that were previously center stage. They are just employing extremist tactics on already broadly accepted positions, and looking for opportunities to edge lord.

dragonwriter 4y ago
> I don’t think it is even fair to call what these “far left” people are doing “far left” Institutional efforts at managing the internal environment and PR by notable right-wing institution Stanford University (home of the Hoover Institution) are not being done by people that are, claim to be, or are assumed by anyone else to be “far left”.
- throw__away7391 4y ago
  > people that are... Well that is my point. > ...claim to be, or are assumed by anyone else Gotta disagree there, in 2021 the self-identified breakdown was: 60.6% Democrat, 21.6% Independent, 9.1% Socialist, 4.9% Republican, 3.8% Other (https://drive.google.com/file/d/16r96A47pFcXQF2Z2Ei7ZvoXyBe8demhF/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/16r96A47pFcXQF2Z2Ei7ZvoXyBe8...)
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    Even if that was the same population as crafting this policy, the vast majority of those identities are not “far left” by any sane definition.
antihero 4y ago
Oh I've been come for before. Try being a white cis-presenting dude trying to mediate between trans people who have braids who are being personally harrassed and threatened by members the local university queer PoC society who say they felt threatened by their presence at the last trans-pride march. There's some seriously bad eggs in student politics, who often create a culture of extremism by guilting their peers into feeling they aren't towing the line enough or going far enough. You just have to ride the wave, take stock, take a break and then someday keep fighting the good fight once your mental health recovers. And be thankful nobody has guns.

dragonwriter 4y ago

> I don’t think it is even fair to call what these “far left” people are doing “far left” Institutional efforts at managing the internal environment and PR by notable right-wing institution Stanford University (home of the Hoover Institution) are not being done by people that are, claim to be, or are assumed by anyone else to be “far left”.

throw__away7391 4y ago
> people that are... Well that is my point. > ...claim to be, or are assumed by anyone else Gotta disagree there, in 2021 the self-identified breakdown was: 60.6% Democrat, 21.6% Independent, 9.1% Socialist, 4.9% Republican, 3.8% Other (https://drive.google.com/file/d/16r96A47pFcXQF2Z2Ei7ZvoXyBe8demhF/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/16r96A47pFcXQF2Z2Ei7ZvoXyBe8...)
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  Even if that was the same population as crafting this policy, the vast majority of those identities are not “far left” by any sane definition.

antihero 4y ago

Oh I've been come for before. Try being a white cis-presenting dude trying to mediate between trans people who have braids who are being personally harrassed and threatened by members the local university queer PoC society who say they felt threatened by their presence at the last trans-pride march. There's some seriously bad eggs in student politics, who often create a culture of extremism by guilting their peers into feeling they aren't towing the line enough or going far enough. You just have to ride the wave, take stock, take a break and then someday keep fighting the good fight once your mental health recovers. And be thankful nobody has guns.