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You don’t think extremely liberal women who travel to DC to protest Donald Trump should be defensive when they are called racist?
It’s right to say “you’re not listening”. But it’s not right to say this march is some how undone or lacking relevancy because some of them aren’t listening.
Tell me how calling allies stupid racists works out for ya.
The reason Democrats and progressives will largely lose for a long time to come is due to our inability to be cohesive. Like the people who complained about Bernie Sanders supporters, eventually creating a rift in the party. That wasn’t helpful. You’re not helpful.
It’s the Women’s March on Washington. How did you get that the sole focus was racism out of that?
It’s such bullshit. It’s just another case of The Left Eating Itself. Everyone put your fucking Oppression Olympics on hold for just one fucking day and get together to protest Trump. Jesus WEPT.
At this point I’d take being a sheeple if it meant avoiding being killed in a nuclear war set off by a tweet from the crazy man in the White House.
I don’t think pushing them aside is the answer either- but neither is mocking and condescension, such as in the article.
“Call them out” to satisfy your ego. But when they feel less than enthused to join in your causes that they normally agree with, don’t be shocked or “call them out”.
Yea, you’re right. That’s not encouraging people to take up the cause.
This is exactly why we are where we are. Progressives (and I consider myself one of them) have developed an ‘all or nothing’ view of the world. If a person does not agree with or support EVERY single one of our ideologies simultaneously then we don’t want them.
Well of course you’re right, but why approach people on your own team who are trying to help with cynicism, sarcasm, and alienation, simply because they are white?
I just don’t see how an attitude of, “They’re not REALLY on our side because they’re white” helps literally anything. Insulting and alienating people on your own team only helps the other team.
White women who are attending this rally did not vote for Trump, and it does no good to fight with them as a group.
I agree. This is a big part of why democrats lose elections. The GOP gets everyone to fall in line like good little soldiers while progressives are all over the place, worried about things that may be “problematic.” I am a fan of nuance. I love critical thinking! But shit is real right now and we need to join…
Really? Really? Can we ever...EVER stop eating our own? We (progressives) have the biggest single enemy (obvious) to defeat since...Christ I don’t even know who...and we’re still doing this? We’re going to criticize and alienate white people who are late to the party for being late to the party? Now is not the…
“Who cares what they think?”
But libruls are the “special snowflakes”