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>>deserve every bit of ire we are getting. Black people have >>had to prove "they were one of the good ones" and "a credit >to >>their race" for far too long. I don't mind having to do it >>now. > >Yes, living white men should be held to task for things that >happened before they were living. Seems equitable.
Those two phenomena specified happened (and happen) while all of us here were (and are) living. He's not talking about slavery. He's talking about a more nuanced racism that forces black people to navigate cultural obstacles in the pursuit of success and/or acceptance. I think he's suggesting white people now have to do something similar in order to be successful/accepted in black communities/environments AND ALSO those environments that have become more integrated. Whining about it makes one look especially fragile.
>>White people being (in their minds) the arbiters of morality >>and the barometers for what is socially acceptable is a >>fucking joke. > >Every individual, is the arbiter of morality in his or her own >mind. But yes, white men (especially progressives and their >cousin religious conservatives) have used the state in order >to impose their version of morality on others. Without a >powerful central state, they would be unable to accomplish >this.
Uhh...though I agree there's idealogical similarities between modern progressives and the far-right.....I can't think of any modern progressive agenda that has used the 'powerful central state' as a tool to impose their morality. (at least not in the US) I agree they'd do it if they had the opportunity lol. But can you give me ONE example of a current 'imposed morality' that is the product of federal progressive power? Do you think Clinton or Obama were progressives? If so, I'd strongly disagree.
>>Every culture has assholes, crooks, and liars, and humans, >in >>general, can't take criticism for shit, even when you're >>trying to help them, but I've always thought white people >were >>extra-fragile emotionally. I still didn't see this coming. > >What didn't you see? The opposition towards the white man >tribe, or their reaction to the opposition?
I might agree with you here. IMO, the alt-right is a natural and predictable response to the increasingly extreme leftist idealogy. I think the alt-right is using the same principles, inversed, that we're seeing on the far left. Specifically, identity politics. Group identity trumping individual identity and an increase in social tribalism.
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