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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
This is all anyone needs to know about who you are as a person. The fact that only people who are diverse can be scared about Trump's words, policy, and action as it relates to diverse people is absolutely disgusting. It is clear that you do not view these issues as white people's issues.
I know I have been recommending you read White Fragility, but at this point, I'm going to retract the request. It's not for you and based on this and everything you've posted recently, you'll get absolutely nothing out of it.
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You're misreading me. I did not say these were not white people's issues. I said a lot of the white people who protest most loudly against Trump are signalling. This is, I believe, a phenomenon related to the issues the author of that book raises regarding progressives. ETA: I doubt very much the sincerity of a whole lot of people both for and against Trump. I think, channeling Alain de Botton here a bit, the really strong affinity for social causes these days is a form of a new religion replacing the old ones. Movements have a very tribal element to them. People want to belong to something bigger than themselves. (You've read
True Believer, I'm sure.) And very fashionable ones of today are polarizing political movements, call out culture, "take back America" extremists, MAGA, social justice enthusiasts.
That you would contort those words so bizarrely shows an extreme bias toward finding nefarious intent where none exists.
