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In reply to the discussion: It's getting weird here....white privilege....rape threads a month ago....it seems a bit much [View all]BainsBane
(53,175 posts)especially when you've demonstrated you refuse to pay attention to the most basic arguments they make.
Arguing that people who have the nerve to care about those issues must be paid disrupters reveals an idea of politics that excludes women and people of color. Many in this thread have made clear they see us as entirely illegitimate, don't wish to be allied with us in any way, and any concerns we have are entirely driven by the RW. So be it. Nothing I can do about any of that other than recognize what people are.
I've seen really hurtful, cruel comments made to posters of color today, and they turn my stomach. People here have hurt people I care about. The level of contempt for the lives and concerns of the non white male segments of society by some on this board is repulsive. I can't stop any of it. All I can do is recognized it and voice my concern.
These threads on DU have been an experience for me. I've spent my life living in liberal cities and working at universities. I don't encounter people who hold such views in real life and have always associated those arguments with Republicans. To learn Democrats voice the same arguments has been an eye opener. As that chart someone posted the other day shows, party affiliation has little influence on racism.
I guess I was used to having feminist issues shit all over, and I shouldn't be surprised that the same people have the same level of respect for the concerns of people of color they do for those of feminists. I knew people voiced troubling ideas. I just didn't realize how deeply it went.