For the privileged few of us, this is true. Currently marginalized groups almost certainly won't "be fine."
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Telling someone that injustices they experience today are okay because long term they probably won't experience them is an awful take. Today is all many people have.
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I’m not saying everything is perfect. I’m responding to the people saying x is an existential threat that will break democracy and it’s all over.
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I’ll go one step further: I’d bet good money that 10 years from now will be better for every marginalized group than 10 years ago was
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Again. that's an easy posit. You're "in." Tell that to someone who wakes up afraid everyday, simply because their existence is a threat to this regime.
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I’m not talking about me! Im fine. I’m betting that’s true for the people who aren’t “in.” Just because I’m white/male/heterosexual doesn’t mean it’s impossible for me to be rational or empathize
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You're making a statement that the existential fear of others is justified because it won't always be that way. That's absolutely unempathetic.
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You’re assuming words that I never said. This is Twitter FFS stop trying to imply things I never said, you should know better
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To a lot of worried and suffering people, your initial tweet has more notes of "stop overreacting" than "keep hope alive" Very closely related messages, extremely different impacts.
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The long run is a dangerous term. It renders your statement unfalsifiable.
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No it doesn’t. It’s absolutely possible things could get worse in the long run.
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You’re right. I was being snobby
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