i don't think it's as symmetrical as you are presenting it i keep coming back to this thought and i'll need to flesh it out more at some pt
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Replying to @fronxer
I'm not claiming its symmetrical. There are majority views & minority ones. Its harder for the minority ones.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
there is majority/minority and there is power/control/ability to give access to resources
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Replying to @fronxer
Yes but do you think we can only oppose discrimination by making the majority pretend to hold views they don't?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @fronxer
I don't think we can. We can only say 'Believe what you want and say so but you mustn't discriminate.'
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Replying to @HPluckrose
i think "you mustn't discriminate" is an illusory goal to believe in discrimination can always find ways around laws
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Replying to @fronxer
Yes, it can, but we unless we can prove this, not much we can do. That's where we just try to make society more receptive.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
that reminds me that i'm very weak on the "doing" part anyway. i think a lot about concepts/theory, not so much about how to affect change.
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Replying to @fronxer
I'm exactly the same but I defend this on the grounds that change is effected above all by attitudes changing & if I can change some...
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Replying to @HPluckrose
same, but idk… it might just take me a few more years (or decades) to work my way up to it
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You make me more optimistic about finding common ground with intersectionals and more inclined to try!
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Replying to @HPluckrose
the main disagreement seems to be around ways of assessing the state of things and means to change it, but not the values of equality
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