Does this also apply when someone say: expressing X has consequences and is damaging/dangerous?
More that opponents undervalue the role of individuals in this. We are all situated within dominant discourse. Hence, all white ppl racist.
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We can tackle this on an individual level but by dismantling the discourse which defines us according to a certain understanding of it.
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The idea that a white individual could hear different discourses around race, involve herself in them, assess them, make own arguments? No.
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So, ultimately, the disagreement comes down to a different view of human nature and how society works.
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Yes, exactly. Whether you see individuals engaging with a range of ideas & the best ones winning or systems of power deciding which ones win
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Of course, there is something in the latter. The views of the majority do become accepted as the norm. But they change.
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There is resistance to accepting that the zeitgeist changes via the free expression of ideas & new, minority ideas gaining acceptance.
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You see it when, for eg, ppl insist feminists or the Civil Rights Movement changed society single-handedly by means of activism.
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They get angry if you suggest they increased discussion but society as a whole changed & that is how the change became the norm.
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Even those who assisted runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad? Or who've marched for civil rights?
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I'm sure they'd say 'yes.'
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Psychic warfare.
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