Big difference between "this opinion upsets me"/"I'm not allowed to say *anything* without criticism" and "I'll die and nobody cares."
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You'll notice that when conservatives say they're under attack, they mean debate. When regressive leftists say the same, it means the same.
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When poor people say they're under attack, or marginalized minorities in just about any nation, it reflects material reality - capitalism.
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Notionally, all realities feel as real to the observer as any other, more or less.
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There are people who feel as violated by a 10% tax hike on their assets as someone else feels stressed that they can't afford meds.
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Perhaps the most unfortunate side-effect of feelings-as-politics is that we can't tell these people to go fuck themselves with barbed wire.
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Because if all it takes for a political view to be valid is "muh feels were hurt", they are technically in the same spot as you.
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That this is moral depravity of the highest order only clarifies what's wrong with the position that feelings are inviolable.