17/If all white people get used to being morally condemned, all the time, just for being who they are, they'll just learn to live with it.
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18/Same with all men, all straight people, all cis people, or whatever. Eventually being condemned just becomes a reason to shrug.
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19/And if the Left loses its moral power, I fear for this country. I fear a Right unshackled by fear of moral condemnation.
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20/Because if moral power goes away, only physical power remains. And the Right has all of the physical power. http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/you-and-whose-army.html …
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21/Therefore, for the good of the country's most vulnerable, I recommend that we of the Left be more judicious in our condemnations. (end)
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Replying to @Noahpinion
The problem with this discussion, every time, is that we only ever analyze language for its effect on white racists. (1/x)
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Replying to @csilverandgold
I have a very very very very very good reason for centering white people in this discussion. It is because they have the guns.
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Democracy in America is about catering to white supremacy (shrug)
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Replying to @davidshor @Noahpinion
So... do we just accept that is that case forever?
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Replying to @csilverandgold @Noahpinion
You can't change it with campaign tactics. If you actually win elections and control the country then you can make some progress.
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Sigh. Liberals who counsel patience would have a lot more credibility had they not failed minorities so spectacularly during Clinton admin.
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