A movement that has to keep its goals hidden because it knows most people would recoil from those goals is not a movement I can join...
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Replying to @Noahpinion
Wait that's not what I'm saying tho. I think some kind of conscious management of difference follows from "race without racism."
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But I doubt that's a common sentiment among social justice types. I think it flows from the premises tho...
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Replying to @csilverandgold
Right. I like to see things taken to their logical extent, even if it's not realistic, to see how much people like that end goal vision.
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Replying to @Noahpinion @csilverandgold
A movement that has to hide its vision because it knows most people will dislike that vision is not a movement I can be part of.
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Replying to @Noahpinion @csilverandgold
That feels way too much like a sneaky trick. "Let's push for X without people realizing that's where things are going". I don't like it.
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Replying to @Noahpinion
Shrug. I highly doubt it's a conscious deception or anything. And in the meanwhile, your goals are aligned.
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Replying to @csilverandgold
I know, I'm over-personifying movements. They're not individuals. But I implore you (and everyone else) to think pragmatically here...
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There are some people who are currently scared of the social justice movement who might not be scared if a vision were better articulated.
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But the only endgame that won't terrify liberals is Obama without the race-neutral policies, which is... probably not everybody's endgame.
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Replying to @csilverandgold
Can't find out til you articulate the vision!
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