one doesnt need to specify "white" to make this point and certainly not "men" but in another sense one does need to https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1414570026401738756 …
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its a little bit like Scott noticing feminism was partly killed by calling things "white feminism" if you can associate a thing with white men its dead on the left so its not a bad move to highlight using racial language to derail a discussion as a tactic of "white men"
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regardless we are now at the point where someones accusation of racism intending to derail a conversation is in turn derailed by their interlocutor accusing them of racism and i think thats beautiful
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I think it matters because white people might expect to be called out on racism by POC (and discount it, unfortunately), but for white men to do it is both unexpected and perhaps powerful. Another sign of white male privilege, but helpful in this case.
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no mostly people do it to scare people
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Yeah, he's pulling a check from Niskanen now, they're firmly ingroup once you look past the tenor of their papers
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I guess they did fire will Wilkinson
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