I wish, when people like @MaxBoot (and previously, @mattklewis regarding police conduct) write pieces like this... well, that the left wouldn't immediately just say yell, "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, IDIOT?"http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/12/27/2017-was-the-year-i-learned-about-my-white-privilege/ …
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At this point, though, you'd have to work harder to deny the existence of white privilege than to recognize it. I'm leery of giving people credit for simply acknowledging what's in front of their noses.
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Max Boot has not actually learned anything new; he has simply acknowledged what he knew all along but refused to admit. Good for him, I guess; but it doesn't merit a parade.
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How does it *hurt* you to say, "welcome aboard!" or even "I'm glad you came around on this point -- America needs more people who are open to changing their minds."? Conversely, what do you *gain* by sneering at him? Very little, as far as I can see.
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So maybe try being friendly and welcoming instead of sniffy and judgmental. It's a MUCH better look!
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Should I congratulate him for making wee-wees in the potty like a big boy, while I'm at it?
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You, tweeting 1 hr ago (paraphrased): "I try, but sometimes I mess up. If you see something, say something! The door is always open." Me: *says something earnest* You: *toilet-based response* Hm. But maybe I should have led with my background. Wanna start over? 100% sincere.
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Whoops, didn’t see your last 2 (much more substantive!) tweets when I was composing that. Sorry. Would have taken a v. different tone if I had.
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Sure, and most people are welcoming what Max said. You can often tell if people agree with someone when they post things on twitter by the ratio of likes to replies, and
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ppl can both appreciate max has done some soul searching and still point out that unearned systematic white racial advantage is at work in the piece. read both the content and context of that piece critically and ask yourself some tough questions, how does it miss ad why.
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Political tribes are terrible at persuasion.
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I hope everyone can agree that we also have more evidence of it than before. Some people might not have been exactly"deluded"/"blind" per se; but unwilling to indict without better evidence.
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