He wasn’t even running, Hillary was. He just loves fucking over marginalized groups that much
The worst part is it’s not just liberals that do this. Sometimes it’s leftists or even minorites trying to be “one of the good ones”
Fuck. Normal.
Normal got us global warming, data centers and assholes who open-mouth cough during a pandemic.
Normal is coded language for sacrifice black people and other marginalized groups for the sake of welcoming bigoted white people who don’t want to be that reformed because they’ll lose social standing with their friend group, but they think class solidarity sounds nice when they can’t get a job.
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The problem is we live in a time and place where bigotry is normal and in order to meet them on their level you have to empower bigroty and render your cause toothless.
The person who makes a mark isn’t going to follow a dress code, they’re going to be the one who smashes the dress code and ignores the sneers they get for it. Those are the people that change the world. Those are the ones that make history. Not the ones who play along.
Yes you will be hated and punished for a time, because that’s how the status quo works, it controls through fear of social ostracism. If you’re not being loud and proud about what you believe despite that fear, then they can and will ignore you and eventually push you out. Following their rules is like turning up to a protest and not disrupting anything. Pride was, in fact, a riot and any positive victory for change the left won was through violently challenging the norms of the time.
I think what the current western left needs to come to terms with is that we can’t do this without being mercilessly dragged though the mud and violently opposed by the status quo. That there is no safe way to win this.
People who have been in organizing situations can very clearly see what this is. You can mask behind whatever you want it to be because be normal is loose language that can conform to whatever you want it to be, but this is clearly a branch from the woke 1 was really something radlib crowd and you’re just falling for it.
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I’ve talked with a lot of black people who don’t feel welcome in their union because white people make them unwelcome. So maybe focus on marginalized workers rather than bending over backwards to make reactionaries comfortable with your messaging and give them the red carpet into your org.
The entire “woke 1 was crazy” thing is specifically the opposite of attacking mainstream democrats like Clinton. It’s a talking point for pro-cop racist transphobes. How does that fly over your head?
Thank you so much for wording this so clear and articulate.
I’m certain I defined what normal means in my post. Please be normal especially to peopld on your side.
We can redefine normal ourselves we don’t need to continuously let the other side steal and define language
Nah you’re whitewashing language to create a narrative. I ain’t falling for it. But it seems you do pretty easily.
We are talking about the word normal, please be serious.
Talking about taking the word normal so that it means focusing on issues impacting the people which gets more people on the working class on our side.
I know what it means. It’s about sacrificing black people in hopes white prols realize their class position and join the movement. Im not willing to sacrifice any of my marginalized comrades and you shouldn’t either or else you become them, not the other way around
I think taking nefarious views on somebody’s takes is not normal. In fact it’s weird to assume bad faith then ignore any other explanation that can expand your world view on this topic.
So be normal.