When a person of color, especially if they're black like me, affirms their support for causes such as queer liberation, feminism, animal rights, or socialism, I immediately feel that I can believe, with minimal doubt, that they're truly convicted and principled in what they're advocating for.

However, when a white person claims to support leftism, until my skepticism is proven wrong, I immediately assume they're a dishonest and performative libshit. I then proceed to interact with them with hefty amounts of caution. If my assumptions are proven true, I'm never shocked.

  • Angel [any]
    hexagon
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    8 months ago

    ^ Reminder that crackers are really easy to break

    • grandepequeno [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      I'm honestly curious how this type of mindset actually works in practice, it's hard to see how it can be productive in a context where people of color are not a majority and you need to have people on your side so I was hoping you'd enlighten me, but if this is just internet stuff then whatever.

      • Angel [any]
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        8 months ago

        I'm honestly curious how you expect me to assume good faith and then you start off your concern with "you sound like such a weird person" and not-so-subtle accusations of "not getting anything done". The effort to feign good faith didn't work. Give up.

        • grandepequeno [he/him]
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          8 months ago

          You're right maybe I shouldn't have opened with that and I couldn't tell whether you were serious or venting and hoped for the later, I'm frustrated at the lack of an american left and I think that kind of mindset as a conscious political choice contributes to that problem, that's why I have some disdain for it.

          • TheaJo [she/her,comrade/them]
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            8 months ago

            it's easy to see their point: we as white people are untrustworthy allies (not completely, but in a significant enough fraction to warrant defensive behaviors.) You seem to be questioning their decisions a lot, like you don't believe they are valid... it is in the interest of untrustworthy people to criticize anyone calling them out for their untrustworthiness

            • grandepequeno [he/him]
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              8 months ago

              Yeah sure that's a valid point, I might've read too much into what they said (and thought of people I've known irl) and came out with unfair assumptions, which is my b

              • TheaJo [she/her,comrade/them]
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                8 months ago

                see? there you have it! actual nice job self critting by the way. have a nice rest of your day comrade