Seriously, imagine being a class reductionist. I could never be one. Just the pervasiveness of racism, bigotry, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, et al that I have personally experiened tells me that there are other dynamics that intersect with class that are very, very relevant. But sure, tell me all about how the white guy who quotes black crime stats and seeks out suburbs that are virtually all white to live in would totally be a good comrade if you could just have 15 minutes to explain class consciousness to him. Or the evangelical nut who somehow in 2021 considers transgenderism a sin and a mental illness akshully only sees is that way because of class. Go ahead.

Seriously if you see any class reductionism here just tag me, I love banning class reductionists. It's fun for me.

  • RowPin [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    The problem is is anti-wokeness (and class reductionism, relatedly) is it ranges between "it's stupid to say you can't write fiction outside of your identity" and "why can't I spam racial slurs?"...

    It also really, really ignores actual positions Americans (for example) hold. I got banned from stupidpol for pointing out that they're literally less progressive than the average American on LGBT+ issues, thus the appeal to the common man (as if proletariats don't have gay or trans family members) doesn't make sense. Even in organizing, someone like a TERF is far more likely to be a pain in the ass, because they ideologically despise men & trans women & have internet-induced psychosis.

    But again, it also ranges between reaching out to white people who just misspeak sometimes and are trying to update their language, VS Jan 6th rioters.