I'm gonna dissent from the majority opinion here and say: fuck them, you don't owe them shit just because they've begun to exhibit some baseline sympathy for the less fortunate that should be expected of any human being.
Being a good leftist doesn't require you to engage with people who have traumatized you, especially if they haven't taken any steps to make amends.
I learned from a young age that I should assume that every Cracker is a racist until proven otherwise. I think that coming to that realization was harder on me than living with that realization.
I don't mean what I said in the sense of "never befriend crackers". Half of my closest friends are white, but I didn't get close to any of them before getting to know them and making sure none of them were racist chuds beforehand.
At least for me, the distrust left from abusive relationships started to fade once I cut them out. It wasn't solely from leaving the relationships, but the opportunity for it to fade would not have been possible without it.
I'm gonna dissent from the majority opinion here and say: fuck them, you don't owe them shit just because they've begun to exhibit some baseline sympathy for the less fortunate that should be expected of any human being.
Being a good leftist doesn't require you to engage with people who have traumatized you, especially if they haven't taken any steps to make amends.
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I learned from a young age that I should assume that every Cracker is a racist until proven otherwise. I think that coming to that realization was harder on me than living with that realization.
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I don't mean what I said in the sense of "never befriend crackers". Half of my closest friends are white, but I didn't get close to any of them before getting to know them and making sure none of them were racist chuds beforehand.
Agree, i think the people disagreeing are just showing their ass and class privilege.
At least for me, the distrust left from abusive relationships started to fade once I cut them out. It wasn't solely from leaving the relationships, but the opportunity for it to fade would not have been possible without it.