I haven’t seen this kind of scratched liberalism since the outrage against account pronoun preferences years back.

Maybe “struggle session” is the wrong term because there’s a clear and obvious side for comrades and another for scratched liberals.

Maybe Hexbear needs occasional flypaper sessions for the community’s health.

  • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    59·
    8 days ago

    Being cautious of white people is absolutely the right attitude. I have white skin, and too many times have I been talking to some white guy who I thought was fairly reasonable until they hit me with some frothingfash shit and assume I’ll agree because I’m a straight-passing white guy.

    I 100% don’t blame anyone who’s sus of me because of my skin

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      30·
      8 days ago

      You hit the core of what lmayo people often either can’t or won’t understand; it’s about systems, not individuals.

      and now that you bring it up i wonder how much liberal capitalitalist hyper individuality and meritocracy contributes to protecting whote supremacy.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
        15·
        8 days ago

        liberal capitalitalist hyper individuality

        This is a primary support system for white supremacy. From it spawns “I got mine, fuck you” and a number of other social poisons that maintains the white supremacist status quo.

        When personal identity is perceived as something bought and worn like Twitter flair emojis, it makes being a disadvantaged person seem like a choice.

      • Scarry [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        11·
        8 days ago

        To quote /u/BeamBrain

        White supremacy is the black hole at the center of liberal thought: not directly observable, but made apparent by how all of their other ideas orbit around it.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      19·
      8 days ago

      I pass as white-ish (my ancestry is complicated) and Silicon Valley techbros often mistook me for someone that wanted to hear their “soft eugenics” arguments and the like. flashbang

    • CleverOleg [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      16·
      8 days ago

      and assume I’ll agree because I’m a straight-passing white guy.

      It’s crazy just how true this is. And this is especially so when you’re a very generic NPC-looking white guy to boot. Nearly all chuds just assume if you look like them you think like them. It’s like, hey, you’re a white guy so you get tons of privilege, why would you ever want that to end?

      • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        14·
        8 days ago

        yea my appearance is very much “basic white guy” jeans, T-shirt, and flannel most of the time. I’ve been talking to guys that I’ve worked with for months, long enough for me to start thinking “ok, sure maybe they’re your average"nonpolitical” guys who don’t bother with politics because they think it doesn’t really affect them, maybe I can push some union ideas, stuff like that", then they heard something on the radio and start ranting about “alphabet people” and “groomers” all while my bi ass is standing there :im-in-danger: and I start thinking about a career change