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In reply to the discussion: Okay, DU. "It has been kind of hot in here around the topic of race/privilege ... [View all]BainsBane
(57,760 posts)As 1strongblackman explained in another thread. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4925485
What you don't want is to hear about the view on the other side of that divide.
Moreover, people argue on every issue under the sun, from Snowden to Obamacare, Hillary Clinton, and everything else. Yet you single out the voices of people of color and feminists to denounce.
First you say we all agree. Then you say you don't like to see Democrats divided. These arguments contradict each other. They do not hold up to scrutiny since there are scores of others subjects around which people agree and disagree that you don't object to.
This strikes me as a demonstration of entitlement: if it's not about you and what you think is important, it is not legitimate.
Every time someone tells people of color, feminists, and members of other subaltern groups that there concerns are illegitimate or too divisive to be discussed, they only deepen that divide you want to pretend doesn't exist.