The online attitudes of quite a few "Progressive" white folks regarding dehumanizing language [View all]
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Has a curious almost Bipolar nature.
There is moral outrage and righteous energy in full glorious display while they condemn attacks and snide remarks directed at Melania Trump or John McCain or, well really any famous white person who have been held up to ridicule.
They appeal to our better nature.
They point to Democrats assumed position as holding the higher moral ground.
They admonish that we need to be better than our opponents - Note that description. Opponent. Not Enemy. Opponent.
But the online howling you hear becomes a background murmur or an occasional blandly calm rebuke when dehumanizing language is used about POC.
Literally dehumanizing language such as the thousands of Barrack Obama/monkey Michelle Obama/Ape statements are shrugged away.
Any story or thread here on a site that is supposed to cater to "Progressives" that addresses degrading treatment of Brown folks or LGBT or Muslims will be at best tepidly ignored or, more usually, explained away if possible and minimized at the very least.
So let's face it squarely and say this in plain English.
They only care about the dehumanization of people that they instinctively perceive as Human.
I believe that they have to remind themselves that POC are also Human, so the do not automatically raise to their defense.
Well, as long as I'm being honest and all... That is my theory regarding their behavior when I am in a generous mood.
Most of the time I just figure that they are racists. The kind of racists who usually try to hide that aspect OF themselves FROM themselves - You may know them as the "not racists"
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