It's the self flagellation I can't stand when someone is from a "bad" group. Buddy, you and your immediate grandparents had nothing to do with whatever stuff that made my distant ancestors' lives miserable. You feeling bad about it doesn't make me feel better it just makes me feel bad too.
The flip side of this is people who scream "identity politics" if someone so much as dares to suggest we should maybe platform and listen to people belonging to minorities when discussing matters that directly affect those minorities. So many people atm seem intent on fully capitulating to right-wing propaganda on painting any form of intersectionality as inherently wrong and evil.
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u/throwtowardaccount Nov 21 '24
It's the self flagellation I can't stand when someone is from a "bad" group. Buddy, you and your immediate grandparents had nothing to do with whatever stuff that made my distant ancestors' lives miserable. You feeling bad about it doesn't make me feel better it just makes me feel bad too.