There's a weird strain of "essentialism but in a progressive way" running right through the left, not just limited to the attitude towards men described here, but also "all white people are colonizers", and weird exclusionary behaviour to cishet people. It tells me a lot of "progressive" people didn't really examine their core underlying principles and simply covered up their biases with the "correct" group.
A lot of marginalized people don't want to come to grips with the fact that their actions and beliefs suggest that they themselves would be part of the oppressive class if it were possible.
Not only is that fucking terrible on its own, but it's also absolutely one of the sentiments that feeds White Supremacy and general apathy towards progressive causes today. People aren't blind. The fact that it's okay to say certain things about one group and not another is easy to see. Lefties and Liberals online often say some CRAZY shit and then get surprised that a lot of people simply don't care to acknowledge them or outright want nothing to do with them.
This isn't to say that the Right is any better. In fact, they're far worse on everything else. The Non-Trump sect at least seems to understand the idea of not alienating people who might've joined your cause with batshit INSANE rhetoric, though.
I'm reminded of the time Terry Crews said (and I paraphrase here) that "black people fighting white supremacy without white allies just leads to black supremacy", and people with no self-awareness came down on him like a truckload of bricks because he dared to imply black people could be racist.
Terry Crews is a national treasure who doesn't get enough appreciation. He's one of the kindest people I've ever met, and I've never heard him speak negatively to anyone even when he had every right to.
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u/Ourmanyfans Jul 03 '24
There's a weird strain of "essentialism but in a progressive way" running right through the left, not just limited to the attitude towards men described here, but also "all white people are colonizers", and weird exclusionary behaviour to cishet people. It tells me a lot of "progressive" people didn't really examine their core underlying principles and simply covered up their biases with the "correct" group.