Need a politics-free safe space? It’s called “going for a walk”

  • neptune@dmv.social
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    1 year ago

    You see, if you are white, straight and male, the answer is usually a big difference. For everyone else? Likely very little.

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      1 year ago

      I mean it does though? If my wife died because she couldn’t get healthcare she needed, I feel like that might maybe affect me.

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        1 year ago

        That’s why I wasn’t categorical. But I mean you proved my point. If your wife died she’d be the one who suffered and died. Not you.

        The point is, politics being like the super bowl is a privilege for some. For others it’s life and death. It’s almost like saying “Keep politics out of my life” is a relatively lucky/conservative request or point of view.

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          1 year ago

          Again, I would say if my wife died I would maybe suffer? Losing a partner is not just a nothing event…

          But I would agree, politics are life and death for certain people, they don’t have the luxury of getting to ignore them.

    • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      There was a way to word this where you wouldn’t be a hypocrite but ya kinda just face planted fam.

      The whole point of being progressive is to identify things we’ve been missing and things we’ve been doing wrong and to fix them.

      Not to only swing the pendulum the other way. Not cool.

    • spiderjuzce@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know why people are down voting you when you’re right. Hell people are mad at you just for talking about it

      • neptune@dmv.social
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        1 year ago

        I mean I was mildly flippant. But I am a straight white guy, so you know, I’m not really punching up or down here?

        • o_d [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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          1 year ago

          It doesn’t matter what direction you’re punching here. You’re being called out because your analysis is wrong. Yes, politics in the west is certainly dominated by straight white males, but the important common trait that these people have is their class. Politics in most of the world is dominated by capital owners. Straight white males are afforded some concessions because it creates a divide among the working class. This does not mean that they are not oppressed due to their class character. Working class straight white males can and do suffer from some of the same oppression however, at a lower rate. This oppression is still unjustifiable.