It’s a sunny day over here, and today’s post will be a quick one, but will be packed with wisdom.
Well, one wisdom, if you can count wisdom and quantify wisdom and ignore this grammatical quagmire. And here it is:
No matter how clever you think your reasoning is, no matter how much you want it to be so, people discussing a demographic’s abuse of power is never equivalent to stereotypes about marginalized groups.
It seems pretty clear.
And I’ll get more specific. When women talk about the actions of “men,” there are a lot of tactics used to invalidate the actual subject. One of the favorites is “not all men.” It derails the conversation and centers the feelings of the man who interjects. Suddenly we’re not talking about the broader misogyny, we’re talking about one man who feels bad who thinks we are obligated to make him feel better.
“Not all” is an abuse of privilege, a means to end conversation about abuses of privilege.
Stereotypes about marginalized people are a means to keep them marginalized and take away power. Often by the very same people who “not all” to derail conversations.
Do you get it? Because I’m not sure I can make it more simple, and beyond this it’s just a pretense.
It’s a cousin of “reverse racism,” an attempt to assert the white male Christian patriarchy by pretending everyone starts on the same footing by the people who ensure that everyone doesn’t.
And if you try to float such ridiculousness as “intelligent discourse” or like it’s a gotcha, frankly, I’m going to question your logic, your reasoning and your critical thinking.
It’s just so obviously wrong.
And with that, I wish you a wonderful Wednesday.
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