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@wdlindsy@toad.socialAs Kevin Kruse rightly notes, it's predictably those who have the least to lose via progressive social changes achieved through solidarity and resistance to the status quo who are quickest to propose a "centrist" solution:
Move slowly. Don't rock the boat. Don't rile up the already angry.
Don't expect corporations to stand by their professed for LGBTQ people when pressure comes their way.
When a trans person blows the whistle on corporations that quickly sell out trans people like herself, find every way possible — as a white heterosexual man comfortably ensconced in a world of taken-for-granted privilege — to pick holes in her argument.
As Kevin Kruse points out, Martin Luther King knew that mentality inside out, and found it odious.
@NorCal_Lynne @KevinMKruse I second the thanks!
What we have is many who grew up in privilege/softness. What we need is street fighters. If you've never known much adversity you don't know human nature. Current leaders are all wrong for the task.
It's a cushy life for most. They can afford to be reasonable. What's needed is personalities like Zelenskyy to fight fascism. I cannot bear all these bipartisan fools who are just making it worse. Don't need purity ponies either. America needs fighters.
Hello! Wake TF up!
Instead the world gets Vichy Dems.
@JaneDoeTheFirst Yes, I agree — and we need people who can imagine the pain and suffering of others beyond their own comfortable places, and form solidarity with those who are in less protected and comfortable places.