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One of the most frustrating things to me is how often people's left-wing views are used to legitimize their reactionary views. (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by BeanisBrain@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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LGBT people who accuse asexuals of "appropriating and diluting their struggle"
Radlibs who call advocacy of indigenous sovereignty "supporting ethnostates"
Feminists who imply that men can't be victims of SV because "they belong to the oppressor class"
Anti-colonialists who argue against veganism because "veganism is anti-indigenous"

Lots of people will identify and fight for their own material interests, but empathy with and support for the struggles of others is depressingly rare.

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[–] Angel@hexbear.net 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And the thing is that I'm at a point where I consider this kind of thinking, this "progressive views as a Trojan horse for reactionary views" dynamic, to be the rule, not the exception. In other words, to go off of the examples you gave, I don't assume that an LGBT person is ace-inclusive by default—they have to actively show it and prove it. I don't assume that a feminist is not transphobic/bioessentialist by default—they have to actively show it and prove it. I have unfortunately become quite cynical through how much I have witnessed this, but honestly, I see it as a means of self-preservation.

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 17 points 5 months ago

It's more insidious than openly reactionary chuddery. If open chuddery is a labeled bottle of cyanide, "woke" bigotry is flour adulterated with cyanide.