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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 48 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This is the truth of liberal "harm reduction". It's not global harm reduction, or systemic harm reduction, or even community harm reduction. It's personal harm reduction for white middle class "me" personally. It's the logic of "bad things will happen to those people anyway so at least don't let it happen to me".

It's disgusting and I don't understand how anyone can hold that viewpoint and think they're they "good guys" but here we are. Lib voters have and will continue to absolutely eat it up. The only reason they don't like the GOP is because the harm extends to them too

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"bad things will happen to those people anyway so at least don't let it happen to me".

I'm reminded of Trevor Noah commenting on that reporter who said about Ukrainian refugees that they were relatively civilized, relatively European, and that it's not usual for them to experience violence, to which Trevor Noah remarked 'because the were built for it?'

(this was the clip I found on just a quick look; it's been uploaded in black and white)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IuE324VBBQ

So yes, libs are fine with all manner of violent solutions in the global South, but would never accept it in America or a Western country. I'm reminded of libs on twitter defending aid being directed to Ukraine but not Africa because African countries were dictatorships. Like I'm confused here, are they saying your life has no value if your form of government is disagreeable? I recall more than once reading sentences that start with 'Maybe you love dictatorship but....'

Also realistically they would make every excuse for why what's good for the goose isn't good for the gander; hypocrites who'll deflect from criticism of their hypocrisy with 'well that's just whataboutism!'

Whataboutism? What about deez nuts?

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

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[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It's disgusting and I don't understand how anyone can hold that viewpoint and think they're they "good guys" but here we are.

Easy: There is zero alternative to the harm reduction.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

alternatives that would diminish my class privilege don't count, because I'm me

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not sure if you’re suggesting I’d believe that but you can’t possibly convince me any significant revolutionary infrastructure has been built in this country.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

I must have misunderstood something, I didn't think I was aiming at you

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

I still don't understand how they're branded as harm reduction when they deport more people and do jack shit to defend minorities. At the same time the also do the violent oppression of protestors, but because the media covers it differently, it never escalates.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

The only reason they don't like the GOP is because the harm extends to them too

One of my doctors and I were talking about this. He noticed women of color tend to just "get on with it" because this is the system that's always been oppressing them. Nothing changed under Trump. White women, in contrast, seem more shaken up about it because the sexism they experience was something they could overlook due to white privilege. Trump has made them question this for the first time in their lives.

He has a lot of black women coworkers who don't freak out every time Trump says something silly. His white coworkers on the other hand? Blowing up on Facebook or the group chat or wanting to call an emergency meeting or what have you.