Introducing Disrespectability Politics
Introducing Disrespectability Politics
Fantastic article. Reminds me of a letter that Gandhi wrote to German jews, saying that if they simply were respectable to their oppressors, if they simply were always kind, that the Germans would naturally feel bad for them and stop being so antisemitic. It's all bullshit. My family insists on respectability politics, and a lot of people in my area do too, although that's not surprising since I live in a red state. Even have had people at pride say that we shouldn't pay attention or counterprotest the bigots that yell slurs at us and call us pedophiles. I've done away with respectability politics in my own life but I hate having to have family lecture me on why me being disrespectful will simply make the Nazis stick around longer, that really all we need to do is ignore them and they'll go away or stop being so Nazi. It didn't work for Jews in the 20s and 30s in Germany, and it won't work now. Again, great article, I'm gonna share it with my family even if they end up still disagreeing.
Tell them of a famous guy, the most "woke" person in the entire bible, a socialist & convicted-felon people call "Jesus" benJoseph, who called hypocrites "Hypocrites!" right in their face, instead of "turning the other cheek", a guy who got *physically violent" on the commercial-operation of the temple..
See if they just blot that out from their awareness, to fit their ideology..
Kahneman's "Thinking Fast And Slow" is the key book to understanding the different mechanisms of mind, in the ideology/prejudice/instinct/reaction circuit, vs the considered-reasoning-circuit, in case you want the real "artillery" of understanding what's going on in the world, now..
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Excellent article. Just came out as gender queer. It's terrifying being myself, but I 100% agree. They'll keep pushing because it's my very existence that offends them.
Putting myself back in that binary box feels like death, because it is. It's a spiritual death. Not just for me, but for generations of people to follow.
So, I'm going to keep dressing how I like even if it offends. Because it also encourages and inspires other people like me and you.
Don’t be scared. We like you best when you’re just being yourself.
Your very existence is an act of revolt, and I hope it upsets as many reactionaries as possible without compromising your safety.
Cops? They all deserve to be killed. You believe in this quite matter of factly.
Maybe the author was struggling to find examples but this could also be trolling. The biggest problem with this strategy is that the right actually wants all that crazy shit to happen. Zero abortions, jail all the homeless, machine gun turrets along the border, impossible divorce, and teaching creationism as a hard fact? That's their paradise!
I genuinely want more dead cops.