Bernardo de La Paz
Bernardo de La Paz's JournalTo counter my own post
There is of course also a heavy influence from society.
When racism is the norm, there are pressures that poison people with racism who would not otherwise pick it up. When there is systemic racism, then lazy thinking can make the illogical leap that the result proves the premise; that the fact of systemic racism is proof of underlying inferiorities. Such thinking can be recognized as a reversal of the "if-then" conditional, figuratively putting the cart before the horse. But it is one frequent aspect of the poisonous permeation of racism throughout a culture. It is a form of blaming the victim.
No problem
Children are not born racist.
They include all people among their potential friends and recruit friends of their own age regardless of race or visible differences.
But after interacting with parents they pick up "preferences" and name-calling and begin to notice differences and associate them with the prejudiced generalizations their parents make. Which also includes pro-group prejudices like assuming only whites are honourable.
... Unless ...
That is true unless their parents are open and accepting and non-racist and supportive and allies of all people regardless of visible or invisible differences. Then they retain their "original mind" inclusiveness.
I was answering your very first words "What happens to young people?" with 'Parents is what happens' which of course due to space had to be brutally pared down to "Parents".
The Magistrate was one of the most respected members of DU. He will be missed. . . . nt
Doctorow is as usual informative, insightful, enlightening, written with an acid wit. . . . nt
Vance's grandmother remarks have heavy underlying message
The message from the patriarchy as embodied in Vance to women:
Not only should you be raising kids and not working in your reproductive years, but you should not be working in your grandma years because you should be raising grandkids. Never mind that us men rightfully get to frolic and play and muck around with power and creativity and destructiveness.
Women, forget about working and careers and influence. Raise kids and provide for your man. It's your life and your life-long purpose. And if you don't produce progeny, we'll take away your vote.
Now You Have Touched the Women You Have Struck a Rock; You Have Dislodged a Boulder; You Will Be Crushed
Now You Have Touched the Women You Have Struck a Rock;
You Have Dislodged a Boulder;
You Will Be Crushed
This poster from the anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa years ago has always spoken strongly to me.
It is applicable to the struggle against the new Apartheid that christo-fascist Vance and narcisso-fascist tRump want to bring down on women in 2025. They have pissed off grandmothers, fertile women, women without children, women with children, women with daughters, women who are unable to bear children, and cat ladies.
They have struck the Rock called Kamala and it is much heavier than they ever imagined possible because they always under-estimate the women they wish to oppress.
Mark Twain: "When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction."
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My response?
You miss the point.
Vance's toxic hypocrisy kills women in need of reproductive health care, takes freedom away from women, denies trans people the care they need, while Vance indulges in his own questioning of his own sexuality going all the way back to 8 years old.
The hypocrisy is the point and rubbing his nose in his two-faced hyper-moralism for you but not for him, rubbing his nose in his hypocrisy makes the point to voters.
That's my response. Obviously DU is better than I am, but you mean something else much more pejorative.
He wants to deny his Yale behaviour to people who have a real need to transition
He is privileged so he gets to play at it but hurt people who need it. He wants to outlaw trans remediation of gender dysphoria while indulging in it life-long, since his own 8-years old questioning of his own sexuality.
He wants to outlaw gay marriage.
He wants to outlaw doctors who try to help people with gender dysphoria.
He's the worst kind of moralistic lawmaker: a hypocrite.
That's what's bad. He and anyone else should be allowed wide latitude to explore and express their sexuality, but he wants to make that illegal.
He can play but people in need should suffer, is his attitude.
To me, the power is that all 4 (5) are different kinds of people united in a common cause: defend USA
The first four (stepped forward) plus one (Vice President Harris), all five, are clearly from different heritages and paths to being there. None of that is any obstacle to the common cause: defending the people and the Constitution of the USA.
The Army and the armed forces were some of the first US institutions to open up in the late 40s, before Brown v Board, before Rosa Parks and Viola Desmond, before the Voting Rights Act.
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