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In reply to the discussion: the white woman who called the police on a napping black girl at yale has been doxxed [View all]Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)I have a close friend who is like 3 minority groups herself who lives in a very wealthy city area surrounded by privileged, wealthy non POC progressives. I wont, cant use the W word, gets me way too much unwanted attention.
Anyway, she describes their behavour and attitudes to me over a period of time trying to show me that I dont have as much in common with them as I thought I did.
As a very far left liberal, not far left progressive, my basic purpose politically as well as my friends is civil rights. Rights of minorities. Rights of human beings. My pocketbook is important but NEVER as important as someone's right to life or ability to have basic human and civil rights.
It was shown to me that most of these people we were talking about did NOT value what I valued.
For instance someone should be able to sell a cigarette on a street corner and not be strangled to death, his right to life is more important than my right to a living wage. One of us is losing a right to more money, the other is losing a right to live.