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Sympthsical

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6. I'm not talking about appealing to the right-wingers

Reply to viva la (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 4, 2021, 01:49 PM

Nov 2021

The dyed in the wool, never going to change their minds, irredeemably racist types.

But not everyone is that. Not everyone who disagrees with some of this stuff is measuring for a noose.

We need to stop talking about them as if they are.

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People should read NYT/Ross Douhat to understand the anti-CRT stuff [View all] Sympthsical Nov 2021 OP

Douhat is one of the NYT rightwing commentators. Voltaire2 Nov 2021 #1

I know he is Sympthsical Nov 2021 #3

Sadly he has good points Freddie Nov 2021 #2

Yascha Mounk has a good article in the Atlantic as well Sympthsical Nov 2021 #5

Well, how about this? Better than pretending ignoring our racist past isn't racist. viva la Nov 2021 #4

I'm not talking about appealing to the right-wingers Sympthsical Nov 2021 #6

from the author of: jcgoldie Nov 2021 #7

I didn't ask anyone to agree with what he's saying. That's not the point. Sympthsical Nov 2021 #8

republicans disguising racism as "elites vs average joes" is not such a revelation jcgoldie Nov 2021 #9

The real problem is how to respond. Jim__ Nov 2021 #10

the solution won't come from the people who created the problem MadameButterfly Nov 2021 #11