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In reply to the discussion: #BlackLivesMatter More Than the Hurt Feelings of White Progressives™ [View all]lovemydog
(11,833 posts)We've been discussing these matters here in this group for a while now. What is it, at least six months or so. If one looks back at posts here, they can see it going back to the first posts here in this group (long before I started participating). They can see it in the deeper history of progressive movements. Voices being shut out, ignored or patronized. It's nothing new.
What's funny to me is how many of the same folks that this article is discussing don't read these kinds of articles, don't read this forum, don't read history. They get all up in their feelings and keep on speaking with 'authority' about stuff, and remain oblivious to the other voices that have been saying this same kind of thing for years. They react too defensively to our posts. And of course as a result, they completely miss valuable articles like this one. Or even if they read it they react so defensively that they completely miss the educational value of them. So, they go right on ahead, behaving like boorish clowns.