• jjjalljs
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    7 months ago

    It’s not a betrayal. That’s an absurd characterization.

    They’re not being mocked for their immutable traits. They’re being mildly disparaged for not doing anything to resist the trump administration, and the fact that they are personally extremely safe is being pointed out. They are not being insulted for being cis het white guys. They are being mildly insulted for staying home playing video games while fascism is outside shooting journalists.

    The fact that they’re cishet white etc is brought up because it’s, let’s say, interesting that they’re not doing anything when they’re not in any personal danger. There’s a whole poem about that, the one that ends with “and there was no one left to speak for me.”.

    Let me say it again. They’re not being attacked because of their immutable traits. They’re being insulted for their inaction. Their immutable traits make their inaction worse. Like if you need a place to stay, it’s harder to accept when the guy living alone in a four bedroom says no than when the couple living in a studio does.

    I’m sorry you’ve been hurt and felt betrayed but I think you’re really reading more into this than there is. I texted one of the guys I was referring to in the initial post and he laughed pretty hard about it.