• Kelly Aster 🏳️‍⚧️@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    telling you you’re part of the problem because of your existence… It’s not hard to see how that can really impact one’s sense of worth to the world.

    I don’t mean to invalidate what you’re feeling, but that’s what it’s like to be a minority in America. I have dealt with that in some shape or form for as long as I can remember. Sorry, I don’t have any answers, but I do empathize with you.

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      6 months ago

      Right. I explained in both of my previous comments that I understand that. I recognize that it’s a similar mechanism of action, and that relatively speaking, I’ve got it good. It’s really disheartening to see so many (the ‘left’ not you) getting so close to understanding that -everyone- deserves to be treated with respect by the default, and somehow turning it into a zero-sum game where, for it to get better for some, there must be a class that suffers.

      • spaduf@slrpnk.netOPM
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        6 months ago

        It’s not that there must be a class that suffers, it’s that there is.

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          6 months ago

          Is it necessary? If so, it’s a zero-sum game. Fine. That’s just going to encourage an endless cycle of warfare to be the class currently not suffering.

          If it’s not necessary, if it’s NOT a zero-sum game, then why are we treating it like it is?