[ SECRET POST #3461 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3461 ⌋

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Re: venting

[soldatsasha]

Disclaimer: I am a queer immigrant liberal socialist.

imo there's actually a big link between Brexit and the rise of Trump, and the 'regressive left'. (Though personally I prefer the term "liberal elite", since it more accurately describes their privilege and position in academia and politics.)

Liberal discourse has a tendency to veer into smug condescension and that's off-putting.

The 'regressive left' is more focused on being enlightened and sensitive than it is on actually helping people. They do stupid shit like the mayor of Baltimore giving rioters "space" to destroy (mostly black) people's homes and businesses. Or they claim that immigrants or refugees aren't criminals or don't take jobs away from native workers, even though both are categorically untrue. Note that in both these examples poor people are disproportionately affected.

And when people push back against this sort of thing they get branded as bigots, whether this is actually true or not. Because only someone who supports police brutality would speak out against looting and rioting, right? Only a bigot would call for more scrutiny towards Muslim immigrants after dozens of terrorist attacks, violent rapes and murders throughout Europe, etc.?

Now we have a situation both in the UK and the US where people who are usually moderate have swung to the far right because they're sick of being demonized or disenfranchised. Trump actually has an astonishing number of minority supporters, bc the Democratic party has totally failed to court them. (ex. Obama making the Orlando shooting about gun control, rather than Islamic extremism or homophobia) Likewise, I'm sure a lot of Brexit voters felt that way bc they thought their govt was more focused on being sensitive than it was on taking care of it's own people.