"The Sword In The Stone

"The Sword in the Stone”

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Thomas Spann

a good third of tumblr is basically palliative care for people who have doctor's notes to say they're excused from changing, growing or acknowledging anybody else's life experiences. 4chan doomerism but the slurs are reclaimed.

the Left will never achieve anything lasting and meaningful if they keep alienating people at best and wanting the death of everyone who doesn't agree with them at worst. You cannot have a functioning society built on that kind of thinking.

Why leftist racism hurts more

When we say "racism" most people think of right wing racism. But I really think it's time to give left wing racism more recognition especially since it's becoming more and more prevalent.

When I was a kid I thought of the right and left wing as bad and good. My naive mindset thought all the racism comes from the "Evil Right(TM)" while the " Hero Left(TM)" tries to fight it (yea yea i know but i was a wee kid so don't @ me) But as I grew older I realized what a HUGE mistake that was.

The thing is that when a right wing racist meets me, a person from the middle east, they'll call me some slur and make it clear they don't like me. It sucks. Fuck them for that! But at least I know where I'm standing with that right winger.

But with leftist racists though... God... IT'S SO CONVOLUTED. First they'll pretend to be supportive and friendly because " We support minorities! We love POC😃 We listen to the oppressed people😍Diversity yay!" But then I try to tell them about my experiences, about how my country(Iran) is being destroyed by the theoretic dictatorship of islamic republic and how the main reason we're suffering in Iran is in fact the IR regime and not MAINLY the US government and SUDDENLY it's like they deflate. They realize I'm not affirming their "America is the root of all evil" views. They realize not every government that says "America bad" is good. They have to face the uncomfortable fact that Islamist fundamentalism does exist and that it's horrible. Then just like that, the mask of performative support drops. Suddenly they're not interested in listening to a muslim-raised middle eastener anymore because "OMG wdym i can't just support any regime that is against America ???" " I'm not comfortable speaking against the Islamic republic's crimes cuz i don't wanna be Islamophobic😐" "Ummm actually you must be fooled by the Evil Western Governments(TM) and I just decided your experiences aren't valid anymore cuz you're not affirming my biased views of the middle east🙃" "I'm sure I know more about your country than yourself because I'm an Educated American (TM) and i'm gonna save you poor brainwashed middle easterns cuz don't know anything :)" " I think my own TikTok research is more accurate than your first hand experiences😉"

BOOM! All their racism, elitism etc just pops out as soon as you DARE to slightly disagree with their biased views. You realize they've been seeing you as a "lesser being" all along...

It's the back stabing that hurts the most... the gut wrenching feeling when you give your trust to someone just to watch them crush it...

I never put my trust in a right winger because they clearly announce they hate me. But the leftists make me trust them just to pull the rug from under me when I'm not "useful" to them anymore. This is why leftist racism hurts more...

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