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MadEmperorYuri  ·  3210 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: America's struggle

I would suggest that trying to unify into one equality movement that seeks to tackles all inequalities (be they racial, religious, class-based, or otherwise) will not work. The bigger we make a platform, the more persuasion we have to do to change someone's mind.

But I agree with you that kleinbl00's assertion that we must conform to the shape of the conversation already happening won't work. That current shape is divisive. All too often, statements that started out being about the system turn into statements about the speakers and listeners. Just look at how often you two have been throwing around "you". Stop that: it just makes the other person more defensive.

A conversation between equals (and that is what we want to become, is it not? Equals?) doesn't happen on one side's terms. When we decide one side gets to steer this conversation, that one side gets to tell the other side, that one side gets to dictate what's considered a sound argument and what isn't, we create a discriminatory power differential, and that's exactly what we don't need, because that is exactly what we are trying to thwart.