I'd be a terrible politician, because I generally address myself to people that are either already of the opinion that I hold, or they could be brought to it pretty easily. I'm not going to win over people on the other side of the fence, and I don't try. I don't think there's a middle ground that we should be converging on. They're wrong, their positions are vulgar, and accepting any of it in the name of mutual understanding is out of the question. The people I'm concerned with are the moderates. The people who can see that MRAs, nativists, and anarcho-capitalists are burning down the house, but for whatever reason don't feel compelled to do anything about it.

And to those people I'm stating a call to action: Call this shit out and let people that are getting roughed up know that you're on their side. In the context of an online community it means showing support for the "others" that get piled on by a vocal, racist/misogynistic minority. If the silent majority let's that slide those people might very well leave. And I think that we don't want that.

In the broader political landscape there are a lot of implications. MLK Jr. talks about the "white moderate" in Letter from Birmingham Jail and it's something I've come back to a lot in my personal considerations. A silent majority is complicit if an empowered minority brutalizes a marginalized minority.

As for the zero-sum game, I think it would be difficult to conceive of it any other way. White, male America is the beneficiary of years of injustice. The dynamic is different in other countries and at different times, but that is the reality here and now. Equality would absolutely benefit everyone, but it will come at the cost of a crooked privilege being revoked from those that are rulers now. To them it can only be viewed as a loss. This is short-sighted and egotistical, but I don't think pointing that out is going to change anyone's behavior. If someone with a broken moral compass has 10 yachts, and you tell them they can only have 6 "in the name of equality" they're going to view it as a zero-sum game in which the violence is visited on them. That they would get to live in a healthier society as a result of this isn't going to win hearts and minds in that camp.

As for casual racism, I'm not sure what you mean. I'm a stereotypical white guy. I don't hate white people, or men, but I'm sick of seeing the violence a segment of my group is doing in the world. I don't think we need to be polite about it.

But again, I'd be a shitty politician.