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Nonsense_Police  ·  2333 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: George Packer: What Ta-Nehisi Coates Gets Wrong About American Politics

I didn't realize I was being so confrontational. My wording was careful to include the possibility I might be misinterpreting your words to allow you to clarify your point. Not sure what else I could have done to show I was just trying to understand your view while possibly providing a counter-point.

In any case, it's clear you won't entertain any challenges to your view here and that you'll just continue to respond with a pretty unpleasant tone. So it's probably for the best that the conversation end here.

Edit: I can see from your profile that this sort of attitude isn't just an isolated incident. There's a lot of anger.

Nonsense_Police  ·  2333 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: George Packer: What Ta-Nehisi Coates Gets Wrong About American Politics

This is a lot to parse through, and I'm incredibly late to the party. I think you should be careful about possibly painting a picture with too broad of a brush regarding Republicans and Democrats.

But that's not really what I wanted to focus on. I wanted to better understand your point regarding race and poverty. Could you clarify exactly the point you're trying to illustrate with the two graphs you presented? I'm especially confused by your statement that "They know that those minorities are being given an excuse for not thriving but they're 'privileged.'"

It's entirely possible I'm misunderstanding the point you're trying to make, but it almost seems like you're committing the exact same mistake George Packer is warning about: flattening out history or present reality into a single fixed truth.