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Thread: People react differently to having a personal encounter with wokeness. Generally, people go one of two ways. Yes, some take a middle path, I know. I& #39;m not talking about that middle path right now.
1. They notice the woke overreach on one topic (trans and women& #39;s rights, or critical race theory, for example), and fight against that. But they see no connection between that specific problem and the fundamental characteristics of leftis politics.
2. Others (I& #39;m one of them) see a connection between the one specific woke overreach that affected them, and the general tendencies of leftist politics. These people start examining *all* contemp. leftist politics and find the same structural rot.
Both camps are frustrated with the other. Yep, I& #39;m v. frustrated with those who think & #39;it& #39;s only the trans issue& #39; or & #39;it& #39;s only CRT in this specific context.& #39; I believe they& #39;re willfully looking away from how this is baked into modern liberalism.
But the frustration is not symmetrical. As frustrated as I am with people who say & #39;Yeah but cops really are usually bad,& #39; for example, I don& #39;t & #39;hate& #39; them. I don& #39;t think they& #39;re morally deranged.
They do not feel the same way.
They do not feel the same way.
Former friends and associates on the left are much angrier with me than I am with them. They act as though I& #39;ve betrayed fundamental moral principles by questioning modern liberalism, and walking away from it.
They& #39;re still locked in the dynamic that says, & #39;If you disagree, it& #39;s because you& #39;re morally corrupt. Don& #39;t you dare question the premise of liberalism because it means you hate health/safety/women/people of color& #39;.
And they go to some lengths to besmirch your character and stoke anger in other people. You& #39;re an apostate who can& #39;t have ANY good qualities now that you& #39;ve left the church.
Sure, I get intensely frustrated at them. I think they& #39;re not reckoning honestly. I think emotional allegiance keeps them tied to liberalism. I think they fear that they won& #39;t be good people if they ask uncomfy questions.
