Some school district decided to change their mascot, something that happens all the time, and you turn into some big, catastrophic issue while screeching about how other people don’t have their priorities straight.
they went for the divisive political hotbutton a bit quick there, but I think I understand where the rant is coming from: we in the states seem to be more concerned with appearance of being supportive to people than we actually are supporting their basic needs and it’s pretty sad. for example, it’s insane how in LA they decided the long term solution for supporting people who lost their home during the pandemic was to call them the unhoused instead of the homeless to not use terms which may be sensitive for them. Meanwhile they continue to sleep in dangerous encampments on the street and have to shit in bags while being food insecure and getting no actual support from the people who drive by them in Teslas and Priuses every day. It’s pretty maddening as a bleeding heart liberal to be overshadowed by the the woke inclusive liberal who thinks rebranding the terms we use are more important than actually helping people by actually correcting systemic problems. Changing the mascot isn’t the problem, but I feel $200K can do a lot more good by funding programs to help the people struggling in the school who we assume are “offended” by this mascot.
I could be wrong but that’s just my interpretation of what they meant, minus the angry political rhetoric.
It’s a legit problem when you look at the sum effect of all these local activists trying to “fix” local problems that should be waaaaaay down on the priority list. It pretty much paralyzed all grassroots activist groups for a good decade or so and let Trump run rampant most of his first term.
Some school district decided to change their mascot, something that happens all the time, and you turn into some big, catastrophic issue while screeching about how other people don’t have their priorities straight.
they went for the divisive political hotbutton a bit quick there, but I think I understand where the rant is coming from: we in the states seem to be more concerned with appearance of being supportive to people than we actually are supporting their basic needs and it’s pretty sad. for example, it’s insane how in LA they decided the long term solution for supporting people who lost their home during the pandemic was to call them the unhoused instead of the homeless to not use terms which may be sensitive for them. Meanwhile they continue to sleep in dangerous encampments on the street and have to shit in bags while being food insecure and getting no actual support from the people who drive by them in Teslas and Priuses every day. It’s pretty maddening as a bleeding heart liberal to be overshadowed by the the woke inclusive liberal who thinks rebranding the terms we use are more important than actually helping people by actually correcting systemic problems. Changing the mascot isn’t the problem, but I feel $200K can do a lot more good by funding programs to help the people struggling in the school who we assume are “offended” by this mascot.
I could be wrong but that’s just my interpretation of what they meant, minus the angry political rhetoric.
It’s a legit problem when you look at the sum effect of all these local activists trying to “fix” local problems that should be waaaaaay down on the priority list. It pretty much paralyzed all grassroots activist groups for a good decade or so and let Trump run rampant most of his first term.
https://theintercept.com/2022/06/13/progressive-organizing-infighting-callout-culture/