Here in Los Angeles, I think the homelessness issue is becoming this way. In liberal circles, one isn't permitted to express disgust with the the encampments taking over sidewalks and making things feel unsafe. I hear politically incorrect frustration anytime I talk with working class people or people outside circles dominated by progressive thinking, like people playing pick-up soccer. I could be wrong, but I think a focus on this issue could give the outsider developer candidate Rick Caruso a path to victory in this fall's Mayoral race over the establishment candidate Karen Bass, who actually seems a normal, reasonable Democrat.
You and your husband are the problem Josh! I kid, but I do think the rapid change in popularity of same-sex marriage has convinced a lot of these activists that their avant-garde ideas are - at worse - not wrong just early. The arc of history and all that. But it’s just not clear to me that “punctuality is white supremacy” and similar exotic views are on any path to popularity.
Two thoughts: one must recognize that most people politically opposed to you are doing so in good faith with an approximation of a consistent ethic. Very few people vote to intentionally undermine a common good.
Personality and value traits related to political alignment matter and are relatively deep seated. Specifically, openness and valuing authority/loyalty. If you view the classroom as a place to openly explore ideas vs viewing the teacher as an authority, you get very different takes on what and how things should be taught. The whole notion that one racial group has social debt to anther racial group because of historical injustice is fairly philosophically loaded; if you're values are individualistic (I am not) this is a complete nonstarter.
I guess my point is that difference are real, not ignorance or stupidity, and they are in good faith. There is plenty of common ground to be found in policy, without fully bridging philosophical gaps: you can get Evangelicals and conservative Catholics to agree on environmental policy (as a biblical mandate) but you won't convince them "humanity is the disease" or other hard left framings. Similarly pro-life/pro-choice folks can find commonality in supporting early childhood support and aggressive prosecution of rape. By minding the ideological gap, you can progress on policy. Dismissing idea generally stems from dismissing the value framework other citizens are operating from.
Well, that was frustrating as shit. I wish we could have had this inane party struggle session in 2012 when I could have comfortably, if unhappily, voted for Mitt Romney.
One challenge for Democrats is the degree to which elite news media outlets are also gaslighting readers about issues like CRT. The Washington Post has decided its job is to insert truth bombs into its reporting because its apparently incredibly stupid readers can’t be trusted with information. So WaPo is constantly telling readers that, eg, CRT isn’t actually being taught in schools when it reports on parents or R politicians making an issue of it. That will keep redounding back onto Democrats.
The moderate voter. Too few of us to be a party, but very influential since that is how politicians get elected. Who can get the most votes of the 10% middle? Josh is right on about the opportunity to appeal to that group. The loud unreasonable minority of ultras on both ends are making it difficult for both parties to break thru effectively.
I genuinely would like to hear about what we should do so that trans kids don't have a worse experience in schools than cis kids. Or the fact that people learn about Sundown towns and the Tulsa Massacre when HBO makes a show about it.
I'm not of the opinion that we need to bring Kimberle Crenshaw and Judith Butler to 3rd grade but it seems what we're doing isn't working. And like so many of he left side critics of this that aren't more radical than me are making much more political arguments than policy ones.
Here in Los Angeles, I think the homelessness issue is becoming this way. In liberal circles, one isn't permitted to express disgust with the the encampments taking over sidewalks and making things feel unsafe. I hear politically incorrect frustration anytime I talk with working class people or people outside circles dominated by progressive thinking, like people playing pick-up soccer. I could be wrong, but I think a focus on this issue could give the outsider developer candidate Rick Caruso a path to victory in this fall's Mayoral race over the establishment candidate Karen Bass, who actually seems a normal, reasonable Democrat.
You and your husband are the problem Josh! I kid, but I do think the rapid change in popularity of same-sex marriage has convinced a lot of these activists that their avant-garde ideas are - at worse - not wrong just early. The arc of history and all that. But it’s just not clear to me that “punctuality is white supremacy” and similar exotic views are on any path to popularity.
Two thoughts: one must recognize that most people politically opposed to you are doing so in good faith with an approximation of a consistent ethic. Very few people vote to intentionally undermine a common good.
Personality and value traits related to political alignment matter and are relatively deep seated. Specifically, openness and valuing authority/loyalty. If you view the classroom as a place to openly explore ideas vs viewing the teacher as an authority, you get very different takes on what and how things should be taught. The whole notion that one racial group has social debt to anther racial group because of historical injustice is fairly philosophically loaded; if you're values are individualistic (I am not) this is a complete nonstarter.
I guess my point is that difference are real, not ignorance or stupidity, and they are in good faith. There is plenty of common ground to be found in policy, without fully bridging philosophical gaps: you can get Evangelicals and conservative Catholics to agree on environmental policy (as a biblical mandate) but you won't convince them "humanity is the disease" or other hard left framings. Similarly pro-life/pro-choice folks can find commonality in supporting early childhood support and aggressive prosecution of rape. By minding the ideological gap, you can progress on policy. Dismissing idea generally stems from dismissing the value framework other citizens are operating from.
Sounds like we need some grassroots activism for the new ‘reasonable adult’ coalition in the Democratic Party. For sure example, yard signs:
In this house, we believe that:
-Lax border policies are unpopular, including with many immigrants
-qualified immunity is bad, but adding more police lowers the murder rate
-Both Chris Rufo and Ibram Kendi are grifters who profit from sowing division
-Standardized tests are useful academic benchmarks
-Questions related to transgender participation in sports are difficult, with no easy answers
-Structural racism clearly exists, but race-blind policy solutions are more feasible politically
-Mayo is good
Well, that was frustrating as shit. I wish we could have had this inane party struggle session in 2012 when I could have comfortably, if unhappily, voted for Mitt Romney.
One challenge for Democrats is the degree to which elite news media outlets are also gaslighting readers about issues like CRT. The Washington Post has decided its job is to insert truth bombs into its reporting because its apparently incredibly stupid readers can’t be trusted with information. So WaPo is constantly telling readers that, eg, CRT isn’t actually being taught in schools when it reports on parents or R politicians making an issue of it. That will keep redounding back onto Democrats.
The moderate voter. Too few of us to be a party, but very influential since that is how politicians get elected. Who can get the most votes of the 10% middle? Josh is right on about the opportunity to appeal to that group. The loud unreasonable minority of ultras on both ends are making it difficult for both parties to break thru effectively.
Are you ready for student loans to be cancelled???
Yes, yes, and more yes!
I genuinely would like to hear about what we should do so that trans kids don't have a worse experience in schools than cis kids. Or the fact that people learn about Sundown towns and the Tulsa Massacre when HBO makes a show about it.
I'm not of the opinion that we need to bring Kimberle Crenshaw and Judith Butler to 3rd grade but it seems what we're doing isn't working. And like so many of he left side critics of this that aren't more radical than me are making much more political arguments than policy ones.
Did I miss a post last Friday?