- cross-posted to:
- womenby@hexbear.net
- cross-posted to:
- womenby@hexbear.net
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4473164
Unfortunately, this problem she is talking about represents a major problem on the left that my intersectional ass is noticing way too damn much.
It really seems like, for many leftists, justice is either:
- supported for the sake of selfishness (people only care about supporting pro-justice causes that they’d personally benefit from, but they’ll gladly be oppressive in other contexts)
- taken as a performative gesture to make someone look noble, righteous, inclusive, and “woke” without any genuine care or concern for marginalized people
I feel this is seldom ever addressed because, like I said, it seems like this issue is so common that many leftists aren’t even realizing that it’s an issue. If you just drown out the voices of intersectional people, why would someone even have to care?
The fact that leftists lacking intersectionality is the norm and not the exception has been one of the scariest things for me when it comes to interacting with much of the left.
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Who are you talking about when you say leftists because this has not been my experience very often, but I haven’t spent a lot of time around DSA types or progressives. Most people I’ve been around who are communists/anarchists I met through organizing food drives, abortion access, and stuff like that. They were all pretty legit. I didn’t agree on every little detail with all of them, but I rarely have come across someone organizing who was also dismissive of other issues. If this is happening frequently you might want to reconsider the company you’re keeping and yell at them on the way out.