Comment by Tiktaalik | Hacker News Reader

Comment by Tiktaalik | Hacker News Reader

> I was a Democrat for most of my life. I’m socially liberal, and that’s always been a key part of my values and my identity. I’m pro choice, pro LGBTQ rights, pro environmental issues, pro free speech, and anti-racism.

To be more clear, she's a millennial Republican.

She was born at a time where these social liberal points she tries to claim as her beliefs deserving acclaim were already long resolved in the mainstream and she seems to have no interest in working for further social justice beyond what was already fought and won before she became politically aware.

For the apparent contradictions she highlights and questions she asks there are of course reasonable answers, but she doesn't seem to have the curiosity to dig into the issues behind what the posters on twitter are referencing. Instead simply being distraught at the discourse that she doesn't understand.

It sounds like she's both socially and fiscally liberal, but doesn't identify with the mechanisms at play in the liberal sphere because they threaten individuals. In many states in the US, socially liberal policies like abortion, gay rights, etc, etc are heavily blocked and contested, so I don't agree with your characterization of these as mainstream. I agree they are mainstream among liberal Americans.

My understanding is that her article is advocating for respectful and open discourse, and greater detail and understanding of the issues is always welcome. The point I see is that a person can be offended by a post or statement, out of context of the post's intent. Currently, the discourse supports the offended person, and condemns the poster. For example, in the gentrification example, the retweet was focused on communicating relative wealth of the communities, it was not focused on the political issue of gentrification. The author was not saying she agreed with gentrification, and was expressing any opinions about race, rather, she was trying to communicate the relative wealth of the different communities. This backlash to her retweet drove her to release an apology.

Wow, @Tiktaalik.

Your claim has crossed the line to a personal attack which should not be tolerated.

Please stick to discussing the issues instead of making personal attacks in the future.

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