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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Someone stating that they are disappointed or dismayed by what someone else has said is not an attack. People are allowed to disagree with what she said. The examples you've posted here are quite civil in their disagreement. And there is a huge issue with white liberals being transactional in their support, wanting pats on the back for doing what they should do as decent humans. Supporting equality for black people is not a favor and they do not owe you for their support.

That being said, I have absolutely no issue standing against antisemitism, and I don’t think her tweet was the most egregious example of this issue. [/quote]

Whether you characterize the statements as attacks or expressions of disagreement, they are quite harsh. McDuffie didn't bother to give Silverman the courtesy of talking to her and then misstated what she had said. Your explanation involves the same sort of reasoning common among racists. Sure, there is an issue of white liberal being transactional so we must immediately assume that all white liberals are transactional. How often has such reductive logic been applied against black people?

If Silverman had been transactional, she should rightly have been called out. But she wasn't and those who wrongly claimed that she was are the ones who should be called out now. No excuses for them are necessary or acceptable. Either you have values to which you adhere are you are just tribal. I am not interested in tribalism.
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