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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not a very sophisticated presentation of how some young white men feel, OP.

Of course power should not reside solely among white men. Those days are gone for good (in every sense).

You can’t honestly deny that some of the rhetoric from the left isn’t basically expressed as “white men have been in power too long, so it is time to give others a turn.”  And often this is expressed by white women blind to their own privilege.

So that puts some young white men in a box.  They personally may have enjoyed privilege, but they may be getting the message not just that they should respect the abilities and potential of others, but also sit down and stand back at the game of life so others can take charge.  They may be in their 20s and 30s but they are already being treated like “dead white males” in certain circles.

It’s a shame there isn’t a more nuanced way to deal with them.  It’s a shame to older liberals to see so many younger Proud Boy types.  [b]The tension isn’t going to abate simply because Trump leaves if the goal of the left is make everyone as uncomfortable in their own skin as oppressed minorities may have been.[/b]  I’m not sure this country has much of a future with that mindset. [/quote]
I completely disagree that the left is doing this...but even if I accept your premise, what is your solution? Why is it "the left"'s responsibility to solve the problem of a society being structured to privilege white men? What did anyone think was going to happen? Oppressed people should not have to take the feelings of their oppressors into account!

Unless all white men think that the status quo is fine, why aren't more of them proposing solutions that aren't so oppressive to white men?[/quote]

Some are; they tend to be drowned out or told they should be silent because the “lived experiences” of others deserve more prominence.

When the subtext of the oppressed is revenge, not equality or opportunity, no one should be surprised if we end up with civil strife.  And because too many of these men end up with an adult version of selective mutism, they just end grumbling to their families or expressing themselves in unproductive ways.  [/quote]

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