The liberal view holds tightly to the Tabula Rasa myth, despite its self-evident falsehood. This auspice binds liberals to the left. Being clear in language helps cut through dogma.
If there's a set standard, people can be judged by it fairly. Furthermore, people can learn what the standard is and then work to meet it.
The old norm of wearing a suit and speaking like the news anchors made it possible for anyone to prove they're willing to play the game. You show up to a job interview in a suit and speak like the news anchors do. You can even practice. The result of that is that everyone who's willing to put some effort in can join in.
The left of course has norms too, but they're not codified, and they are ever-shifting. If you're not from the right family, you basically have to go to college to learn it by immersion, and then stay on top of it closely to make sure you get all the changes. You can't just put on a suit and practice your diction. That they borrow ghetto chic from the actual downtrodden and then claim this to be uplifting, I think it's rubbing it in.
Standards lead to discrimination-- all standards do this, no matter how minimal the standard or the discrimination.
Discrimination leads to oppression. (Degree is important to placement on the progressive stack, but oppression is assumed.)
Intersectionality demands identification with the oppressed-- otherwise you're an ist-a-phobe.
Ergo, racism.
All discrimination descends into bigotry under this "logic."
Hence, the indiscriminate nature of what the progressive left considers "good."
All standards are inherently racist.
I can only conclude from this that not all races can meet the standard and are thus inferior to others.
Individuals meet standards, not races. It's just a matter of proportions.
This is the liberal view, yes.
The left/collectivist view is the exact opposite.
The liberal view holds tightly to the Tabula Rasa myth, despite its self-evident falsehood. This auspice binds liberals to the left. Being clear in language helps cut through dogma.
I think it's elite gatekeeping.
If there's a set standard, people can be judged by it fairly. Furthermore, people can learn what the standard is and then work to meet it.
The old norm of wearing a suit and speaking like the news anchors made it possible for anyone to prove they're willing to play the game. You show up to a job interview in a suit and speak like the news anchors do. You can even practice. The result of that is that everyone who's willing to put some effort in can join in.
The left of course has norms too, but they're not codified, and they are ever-shifting. If you're not from the right family, you basically have to go to college to learn it by immersion, and then stay on top of it closely to make sure you get all the changes. You can't just put on a suit and practice your diction. That they borrow ghetto chic from the actual downtrodden and then claim this to be uplifting, I think it's rubbing it in.
Exactly their logic.
Standards lead to discrimination-- all standards do this, no matter how minimal the standard or the discrimination. Discrimination leads to oppression. (Degree is important to placement on the progressive stack, but oppression is assumed.) Intersectionality demands identification with the oppressed-- otherwise you're an ist-a-phobe. Ergo, racism.
All discrimination descends into bigotry under this "logic." Hence, the indiscriminate nature of what the progressive left considers "good."
Yea, I came to that conclusion a few years back. Just imagine if actual racism was called out and not used as an excuse for everything.