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In reply to the discussion: "Let's work to end racial discrimination" is a better approach than "whites are so privileged". [View all]nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)While I think there is some validity to the "both sides do it" argument, most of the problem, from my vantage point, is people bringing often transparently right-wing talking points to a left-leaning discussion site and expecting that shit to fly.
One reason I get so frustrated when discussions get bogged down with personal conflicts, as opposed to substantive sociopolitical issues like racial and gender equality, is that, ideally, I would prefer to argue with ideas rather than people myself. But when certain posters insist on making everything about them, to the extent that all discussions apparently must cater to their personal whims and preferences - and then they project that very quality onto others - I get pretty sick of it pretty quickly.