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Originally Posted by Zimmer4141
I think there's some real truth to the idea that white liberals have walled themselves off from other white people with opposing political views, and this does nothing to fix the problem. It just ignores the problem without ever settling it.
Yeah, I can agree with you on that.
I dunno if the cause and effect are maybe confused. I live in a big liberal city and a big part of the appeal is just that it's a great, vibrant place to live, I guess the liberal politics part is cool too but it's not the whole reason I live here. And I don't think that guy would suggest his solution is that white liberals start moving to Oklahoma City or Jacksonville or something, or invade the rural areas.
Like Paul said, I don't know how much dialogue can accomplish. A year or two ago I sent my parents The Case for Reparations and discussed it with them and my dad was absolutely not buying it. He's a former fiscal Republican-turned-Democrat in the 90s, voted for Hillary, but if I and TNC can't help him see how black people are still suffering from injustices from discrimination...who can? This tweet is a bit of a response to that:
...but I definitely don't know any 18-25 Trump voters and I think they're all too busy posting dank Pepe memes to care what we have to say to them anyway? Like, they're off in an echo chamber at least as large as what conservative posters always tell us 2+2 is. I honestly have no idea who these people are or how to reach them.