"The endpoint of this education in 'allyship' is a person who cannot question what she supports because she cannot see it, because she lacks the language to formulate the question, because she lacks the confidence of her own perceptions, because she has 'problematized' away any ground she might stand on or any principle she might insist …
"The endpoint of this education in 'allyship' is a person who cannot question what she supports because she cannot see it, because she lacks the language to formulate the question, because she lacks the confidence of her own perceptions, because she has 'problematized' away any ground she might stand on or any principle she might insist on. She looks on real horrors with starry eyes because she must.
Of course the bad feelings don't really go away. The horror doesn't go away. But you lose touch with its true sources. You project it on the only people against whom you're allowed—encouraged—to vent bad feelings: the people trying to warn you you’re causing harm.
The more horror you must sublimate, the more horrible your detractors must become, even if the worst thing they say is simply: look. Look at what you’re doing."
Sounds an awful lot like what just happened this week with the AMA asking the DOJ to pursue domestic terrorism charges against the "look at what they're doing" brigade of Chris Rufo, LoTT, etc.
All of this feels like it should ultimately lead to some Alec Guiness-in-The Bridge on the River Kwai, "What have I done?" moment, but I highly doubt that will happen to any degree given what went on with the state-run eugenics programs of the early 20th Century.
I have arrived at the point I no longer trust anyone who can’t bust out a Vizio flow doc and explain each step in their thinking as well as how they handle exceptions.
"The endpoint of this education in 'allyship' is a person who cannot question what she supports because she cannot see it, because she lacks the language to formulate the question, because she lacks the confidence of her own perceptions, because she has 'problematized' away any ground she might stand on or any principle she might insist on. She looks on real horrors with starry eyes because she must.
Of course the bad feelings don't really go away. The horror doesn't go away. But you lose touch with its true sources. You project it on the only people against whom you're allowed—encouraged—to vent bad feelings: the people trying to warn you you’re causing harm.
The more horror you must sublimate, the more horrible your detractors must become, even if the worst thing they say is simply: look. Look at what you’re doing."
Sounds an awful lot like what just happened this week with the AMA asking the DOJ to pursue domestic terrorism charges against the "look at what they're doing" brigade of Chris Rufo, LoTT, etc.
All of this feels like it should ultimately lead to some Alec Guiness-in-The Bridge on the River Kwai, "What have I done?" moment, but I highly doubt that will happen to any degree given what went on with the state-run eugenics programs of the early 20th Century.
Ayup.
I have arrived at the point I no longer trust anyone who can’t bust out a Vizio flow doc and explain each step in their thinking as well as how they handle exceptions.