I think liberals sometimes ignore leftists because everyone has had someone criticize them for being insensitive- or problematic and that’s always an unpleasant experience especially if they have a point. “you really shouldn’t use the word ‘idiot’ it has a long ableist history” this is true… and I’m working on it. But my initial reaction to being corrected is never graceful. No way! I want to find a reason why I did nothing wrong— or if I was wrong? It wasn’t serious. 1/
I keep thinking back to a conversation with my conservative brother. 2018. I was trying to convince him that Tucker Carlson was showing signs of a dangerous right wing ideology. My brother who had met Tucker a few times, having some mutual friends (all MBAs know each other, getting to know each other is perhaps all they do in business “school”) simply couldn’t believe it and accused me of having blue hair (false) being bisexual (true) and being a raggamuffin who hates capitalism (disputed) 2/
He’s since realized I was right. But going back in time I can’t think of what I could have told him then that would have gotten through. 3/3
@futurebird The same thing has happened to me so many times.
I more broadly feel that "dealing with criticism" is a lost skill of sorts, to be honest, and one that people should be actively practicing and cultivating regardless of their political views... but I've tried to argue for this (as well as the counterpart of giving constructive criticism) and both concepts just seem to be completely unfamiliar to so many people 😒
