[Fwd: Re: [Fwd: militia research]]

[Katha Pollitt]

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> 
> Katha wrote:
> >  I assume that in practice you'd all do that too.
> >  So what are we arguing about exactly?
> 
> Oh, views + feelings of predominantly white, male, and well-armed people,
> with a tiny sprinkling of black men and white women, it seems. Views +
> feelings of this segment of people, Katha, must be taken into account. We
> really need to _talk_ to them. (I'm not quite sure if they wanna talk to
> _me_, though. What do you think?) Coz, you see, these folks are very well
> armed!
> 
> On the other hand, you really shouldn't hesitate before trashing 'identity
> politics' of women, people of color, queers, etc. These people have _no_
> significant views + feelings we should consider! Or maybe it's that they
> aren't as well armed!
> 
> Now the above is ironic, obviously. However, I really have to wonder the
> differences in tone I notice when I compare what many here say about
> 'identity politics' of people of color and the threads on what looks to me
> to be an equally or much more misguided identity politics of Patriot
> varieties. Where do you think the difference comes from?
> 
> Yoshie

My views aren't so interesting here. I'd like to hear what the people
who actually hold these two views have to say about Yoshie's point.
Curiously,
Katha
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