On 2013-07-12, at 9:42 AM, Wojtek S wrote:
> My suspicion, however, is that for many lefties and liberals this approach
> is DOA and they prefer to "fight racism and white supremacy" instead.
> Based on my observations, many lefties and liberals tend to have a certain
> personality trait that needs guilt to feel good about oneself. This
> heightened sense of guilt also allows these folks to make a career by
> lecturing and admonishing others about their guilt. They are - in fact -
> secular preachers, just as Glen Beck and Co are secular preachers of the
> holly rollers and fire and brimstone variety. The "white supremacy" trope
> offers a perfect vehicle for guilt tripping - and these lefties and
> liberals defend that trope with the same zeal as religious believers defend
> their faith. The fact that "fighting racism" - or any other -ism - is
> pretty ineffective in changing material conditions on the ground is an
> advantage rather than disadvantage, as it allows more guilt tripping, more
> preaching, and more self flagellation for harboring wrong attitudes, not
> being ready to give up privilege, not fighting hard enough, and similar
> sin-babble straight from the religious martyrdom repertoire.
You're really reaching in desperation here.
A comment from a non-guilty non-white on the subject (h/t Lou Proyect, Marxmail):
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/07/12-2