So...the idpol nonsense doesn't stop, and reading the comments in threads discussing this stuff, some self righteous feminists started going on about how they are skeptical of Graham Platner because of all of the "angry white guys" who seem to back him up and downplay the scandals. As an "angry white guy" myself, I wanna explain my perspective.
Ya know, I REALLY hate identity politics. It's just a bunch of nonsense created by centrist libs to divide and conquer within the democratic party. These guys have no real ideas or policies, so they start talking self righteously about race and gender as a distraction from the real issues. And of course, self righteous feminists will roll their eyes as I downplay their pet causes and act like they're not "real issues", but yeah, I ain't a fan of you guys either. You're always out here screaming and acting outraged over something and it's very obvious 90% of it is manufactured rage bait you're falling for. And...again, my historical stance is i dont really care about this stuff either way. It doesn't affect me and as long as you stay out of my way, I'll stay out of yours, but get in my way and you make me an enemy. Your choice. We can do this the easy way where i passively support you, being part of the same coalition, or I end up getting all up in your business after you pick fights with mine.
And that's what's happening here. Graham Platner is a flawed person. Ive discussed some flaws myself. His tattoo, his reddit history, but let's face it, these latest scandals are all rage bait. And sorry, I dont take the rage bait. But....if we start seeing self righteous centrists and feminists manufacturing consent for rat####ing the guy out of a nomination he earned, then you're picking a fight with me.
Why do I so vigorously defend people like Platner? or Bernie for that matter, given the Bernie bro attacks? Because these guys are the only ones who wanna do F all to fix the system. You centrist feminists are oh so happy to sit in the sidelines being your little upper class brunch libs and ignoring issues like healthcare, or improving conditions for the working class, or UBI, but the second someone dares criticize your sacred cow of identity politics, or some progressive wins, you seem so outraged I sometimes wonder if you'd rather a republican win than my own candidate.
And...as far as my own role in the democratic party, i'm sick of this crap. We white guys are always the whipping boys of the party. We're just expected to shut up and let everyone else speak because privilege. But I dont care about "privilege", and to be frank, I dont care all that much about your weird causes. I just want my life to improve.
Since 2024, we've heard a lot of talk about why white guys dont vote for democrats. And quite frankly, it's this. being a white male democrat with progressive interests feels like an exercise in self hatred sometimes. Because we're just expected to put up with everyone else's crap, while what we care about is not just ignored, but the second someone who actually represents us becomes popular, you guys are always interested in tanking them. And then you act like WE'RE the bad guys because we get angry and defensive. Yeah, we tend to do that when you're STABBING US IN THE BACK!
If you want to win white guys over, you gotta actually appeal to them. That means toning down this stupid idpol nonsense. I aint saying you cant have your causes. But when you interject those causes where you get in OUR way, is it any surprise you make enemies out of us? When you start calling us "Bernie Bros", or start going on about "angry white guys for platner", is it any surprise when we get...angry and defensive? Again, stay out of our way and we stay out of ours. The good thing about the "I dont care" attitude is you can make it work for or against your causes. We'll passively support your stuff as long as you dont pick fights with us. But when you try to force us to drop everything and care about your stupid pet causes...well, yeah, that's when you pick a fight.
Oh, and because Im intelligent and see through the crocodile tears, let's about about what's REALLY going on. The people pulling the strings are concern trolling about platner to lay the groundwork for rat####ing him institutionally and replacing him with mills. Or sabotaging his support in the general, causing collins to win, so you can turn around and say "see? a progressive can't win, guess you better support the crappy centrist next time." But yeah. It's manufacturing consent. We see through it. And we get defensive because hey, he's our guy. We LIKE him mostly. I aint saying he's perfect. But really, it's like the wealthy and powerful are like STOP FOCUSING ON HIS PLATFORM, HE'S BAD, HES SEXIST, HES A WIFE BEATER, BLAH BLAH BLAH! and trying to spin things in the worst possible way to sabotage him. Because that's what they do. They dont want us to focus on things WE actually care about. They wanna distract him with bullcrap, create all these fake divisions within the democratic party, and turn on him.
And you? If youre an angry feminist? Either youre falling for it, or you're complicit yourself. Either way, this is exactly the kind of crap that drives a lot of white guys into the arms of maga. In reality, most of us probably dont care about your BS. Again, you stay out of our way, we stay out of yours. Like the media was talking abortion and roe v wade being struck down. I'm PRO roe v wade. I didnt want it struck down. Is it my #1 issue? No. But it does motivate me, and I'm an ally on the issue. I might have a slightly different philosophy about it being a guy, but an ally is an ally, right? But it seems like, in my experience with dealing with pro choice feminists, they cant stay out of their way, screeching about WOMEN WOMEN WOMEN while saying we shouldnt have an opinion. Again, it's like you guys are TRYING to alienate us, holy crap, shut up and stay out of your own way FFS.
And yeah. Rant over. I'm just sick and tired of this crap. I am what I am. If you think I'm a chud, screw you, I probably think you're an uppity SJW. But you know what? I'm NOT MAGA, I'm NOT a traditionalist, and I'm actually pretty friendly to your causes IF ONLY DONT ACTIVELY PISS ME OFF. Seriously, you guys literally gotta work at alienating me, but for some reason you keep managing to do it. Shut up and get out of your own way.
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