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<blockquote data-quote="ThatRobGuy" data-source="post: 75939385" data-attributes="member: 123415"><p>This is another one of those situations where I think allowance for nuance would be the prudent approach, but I talk to a lot of people (on both sides), and there are many (on both sides) who seemingly want to refuse to settle for anything other than an "all-or-nothing" type of arrangement.</p><p></p><p>I talk to some deeply conservative family members, and they act as if it's 100% unthinkable to even acknowledge the fact that there are some unsavory aspects of our nations history, that are still having a multi-generational impact.</p><p></p><p>On the other side, I talk too some friends and co-workers who are pretty far left, who suggest that it's acceptable for history classes to teach ahistorical, inaccurate narratives like the ones found in the 1619 project, and support the "BLM in schools" curriculum that some districts have adopted.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is another shining example of what happens when utter political tribalism runs wild.</p><p></p><p>When you have one side of the aisle suggesting: </p><p>"we're the greatest country ever, there's nothing wrong, racism is no longer an issue, people who experience negative systemic impacts just need to get over it because it must be because of something they did wrong"</p><p>...and the other side suggesting</p><p>"any and all problems we have are because the USA is systemically rigged in favor of straight white males, if you don't accept that, that's just your <em>white fragility</em> showing, and you must just be (consciously or unconsciously) a bigot"</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's unlikely that those two groups are going to be able to produce any sort of policy or social climate even remotely resembling resembling reasonable moderation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThatRobGuy, post: 75939385, member: 123415"] This is another one of those situations where I think allowance for nuance would be the prudent approach, but I talk to a lot of people (on both sides), and there are many (on both sides) who seemingly want to refuse to settle for anything other than an "all-or-nothing" type of arrangement. I talk to some deeply conservative family members, and they act as if it's 100% unthinkable to even acknowledge the fact that there are some unsavory aspects of our nations history, that are still having a multi-generational impact. On the other side, I talk too some friends and co-workers who are pretty far left, who suggest that it's acceptable for history classes to teach ahistorical, inaccurate narratives like the ones found in the 1619 project, and support the "BLM in schools" curriculum that some districts have adopted. This is another shining example of what happens when utter political tribalism runs wild. When you have one side of the aisle suggesting: "we're the greatest country ever, there's nothing wrong, racism is no longer an issue, people who experience negative systemic impacts just need to get over it because it must be because of something they did wrong" ...and the other side suggesting "any and all problems we have are because the USA is systemically rigged in favor of straight white males, if you don't accept that, that's just your [I]white fragility[/I] showing, and you must just be (consciously or unconsciously) a bigot" It's unlikely that those two groups are going to be able to produce any sort of policy or social climate even remotely resembling resembling reasonable moderation. [/QUOTE]
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