Arrrrrgh. Saw another dumbass "& #39;wokeness& #39; is killing the left!" take, and I& #39;m so tired of it. Not pointing to it bc it& #39;s too-obviously written by a guy trying to set out his shingle as the next Blackscold to be embraced by the dirtbags & alt-right alike.

It always seems obvious to me that these folks aren& #39;t actually trying to help. "Shut up about your issues!" when the issues are *life & death* isn& #39;t a reasonable ask. Would YOU get on board if a group said, "So, your kids are being murdered, and we don& #39;t care, but support us ok?"

It& #39;s disingenuous on its face. But then I see folks nodding along. "Yeah! Stop it with all your & #39;woke& #39; nonsense about ::checks notes:: being shot!" Or raped. Or not receiving life-sustaining medical care. "How dare you put immediate survival ahead of UBI! So selfish!"

*This* is what& #39;s fucking up the left: the insistence by more privileged leftists that their pet issues should matter most, fuck everybody else. It& #39;s the opposite of what works. Historically, focusing on the greatest need has done the most to alleviate inequality on a grand scale.

But following this principle means listening to Black women (::gaaaasp:: intersectionality! so awful!) and studying actual history so of course we can& #39;t do that. Let& #39;s listen to some angry white dude& #39;s podcast instead, he surely has all the answers. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen">

::sigh:: Just needed to vent. Anyway these sweet potatoes ain& #39;t gonna turn themselves into a pie, so toodles.