"Cultural Appropriation"

[The Grand Nudger]

I didn't say "dehumanized," at least in that post.  I said, "demonized," as in the conditional threat of being labeled by a term that is considered toxic in the social climate.

My bad, seem like functional equivalents though, eh?  

As for history-- when ANY position becomes so entrenched that it is considered intrinsically correct, and no longer admits to argumentation or discussion, then I'd say this: if the dividing line is genetic, or racial, or nationalistic, then you are in fact looking at a fascist position.

The position that cultural appropriation occurred is entrenched in fact.  We've got a bunch of usual suspects here (and online, and on the teevees) who feel compelled to be clowns about it...but I actually reckon that you;re not one of them, Benny, lol.  I'm just suggesting that you might have been had, by them.

And this is my problem with the left now-- it's not really people with shared values and a real concern for liberty and the betterment of the society as a whole.  It's a group that uses certain keywords and positions as tokens of membership, and admits absolutely NO argument or discussion about any of the positions it holds.

Okay.

I think the real left is about inclusion, about peace, about a fair chance for everyone to seek happiness in life, about goodwill among fellow man, and so on.  But I find the verbal left now to be highly hostile, intolerant, prejudiced, and hypocritical-- WHILE STILL THINKING that they are fighting for something good.  That's fascism at its best.

If refusing to say nice things to or about bigots and the genteel racism they do is facism, you can hand me my arm band.

/ shrugs