"Cultural Appropriation"

[bennyboy]

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.

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.

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.

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.