re: #206 Blind Frog Belly White

There’s a strong streak of “I know what’s best for everyone” in many white liberals. And a fair number of them can be kind of insufferable. I think a lot of them are drawn to Sanders, because he’s not Hillary, whom they see as tainted by things like her 2002 vote in Iraq. And there’s a whole lot of blindness to racial issues, too.

The thing is, though, Conservatism is openly about maintaining the current power structures. This is exposed by the vastly different response to a rancher stealing from the rest of us to make money (“He’s a REAL American, fighting against Government Oppression!!!”) versus BLM, fighting against ACTUAL government oppression (“Thugs waging a war on The Police!!!)

condescension and ‘knowing what is best for the less privileged classes’ was probably the worst failing of the original progressives a hundred years ago