This is a great exercise for therapy if anyone wants to help me out.
In that section about not assuming that identity politics will hold voters of color, the negation makes me really angry really quickly. “Oh, so you were assuming that black people like it when you say black people? End of story?”
But if I’m going to not be emotionally volatile, what’s the alternative? Maybe I think about how little the author gave a shit about writing. They’re not actively thinking that POC are so gullible, they’re just not even putting any effort into the theory of mind for the essay. It’s clear when they don’t even make a conclusion or verify anything they’re saying. So in that sense, maybe the interpretation that this is an admission of a vile mind is not the only one possible, maybe it’s an artifact of a mind that did not find this work to be important. This person isn’t representing the whole DNC either, this was just some suit filing in a mad lib. If they’re not showing what they think then there’s no need to read deeply into what they say.
Does it absolve the DNC of their transgressions? No! But it’s a forgiveness of expecting them to give a shit about what they say. Caring about words, their meaning, and other people is a gift that makes me unique and kind.
Twice they say that “Demographics are not destiny” but the best they can do to elaborate is “Context and execution matter.” A suit filling in a mad lib is spot on.
This is a great exercise for therapy if anyone wants to help me out.
In that section about not assuming that identity politics will hold voters of color, the negation makes me really angry really quickly. “Oh, so you were assuming that black people like it when you say black people? End of story?”
But if I’m going to not be emotionally volatile, what’s the alternative? Maybe I think about how little the author gave a shit about writing. They’re not actively thinking that POC are so gullible, they’re just not even putting any effort into the theory of mind for the essay. It’s clear when they don’t even make a conclusion or verify anything they’re saying. So in that sense, maybe the interpretation that this is an admission of a vile mind is not the only one possible, maybe it’s an artifact of a mind that did not find this work to be important. This person isn’t representing the whole DNC either, this was just some suit filing in a mad lib. If they’re not showing what they think then there’s no need to read deeply into what they say.
Does it absolve the DNC of their transgressions? No! But it’s a forgiveness of expecting them to give a shit about what they say. Caring about words, their meaning, and other people is a gift that makes me unique and kind.
Twice they say that “Demographics are not destiny” but the best they can do to elaborate is “Context and execution matter.” A suit filling in a mad lib is spot on.