# The arrogance of the left-wing **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 15, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037 "2016-11-15T04:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/81 "2016-11-27T20:50:58Z")
> [@Crisstti](#): > > Is any of that worse than what the never Trump folks are saying and doing now? That depends on whether the elections of Obama and Trump are the same thing. If not then you are just making false equivalencies. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/82 "2016-11-27T21:05:13Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > One area of arrogance I really wish the left would stop is declaring arbitrary things they don’t like ‘racism’ to score sensitivity points. It’s OK if you think a white guy wearing dreadlocks is silly-looking, but the current left-mantra on the topic is that a white guy wearing dreadlocks or a headband with a feather is guilty of ‘cultural appropriation’, and that if you think it’s OK (not even if you do it) you’re a terrible racist just like someone wearing blackface in a minstrel show. There was plenty of actual racism in this campaign like suppressing minority voters, being endorsed by the KKK, and supporting anti-immigrant sentiment, but calling it out as ‘racist’ doesn’t have much impact when you’ve already diluted the term by claiming that people who think any race can wear any hairstyle or hat also have the ‘racist’ badge of shame. This is incomprehensible. Where do you get all these thoughts to put in the heads of people who aren’t you? I’m way left and whenever I see a white person with dreadlocks I wonder why they do it. That’s it. This whole “They’re not letting me think what I want to!” is weird to me. Why take the time to invent this shit? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/83 "2016-11-27T21:20:52Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > This is incomprehensible. Where do you get all these thoughts to put in the heads of people who aren’t you? > > I’m way left and whenever I see a white person with dreadlocks I wonder why they do it. That’s it. This whole “They’re not letting me think what I want to!” is weird to me. Why take the time to invent this shit? It’s probably down to the human propensity to _project_ (one’s own experience and/or thought processes, onto others). Many on the right grew up being scolded for thought-crimes. Questioning religious orthodoxy, questioning why we have to hate those who don’t look like us, questioning why being gay is sinful, or even just questioning Daddy for anything at all that Daddy may do or say—every right-wing child learns very young that this will be punished. They learn to control their thoughts for fear of negative consequences. So throughout their lives they assume that everyone–liberals included–are fearfully conforming to whatever policy positions their liberal peers demand. 'White _guy in dreadlocks–I must denounce him for cultural appropriation or face terrible consequences!!1!!!’_ …it makes perfect sense to the right-wing mind to assume that this sort of thing must always be going on inside the heads of progressives–because that’s what goes on inside their _own_ heads. It’s divorced from reality, of course. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/84 "2016-11-27T21:23:02Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > You two are being whooshed a little bit here. > > How do we point out to conservatives that the consequences of their policy positions are just awful, without being accused of arrogance? Facts? Those get hand-waved away. Reasoning? It gets re-cast as ideology. So, real-world examples that expose the absurdity of conservative positions? I’m sure the word “liberal” will be trotted out and- guess what? I don’t consider myself to be a liberal. > > The best I can come up with is a kind of judo- find a way to frame things in their terms (arrogant!), and salt it with just the right amount of real-world information… Fair enough, I didn’t think you actually were advocating abstinence only education as effective, but giving more reasoning room to those who do. In some situations, it is effective, like the aforementioned S.A., where premarital sex will likely get you STD (stoned to death). With consequences like that, it may be a bit easier to resist natural impulses. The problem with the verbal judo technique is that your debate opponent also needs to believe in logic and causality, and those also are things that the left is called “arrogant” for possessing. I have a sister who will swear up and down that we’ve never been to the moon, and anyone who thinks differently is either just plain stupid, or they are a liar. (Not a fan of evolution or global warming either, but at least those require some level of extrapolation to understand.) No form of logic or reason will get through to her on topics upon which she has made up her mind. She just gets angry if you trap her in a logical contradiction. I think that there are probably many of those people not just on the right, and we have many stubborn ignoramuses on “our” side too, but the conservative side of politics does, on average, demand much less intellectual rigor in order to grasp. So, here’s a thought. Start practicing with the people on our side. We’ve got left leaning anti-vaxxer’s, we’ve got left leaning moon hoaxers, 911 thruthers are mostly left leaning. We should start with them, try to convince them of the error of their ways. As we are nominally politically aligned, there is at least one less hurdle in trying to get through to them. Once we’ve managed to convince those on our side to stop being stupid, we will have the tools to go after the conservatives on their own terms as well. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/85 "2016-11-28T01:48:45Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > This is incomprehensible. Where do you get all these thoughts to put in the heads of people who aren’t you? > > I’m way left and whenever I see a white person with dreadlocks I wonder why they do it. That’s it. This whole “They’re not letting me think what I want to!” is weird to me. Why take the time to invent this shit? http://thetab.com/2016/04/05/isnt-ok-white-people-dreadlocks-83996 http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/31/living/white-dreadlocks-cultural-appropriation-feat/ And even here: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=788735 The people directly complaining about ‘white guy dreadlocks’ may be only a minority, but the idea of ‘cultural appropriation’ as a bad thing including the idea that you’re a racist if you believe that anyone of any race should be able to wear any headwear or hairstyle they want is not something I came up with and is something I hear often from left-leaning people. When you take the label of ‘racist’ to that point, you dilute the condemnation value of the term to where it becomes meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/86 "2016-11-28T04:19:09Z")
Then another word takes its place. Semantic changes, whether one regards them as deterioration or not, is little more than a minor cultural shift. Call “racism” by “Fred”, it doesn’t alter the fact of racism. I remain hopeful that convincing our fellows that racism is bad will depend more on the truth of the thing than what color of shoes it is wearing. Copasetic, hepcat? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/87 "2016-11-28T07:47:06Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > http://thetab.com/2016/04/05/isnt-ok-white-people-dreadlocks-83996 http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/31/living/white-dreadlocks-cultural-appropriation-feat/ And even here: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=788735 > > The people directly complaining about ‘white guy dreadlocks’ may be only a minority, but the idea of ‘cultural appropriation’ as a bad thing including the idea that you’re a racist if you believe that anyone of any race should be able to wear any headwear or hairstyle they want is not something I came up with and is something I hear often from left-leaning people. When you take the label of ‘racist’ to that point, you dilute the condemnation value of the term to where it becomes meaningless. It’s a politically powerless and almost entirely _meaningless_ minority. The Tumblr section. You might as well start complaining about “xe” next. The right-wing equivalent of this would be me pointing to… I dunno, I would have said stormfront, but that doesn’t seem apt any more given the most recent election. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/88 "2016-11-28T13:05:38Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > It’s a politically powerless and almost entirely _meaningless_ minority. The Tumblr section. You might as well start complaining about “xe” next. The right-wing equivalent of this would be me pointing to… I dunno, I would have said stormfront, but that doesn’t seem apt any more given the most recent election. :rolleyes: Yeah, this is key. There’s a debate on the left about whether cultural appropriation is a thing, and if so, what constitutes it. Debate is fine and healthy. I tend to think that it’s a thing, that sometimes it’s a good thing, and that some people on the left are way too quick to condemn a basic dynamic of human culture, but that also it’s sometimes a bad thing, and sometimes it’s just a thing to be aware of. Calling it a “mantra” implies that leftists **in general** must adhere to one understanding of cultural appropriation. That’s nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/89 "2016-11-28T13:21:55Z")
As a follow-up, I’ve encountered this sort of attitude in real life twice, both times from professors. I was a student in both contexts; I argued politely but strenuously with both; I suffered no repercussions whatsoever for my disagreement, indeed felt that my disagreement was welcomed. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/90 "2016-11-28T13:27:31Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > I haven’t seen Trump burned in effigy, yet. [You haven’t been looking](http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-election-aftermath-updates-trail-trump-head-burned-in-effigy-outside-la-1478751211-htmlstory.html). > [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > NO, GODDAMMIT. This is a bullshit tactic that you should be ashamed of using. It’s a perfectly valid tactic. The Left assumes that black people are less capable than the average of getting an ID. You say so yourself. If it’s racist to say that black people are, on average, less capable than the ordinary citizen, then it is racist to say that black people are, on average, less capable of obtaining ID than the ordinary citizen. If it isn’t, then nobody on the Left or Right is racist for saying it. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/91 "2016-11-28T13:37:44Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > If it’s racist to say that black people are, on average, less capable than the ordinary citizen, then it is racist to say that black people are, on average, less capable of obtaining ID than the ordinary citizen. If it isn’t, then nobody on the Left or Right is racist for saying it. That’s silly. The word “capable” without context means one thing (any of several things, really), while “capable of…(something specific)” can imply “given the realities of the context, which might constrain certain people from fulfilling their inherent ‘capability’…and this group of people is disproportionately of certain races(s), for reasons that could be explained pretty well (though with some debate).” To give an extreme example of the semantic difference, I generally consider myself to be a pretty “capable” person, but I’m not “capable of flapping my arms and flying.” ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/92 "2016-11-28T14:50:50Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > It’s a politically powerless and almost entirely _meaningless_ minority. The Tumblr section. You might as well start complaining about “xe” next. The right-wing equivalent of this would be me pointing to… I dunno, I would have said stormfront, but that doesn’t seem apt any more given the most recent election. :rolleyes: “Cultural appropriation” and the accusations of racism that go with it is something that I’ve seen outside of Tumblr (I don’t actually go on Tumblr for anything written) and that doesn’t appear to be limited to tiny groups in my experience. And while I’ve seen plenty of right-wingers who will condemn Stormfront and the like, the saner parts of the left don’t condemn ‘cultural appropriation’ racsim accusations by saying something like ‘no that’s just stupid, stop comparing a hairstyle to wearing blackface’, they either smile and nod or treat it as a legitimate point of view open for debate. And you can say they’re unimportant all you want, but wide-ranging and absurd accusations of racism really do make people shrug at real accusations. It’s pretty easy for someone to say ‘Well, they say Trump’s racist, but they said that kid with the hair was racist for that dumb hair, and I think Trump’s just saying stuff to get elected, so whatever’. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/93 "2016-11-28T15:45:40Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > That’s silly. The word “capable” without context means one thing (any of several things, really), while “capable of…(something specific)” can imply “given the realities of the context, which might constrain certain people from fulfilling their inherent ‘capability’…and this group of people is disproportionately of certain races(s), for reasons that could be explained pretty well (though with some debate).” > > To give an extreme example of the semantic difference, I generally consider myself to be a pretty “capable” person, but I’m not “capable of flapping my arms and flying.” No one is talking about anything without context. The context is what the average or even sub-average person can do. Why is obtaining some kind of ID an unreasonable obstacle to vote, but not to buy beer or [apply for food stamps](https://www.reference.com/government-politics/need-welfare-office-food-stamps-7d649c9b92b7fdb2#)? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/94 "2016-11-28T15:58:42Z")
The cite is about that hotbed of liberal socialism, North Carolina. I derive this implication from “How do you apply for food stamps in North Carolina?”. Yeah, I’m a sleuth. Further, the word “may” as it so frequently appears, for instance, > [@](#): > > …Various state welfare offices _may_ differ in the exact documents required for SNAP eligibility. Documents that are usually accepted as proof of identification are a state-issued driver’s license, birth certificate, work ID, voter registration or documents related to school or health benefits enrollment. Residency documentation _may_ include mail received at a current address, receipts for rent payments, utility bills or cards with an address, such as a library or voter registration card… Which is to say, there is quite a wide variety of things which _may_ be accepted. But only some of them are the kinds of id required to buy beer. So, your point is null, void and empty. Don’t hesitate to ask when you are uncertain, we are here to help! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/95 "2016-11-28T15:59:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > No one is talking about anything without context. > > The context is what the average or even sub-average person can do. Why is obtaining some kind of ID an unreasonable obstacle to vote, but not to buy beer or [apply for food stamps](https://www.reference.com/government-politics/need-welfare-office-food-stamps-7d649c9b92b7fdb2#)? > > Regards, > Shodan It isn’t that we think minorities are less capable of obtaining an ID, it’s that statistically speaking, there are more obstacles for them to overcome in so doing. Not owning a car is one metric we can all understand, of course poor urban people are less likely to own a car and thus will not have a driver’s license. Without a car, it’s harder to get to the government office to get the ID, particularly when said office is only open when you work. Moreover, getting some of the information like birth certificates is harder when you don’t have a car or internet access and you were born out of the state in which you currently reside, or even if you do and you have to make your way to the state vital records office and of course if you don’t live in the county of your birth or near your state capital it’s that much harder. These are all known and pretty much indisputable. Regarding the silly remark about having to get an ID to get food stamps, it’s awful tough for some to get that ID for that purpose as well. That doesn’t make it right to impose an extra burden on minority voters, particularly when it is to solve a problem that simply does not exist. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/96 "2016-11-28T16:01:43Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Semantic changes, whether one regards them as deterioration or not, is little more than a minor cultural shift. Call “racism” by “Fred”, it doesn’t alter the fact of racism. Anyway, it doesn’t mean Fred to a tree. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/97 "2016-11-28T16:39:31Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > “Cultural appropriation” and the accusations of racism that go with it is something that I’ve seen outside of Tumblr (I don’t actually go on Tumblr for anything written) and that doesn’t appear to be limited to tiny groups in my experience. And while I’ve seen plenty of right-wingers who will condemn Stormfront and the like, the saner parts of the left don’t condemn ‘cultural appropriation’ racsim accusations by saying something like ‘no that’s just stupid, stop comparing a hairstyle to wearing blackface’, they either smile and nod or treat it as a legitimate point of view open for debate. > > And you can say they’re unimportant all you want, but wide-ranging and absurd accusations of racism really do make people shrug at real accusations. It’s pretty easy for someone to say ‘Well, they say Trump’s racist, but they said that kid with the hair was racist for that dumb hair, and I think Trump’s just saying stuff to get elected, so whatever’. Debates will continue in small (mostly academic) circles about “appropriation.” I’d be tempted to simply call the Fashion Police on white guys with dreads–but they haven’t been worth shit since Joan died. When the Klan and White Nationalists rally around your guy, you just might have a problem with racism. ETA: Now I’m wondering what Joan Rivers would have had to say about President Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/98 "2016-11-28T16:40:28Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > It’s a perfectly valid tactic. The Left assumes that black people are less capable than the average of getting an ID. Because they _demonstrably are_ - not because of their race, but because of _racism_. > [@](#): > > You say so yourself. If it’s racist to say that black people are, on average, less capable than the ordinary citizen, then it is racist to say that black people are, on average, less capable of obtaining ID than the ordinary citizen. If it isn’t, then nobody on the Left or Right is racist for saying it. Quick reminder - are you one of those “race realists”? Because this is exactly the kind of disgusting equivocation they might make. :smack: > [@Pantastic](#): > > “Cultural appropriation” and the accusations of racism that go with it is something that I’ve seen outside of Tumblr (I don’t actually go on Tumblr for anything written) and that doesn’t appear to be limited to tiny groups in my experience. And while I’ve seen plenty of right-wingers who will condemn Stormfront and the like, the saner parts of the left don’t condemn ‘cultural appropriation’ racsim accusations by saying something like ‘no that’s just stupid, stop comparing a hairstyle to wearing blackface’, they either smile and nod or treat it as a legitimate point of view open for debate. > > And you can say they’re unimportant all you want, but wide-ranging and absurd accusations of racism really do make people shrug at real accusations. It’s pretty easy for someone to say ‘Well, they say Trump’s racist, but they said that kid with the hair was racist for that dumb hair, and I think Trump’s just saying stuff to get elected, so whatever’. So nutpicking is a reasonable way to form opinions about the entire group? Should we use the preppers or the Bundy clan to represent all of conservative thought? Should we use them to shoehorn gun rights advocates? This is stupid. And yes, I realize full well that there are a fuckton of _really_ stupid people in this country (_at least_ 61 million), but that doesn’t make it okay _here_. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/99 "2016-11-28T18:02:42Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Banning abortion _[doesn’t reduce abortion](https://www.bustle.com/articles/160450-anti-abortion-laws-dont-reduce-the-abortion-rate-new-study-finds-and-thats-not-all)_. Following a link in your cite, I read this: > [@](#): > > “The obvious interpretation is that criminalizing abortion does not prevent it but, rather, drives women to seek illegal services or methods,” wrote Diana Greene Foster of the University of California’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health in a comment linked to the report. “But this simple story overlooks the **many women who, in the absence of safe legal services, carry unwanted pregnancies to term**.” For some pro-lifers, that’s a win. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037/100 "2016-11-28T18:04:58Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > the saner parts of the left don’t condemn ‘cultural appropriation’ racsim accusations by saying something like ‘no that’s just stupid, stop comparing a hairstyle to wearing blackface’, they either smile and nod or treat it as a legitimate point of view open for debate. Or we just try to slowly move to the other side of the room without making any sudden motions, and leave those complaining to make their point alone. Not worth the heartburn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-arrogance-of-the-left-wing/772037.md?page=6)