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The Basics: Deference Politics - Freddie deBoer

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When you’ve written as much and for as long as I have, it’s easy to assume that your readers understand a point you’re making based on something you wrote years ago, when for many readers that simply isn’t true. So as something of an experiment I’m going to try and mix in some posts here or there, labeled “The Basics,” that define some of my elementary ideas and attitudes and why I think they matter. This effort is for newer readers but also reflects my desire to make sure my essential ideas are articulated simply and directly somewhere. I imagine that someday I’ll attempt to aggregate these pieces together into one document or resource. Maybe. What do I mean by “deference politics”? When I talk about deference politics, I’m referring to the tendency of left-leaning people to substitute interpersonal obsequiousness towards “marginalized groups” for the actual material change those groups demand. If you’ve lived in any left-aligned spaces in the past decade, you’ve encountered deference

The Basics: Deference Politics "sorry about mass incarceration, let me act weird and anxious around you to make up for it" Freddie deBoer Sep 23, 2024 373 80 Share When you’ve written as much and for as long as I have, it’s easy to assume that your readers understand a point you’re making based on something you wrote years ago, when for many readers that simply isn’t true. So as something of an experiment I’m going to try and mix in some posts here or there, labeled “The Basics,” that define some of my elementary ideas and attitudes and why I think they matter. This effort is for newer readers

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