We have to understand that white neolibs are not stupid—they are willfully ignorant.
Their solidarity is merely performative, just as it is with #BlackLivesMatter; to educate themselves on the actual history of #PuertoRican politics is not worth possibly losing two Dem senators.
Their solidarity is merely performative, just as it is with #BlackLivesMatter; to educate themselves on the actual history of #PuertoRican politics is not worth possibly losing two Dem senators.
https://twitter.com/fawfulfan/status/1367504452026953729
They don’t actually care about the situations they make their ignorant comments on, outside of how black and brown suffering can serve as a tool to benefit white agendas—Again, simply look to #BlackLivesMatter and all of last year’s performative #activism.
There is a strong irony that these faux-progressive white neolibs (and their token black and Latino stooges) amplify their performative beliefs in their bios, hashtags and feeds but their activism stops at actually taking action. They decide to preserve their whiteness instead.
Like most moderates benefiting from #colonialism and #whitesupremacy, they only go along with their #performative activism until it contradicts that which ultimately benefits them. #PuertoRicoLibre #PRFree #FreePuertoRico #PatriaNueva #PatriaYVida #IndependenciaONada #PuertoRico
Individuals like @MikeFellman actually fit @TheOutline writer Jeff Ihaza’s description perfectly: “One of the most crippling tendencies of modern #liberals is their obsession with being seen… This preoccupation with #optics is more often than not frighteningly self-centered…”
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