Re: Gentrification

Al-Gharbi doesn't think woke is "wrong," or that anti-woke is "popular." He thinks woke doesn't go far enough, that it is empty gestures by one elite faction to recruit allies in their battle to displace another. A movement to protest police murders of black men came up with nothing more substantial than capitalizing "Black." Woke is bad not because it speaks to oppression, but because it speaks so softly. What does gentrification mean if not the appropriation of the grievances of the oppressed by the oppressor? Sexual self-determination for youth is a core issue for us. If the trans backlash wins, that sets youth liberation back decades. If trans resistance succeeds, youth will have won an important measure of agency historically denied to them. The anti-liberationist forces arguing youth incapacity and the mythology of sexual innocence will be forced into a retreat, and youth will be left politically more empowered. There is no guarantee they will exercise that power wisely, but I have faith in youth. If you really need a tiebreaker, and I don't concede you should, look no further than evangelical Christians. They are ideologically erotophobic. They are enthusiastically anti-trans. Boylovers are erotophiles. How much more do you need to know? hugzu ;-p