I need realists on my side. Where are they?

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     Jennifer Frances Armstrong

     14 minutes ago
     

     I've had a lot to do with identity politicians over the years and I've concluded you don't want them on your side. They're okay when it comes to rigid definitions of right and wrong on the Internet, but so far as real life goes, where there are greys and ambiguities, they cannot handle this at all. Steam goes to their heads and they nearly always take the side of the oppressor. They don't handle reality.

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       Jennifer Frances Armstrong It's almost a sign of how poorly someone handles real situations -- how loudly they proclaim their perceptions of right and wrong on the Internet.

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       Jennifer Frances Armstrong and, if I go on like this, I'll probably show my lack of grasp of ambiguity, too

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Please also read this insightful article about middlebrow identity politics:
http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2013/05/dove.html

...those who thought the ad was hypocritical or "anti-feminist" are still being duped, detecting hypocrisy is 100% the play of the rube, go ahead and yell indignantly as you continue to be fleeced. Figuring out the short con is part of the long con, see also House Of Games, for a non-spoiler example if the street hustler is shifting the cards and you think you're able to follow them, then you're still going to lose AND your pocket is being picked. "Can't bluff someone who isn't paying attention," Mantegna told the shrink helpfully-- he's telling her the scam, no, she didn't listen either. So let's go to the places where people pay attention, go to the "intelligent" media outlets where all the suckers hang out, and observe the most common criticism about this Dove ad: it has no black women in it. Never mind it does, that's a very telling criticism: why would you want black women in it? It's not the Senate, it's an ad, no, don't you hang up on me, why do you want blacks in the ad? Because it would represent the diversity of beauty? Because without them, it sends black women the wrong message about society's standards? Your answer is irrelevant, the important part is that whatever your answer, it is founded on the assumption that ads have the authority to set standards. Which is why, in your broken brain, the reflex is to complain about the contents of the ad, not assert the insignificance of ads.