Several prominent Black rappers have recently aligned themselves with conservative politicians and media figures, which the author finds concerning. Rappers like Ice Cube, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne have sat down with Tucker Carlson and supported Donald Trump. However, the author argues that right-wing populism threatens Black communities. While some see these moves as opening dialogue, the author believes shared values around money, religion, and distrust in institutions have brought these unlikely groups together against vulnerable people. As the hip-hop industry has become more commercialized and corporate, rappers have also gained wealth and political influence, but supporting policies that don’t help everyday Black Americans. The author maintains that rap artists have a duty to use their platforms responsibly by advocating for politics that materially improve conditions in Black communities.
I mean this is literally what I’m talking about. You have to engage with a bigot. It’s just life. I can’t believe you are trying to pretend otherwise man. It’s like you don’t live in reality yet here you are acknowledging the thing you’re all bent out of shape about and arguing with me.
I am not talking about civility. I’m saying people have to live their lives. We don’t all have the luxury of picking and choosing our employment to make sure that literally no one we work with is a bigot, and it’s bonkers to me that you think that’s reasonable to demand of people just because you landed a job that can actually match it (though I am willing to put money down there’s someone who works there that has some private views you would not like. That is a big office with a lot of people from different backgrounds. Are you going to start digging?)
But again, it’s not about civility, it’s about functioning in reality. If someone says racist shit I call it out or leave. But I don’t just walk around hunting for signs that anyone around me maybe does something I don’t like and then quit my job over one questionable person. Your call to action is ludicrous and I would gamble you don’t even adhere to it.
Speaking of civility, I think you are both coming from a well meaning place and are making interesting points, but you are starting to make different points. It is even likely you are visualizing two totally different interactions when you are typing out your replies.
I could be wrong about that, but what is clear is that there is a lot of “you this” and “you that” in the discussion. As this is the nice Lemmy instance, please depersonalize the interaction or consider disengaging.
I think you are correct. The issue is he has shifted this into a debate about civility, an intentionally charged word used to attack centrists and conservatives alike, so that my position looks unreasonable. This was very intentional and disruptive on their part. Frankly I should probably just disengage entirely. But I imagine he’ll then attack me for “calls for civility” some more and accuse me of taking my ball and running or whatever. It’s sadly all too predictable when someone display so much hostility and tries to pigeonhole people.
Either way I’ll just drop it. It’s clearly not productive or nice.
I am aware of the rhetorical device you are talking about, but I did not read that into the replies to you. Maybe I am just dense. What I do pick up from all corners is a lot of motive attribution without sufficient evidence, which continues with the post above. I think disengagement is a wise move.
We can all agree that there is a lot of daylight between punching literal Nazis and what to do about Uncle Bob who won’t shut up about border security, and leave it at that.
Not sure the person above agrees but hopefully so.