I think the hard part about these ideas for some people is that human rights are universal. "Even them?" Yes, even them. "What about...?" Yes, them too. "But surely you can't mean...?" All people, everyone, no exceptions.
@eamon@troublewithwords I think we fall into the trap of accepting received biases that there are exceptions. Like: that is a bad neighborhood, their country has a troubled past, they don't belong here, they have committed some unforgivable fault. They are a continuum, a condition, and not a collection of real human beings.
@eamon@troublewithwords so, we have to work proactively to identify and correct these systems that deny people full rights and participation in human thriving.
"[W]hether you think this is an accurate portrayal of the kind of politics that became dominant in progressive circles in the last 10-12 years, something happened. Something changed."
Of course campus protests as such are not new to US politics.
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