"An ideology that coherently addresses these two crises—whether from the left or from the right—seems inevitable to rise."
As far as I can tell, the right is constitutionally unable to adress any of these. It is rooted to capitalism, imperialism and resentment, it is its offspring.
This post hit the nail right on the head about what bothers me re: deplatforming.
I get it that being in a marginalized group is hard - I belong to a few of them, besides being trans and queer - and we see a lot of hatred and prejudice and I understand not wanting to be exposed to even more of that. The common argument I see in favor of deplatforming is that to give someone a platform is to legitimize and normalize what they're saying. But, I would argue back that deplatforming sends a message of "we're afraid to debate you because you might be right". What we really need right now is cool heads and common sense. For example, I might not be able to convince someone with anti-trans beliefs that they're wrong, and they would not be able to convince me I'm wrong, but if I engage with them and listen to them and they listen to me, we might be able to see each other as more human and find some sort of common ground, dialing back the vitriol and hysteria on both sides. I know people who shifted from a more conservative ideology to a more liberal one because once upon a time people on the left believed people were still human and capable of changing for the better and were willing to dialogue. Now people have no opportunity to change their minds because they're being shut out and shouted over. And it feels very abusive, for exactly the same reasons you described. It breeds resentment and that festers and it's going to lead nowhere good.
"An ideology that coherently addresses these two crises—whether from the left or from the right—seems inevitable to rise."
As far as I can tell, the right is constitutionally unable to adress any of these. It is rooted to capitalism, imperialism and resentment, it is its offspring.
This post hit the nail right on the head about what bothers me re: deplatforming.
I get it that being in a marginalized group is hard - I belong to a few of them, besides being trans and queer - and we see a lot of hatred and prejudice and I understand not wanting to be exposed to even more of that. The common argument I see in favor of deplatforming is that to give someone a platform is to legitimize and normalize what they're saying. But, I would argue back that deplatforming sends a message of "we're afraid to debate you because you might be right". What we really need right now is cool heads and common sense. For example, I might not be able to convince someone with anti-trans beliefs that they're wrong, and they would not be able to convince me I'm wrong, but if I engage with them and listen to them and they listen to me, we might be able to see each other as more human and find some sort of common ground, dialing back the vitriol and hysteria on both sides. I know people who shifted from a more conservative ideology to a more liberal one because once upon a time people on the left believed people were still human and capable of changing for the better and were willing to dialogue. Now people have no opportunity to change their minds because they're being shut out and shouted over. And it feels very abusive, for exactly the same reasons you described. It breeds resentment and that festers and it's going to lead nowhere good.
(also on a personal note I am very very glad you're out of that abusive relationship and with someone who treats you better)