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The central misunderstanding between conservatives—most of whom I would label honest Liberals—and Democrats is mistaking intent for reality.

There is nothing wrong and much right with Democrat ideals. We all want a more fair, just society and world.

The problem lies with their ideas. To say a given policy DOES NOT WORK is not to reject the putativd aim. It us to say “we can and should better, if we really want to accomplish X, say racial economic and social equality.”

In my view it is precisely because Democrat ideas have been tested and FAILED that—rather thsn suffer the ignominious truth to be told— they focus on language. You cannot be wrong within a self contained linguistic construction, particularly if you feel free to modify the meaning of words at will.

To me, over and above its value as a propagandistic cudgel and bullying device, this is why the focus on White Supremacy. It is an abstract concept, created more or less from whole cloth, and utterly useless as a tool for empowering and raising up persons of color.

But it is an endlessly fertile source of moralizing words and rhetoric which, in the main, exist solely to empower and gratify those uttering them.