Dare ObasanjoMar 31, 2024
Whenever people complain about their favorite intellectual property from their childhood becoming “woke” it’s usually because it simply went over their heads as kids.
Show threadMatt McIrvinMar 31, 2024

@carnage4life I think that for many conservatives it's because they have a static idea of the "just right" amount of progressivism: that e.g. the civil-rights movement of the 1950s-60s was good, but at some point all the real problems were fixed and to go further is just going too far.

So it's OK for 1960s Star Trek to make episodes attacking racism, but for modern Star Trek to make episodes attacking transphobia is bad "woke".

I think that among conservatives this is a common feeling, and the point they identify as "just right" is invariably either in their own childhoods or a point just prior to their birth.

Show threadColm Ó DonnchadhaMar 31, 2024
@mattmcirvin @carnage4life isn't there also a bit of people getting more conservative as they get older
Show threadMatt McIrvin
@ColmDonoghue @carnage4life Maybe. But I think a lot of that is just that if you start out with this essentially static outlook on what is good and true, it will become more obvious as you age and that fixed point gets further out of sync with the culture.
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Show threadMatt McIrvinMar 31, 2024

@ColmDonoghue @carnage4life Thinking differently is difficult because it involves critically examining your own past attitudes. And this is a bit exhausting for anyone.

But a really progressive outlook on justice and inclusion is that it's a neverending process--the work is never done and you can always get better.