If Freddie deBoer is a “brilliant essayist,” I, for one, fail to see it in this article which tries to provide a manual for promoting “Progressivism.” As a self-proclaimed Marxist, he can’t admit that the philosophy has failed wherever it has been attempted in the past nearly two centuries. His advice is for “Progressives” not to alienat…
If Freddie deBoer is a “brilliant essayist,” I, for one, fail to see it in this article which tries to provide a manual for promoting “Progressivism.” As a self-proclaimed Marxist, he can’t admit that the philosophy has failed wherever it has been attempted in the past nearly two centuries. His advice is for “Progressives” not to alienate people in power, but essentially to exploit them in pretended alliances in order to promote such causes as Black Lives Matter and financial reparations for slavery.
He doesn’t seem to notice that Identity Politics is fundamentally destructive to American unity and to American world leadership. He fails to admit that national excellence (and therefore power) in every field is achieved by promoting people based on their accomplishments not on their color.
While Freddie deserves credit for his criticism of the left’s obsession with politically correct vocabulary, he loses credit for mindlessly echoing leftist mantras such as “police violence against Black Americans is vastly disproportionate.” Disproportionate compared to what? According to FBI statistics, in 2021 233 Blacks were shot by police compared to 8488 murder victims of overwhelmingly Black crime. Were the killers of those 8488 Black victims also racist? If the police are so racist, why aren’t they shooting Asians as well?
To be brilliant, and essayist must make valid and insightful observations. I see only fleeting moments of such observations here.
If Freddie deBoer is a “brilliant essayist,” I, for one, fail to see it in this article which tries to provide a manual for promoting “Progressivism.” As a self-proclaimed Marxist, he can’t admit that the philosophy has failed wherever it has been attempted in the past nearly two centuries. His advice is for “Progressives” not to alienate people in power, but essentially to exploit them in pretended alliances in order to promote such causes as Black Lives Matter and financial reparations for slavery.
He doesn’t seem to notice that Identity Politics is fundamentally destructive to American unity and to American world leadership. He fails to admit that national excellence (and therefore power) in every field is achieved by promoting people based on their accomplishments not on their color.
While Freddie deserves credit for his criticism of the left’s obsession with politically correct vocabulary, he loses credit for mindlessly echoing leftist mantras such as “police violence against Black Americans is vastly disproportionate.” Disproportionate compared to what? According to FBI statistics, in 2021 233 Blacks were shot by police compared to 8488 murder victims of overwhelmingly Black crime. Were the killers of those 8488 Black victims also racist? If the police are so racist, why aren’t they shooting Asians as well?
To be brilliant, and essayist must make valid and insightful observations. I see only fleeting moments of such observations here.