It also goes against the xenophobia and racism that are the cornerstone of the Republican agenda. MAGA whites aren’t voting against their own interests because they can’t stand “those kind of parents.” They are voting for an end to the social safety net and the Department of Education because they hate migrants and people of color or they have internalized the idea that being a fully white-assimilated insider will protect them.
This pedantic rant could have used an editor. There are more than a few grammatical errors here, which is funny in such a heavy-handed, high-minded screed. I find condemning “normalcy” problematic. To be “normal” is be common, as in one of the masses, as in what one expects when one envisions whatever it is we’re discussing, which in this case is our fellow citizens. If our populace were given the conditions necessary to achieve academic and other kinds of success, then that would be the norm. Shouldn’t the goal be to build a society where “normalcy” is a fulfilling, productive life? One that is attainable with a reasonable amount of effort? I mean, if there’s an era that MAGA pines for, it’s the one post-WWII when any average white guy could earn enough with a high school degree to support a family. I love that he’s trying to claim that it is culture and not the anti-immigrant, racist elements of this country that separate “normal parents” from “those kind of parents.” Just ugh.
You hit the nail on the head. The condemnation of normalcy quite literally goes against the basis of conservatism. He presents culture as a red herring and nobody except the most terminally online are buying it. If you’re going to tell a culture to “do better”, then you need to fix the underlying issues that cause them to slouch. They’re not interested in that of course.
It also goes against the xenophobia and racism that are the cornerstone of the Republican agenda. MAGA whites aren’t voting against their own interests because they can’t stand “those kind of parents.” They are voting for an end to the social safety net and the Department of Education because they hate migrants and people of color or they have internalized the idea that being a fully white-assimilated insider will protect them.
This pedantic rant could have used an editor. There are more than a few grammatical errors here, which is funny in such a heavy-handed, high-minded screed. I find condemning “normalcy” problematic. To be “normal” is be common, as in one of the masses, as in what one expects when one envisions whatever it is we’re discussing, which in this case is our fellow citizens. If our populace were given the conditions necessary to achieve academic and other kinds of success, then that would be the norm. Shouldn’t the goal be to build a society where “normalcy” is a fulfilling, productive life? One that is attainable with a reasonable amount of effort? I mean, if there’s an era that MAGA pines for, it’s the one post-WWII when any average white guy could earn enough with a high school degree to support a family. I love that he’s trying to claim that it is culture and not the anti-immigrant, racist elements of this country that separate “normal parents” from “those kind of parents.” Just ugh.
You hit the nail on the head. The condemnation of normalcy quite literally goes against the basis of conservatism. He presents culture as a red herring and nobody except the most terminally online are buying it. If you’re going to tell a culture to “do better”, then you need to fix the underlying issues that cause them to slouch. They’re not interested in that of course.