“Oh look, it’s couch-fucker,” one person shouted in a video shared on social media. Another added, “You gonna fuck a couch, buddy?” As the heckling escalated, chants of “Go fuck a couch, JD Vance!” and “pussy boy” filled the busy train station.
“Oh look, it’s couch-fucker,” one person shouted in a video shared on social media. Another added, “You gonna fuck a couch, buddy?” As the heckling escalated, chants of “Go fuck a couch, JD Vance!” and “pussy boy” filled the busy train station.
Thats a bizarre take. I’m not going to become a racist or use racist language to fight racism.
It would be a recurring performative insult with MAGA as the intended audience to disrupt their resolve. I don’t think it has to say anything about your character.
You don’t think attacking someone on the basis of their race or skin color is a problem? You don’t think adopting the GOP narrative of taking the abbreviation of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and using it as a slur is a problem?
I don’t care that you’d be being racist as an attempt to sow discontent in their ranks. Reinforcing racist views is a bridge too far.
I think the battle over the real meaning of DEI is lost. I know many organizations (e.g., libraries) have begun to pivot to using different language to achieve the same goals. So the idea of using those three letters against MAGA while it they remain in the zeitgheist is appealing to me.
As for whether performative racism is a bridge too far, I’m torn. I partially agree with you, given it’s potential impact on innocents that are exposed outside of the intended MAGA audience. But I don’t think it would make us racist in the same way that a soldier who kills enemy soldiers in war is not a murderer. They are a killer, certainly, but not a murderer. Of course, there is a sacrifice of character being made there, but not so much as in the case of the murderer.