All good points, thanks. Yes, being on the receiving end - especially when you rely on the other person's best intentions - can be traumatizing.
And yes, that's a particularly terrible form of manipulation.
And yes, that's a particularly terrible form of manipulation.
The problem is that many well intentioned people cannot imagine that it's the case. This will have to be a big realization that the reasonable factions of the social justice movements will need to make. In the current climate this is just too far out to be a topic of rational discussion. Indeed I assume many people now discount everything I wrote due to mentioning this political angle.
But when you actually think about it, it would be surprising if such people didn't seek out some of these powerful positions to roam free.
> seek out some of these powerful positions to roam free