#patronizing — Public Fediverse posts

“We tend to demand more of #Western states and societies, implying that they are enlightened and should know better. Counterintuitively perhaps, there’s something #patronizing and #discriminatory in the very assumption that the #Russians — or #Indians, or #Chinese, or #Cubans, for that matter — have a lesser moral, cultural, and societal #capacity to grasp and grapple with #racial #injustice, (…)

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“We tend to demand more of #Western states and societies, implying that they are enlightened and should know better. Counterintuitively perhaps, there’s something #patronizing and #discriminatory in the very assumption that the #Russians — or #Indians, or #Chinese, or #Cubans, for that matter — have a lesser moral, cultural, and societal #capacity to grasp and grapple with #racial #injustice, (…)

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“We tend to demand more of #Western states and societies, implying that they are enlightened and should know better. Counterintuitively perhaps, there’s something #patronizing and #discriminatory in the very assumption that the #Russians — or #Indians, or #Chinese, or #Cubans, for that matter — have a lesser moral, cultural, and societal #capacity to grasp and grapple with #racial #injustice, (…)

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A quotation from John Adams

Power always Sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon Foi, believes itself Right. Power always thinks it has a great Soul and vast Views, beyond the Comprehension of the Weak; and that it is doing God Service when it is violating all his Laws.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/27193/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #beneficence #cause #contempt #divinelaw #ego #patronizing #perspective #power #rectitude #righteousness #selfrighteousness #superiority #tyranny #vanity #virtue

A quotation from John Adams

Power always Sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon Foi, believes itself Right. Power always thinks it has a great Soul and vast Views, beyond the Comprehension of the Weak; and that it is doing God Service when it is violating all his Laws.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/27193/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #beneficence #cause #contempt #divinelaw #ego #patronizing #perspective #power #rectitude #righteousness #selfrighteousness #superiority #tyranny #vanity #virtue

A quotation from John Adams

Power always Sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon Foi, believes itself Right. Power always thinks it has a great Soul and vast Views, beyond the Comprehension of the Weak; and that it is doing God Service when it is violating all his Laws.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/27193/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #beneficence #cause #contempt #divinelaw #ego #patronizing #perspective #power #rectitude #righteousness #selfrighteousness #superiority #tyranny #vanity #virtue

A quotation from John Adams

Power always Sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon Foi, believes itself Right. Power always thinks it has a great Soul and vast Views, beyond the Comprehension of the Weak; and that it is doing God Service when it is violating all his Laws.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/27193/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #beneficence #cause #contempt #divinelaw #ego #patronizing #perspective #power #rectitude #righteousness #selfrighteousness #superiority #tyranny #vanity #virtue

A quotation from John Adams

Power always Sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon Foi, believes itself Right. Power always thinks it has a great Soul and vast Views, beyond the Comprehension of the Weak; and that it is doing God Service when it is violating all his Laws.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/27193/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #beneficence #cause #contempt #divinelaw #ego #patronizing #perspective #power #rectitude #righteousness #selfrighteousness #superiority #tyranny #vanity #virtue

From the effing (#Murdoch owned) #WSJ December 2020:

“Madame First Lady—Mrs. Biden—Jill—kiddo: a bit of advice on what may seem like a small but I think is a not unimportant matter. Any chance you might drop the ‘Dr.’ before your name? ‘Dr. Jill Biden’ sounds & feels fraudulent, not to say a touch comic.

(🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻beyond condescending #patronizing)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-there-a-doctor-in-the-white-house-not-if-you-need-an-m-d-11607727380

I have been criticized in the past for repeating the observation—not original to me—that the entire #Republican platform depends on persuading people to #vote against their own #interests.

This is #patronizing, I’m told. I just don’t understand what their interests are. Get out of that #urban #liberal #bubble! Who the hell do you think you are, anyway, telling other people what they need?

Well, here it is, in the starkest possible terms. Republicans are willing and indeed eager to #suffer, as long as they think people they #hate are suffering more. There is no other explanation. None.

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/21/poll-republican-voters-trump-desantis-2024

A tip for using #mastodon - posts in this style are the worst. You don’t need to do them anymore. #twittermigration #mastotips #patronizing