A Letter to Young Feminists Who Date Trump Supporters
However, there is a particular pattern of cis white girls who date cis white boys whose political views “don’t match.”
Except it’s not that their political views don’t match: It’s that his views exist in a framework wherein you are less of a person – with less agency, less competency, and less nuanced an inner life than he.
This dates back to the pre-Trump days, but has been exacerbated in the era of white nationalism, Pepe, and the Nazi-who-doesn’t-want-to-be-called-a-Nazi who got punched.
Young white men are finding themselves intoxicated by toxic masculinity and grasping at political ideologies that are not simply “controversial,” but are, in fact, potentially dangerous and damaging.
And it’s okay to note that and act accordingly.
Many of us are conditioned to believe that true tolerance is the ability to stomach and even politely nod along with opinions that are different from our own and that, in doing so, we are making the world a more harmonious place.
Young women, especially, are groomed to acquiesce in moments of disagreement.
However, there is a particular pattern of cis white girls who date cis white boys whose political views “don’t match.”
Except it’s not that their political views don’t match: It’s that his views exist in a framework wherein you are less of a person – with less agency, less competency, and less nuanced an inner life than he.
This dates back to the pre-Trump days, but has been exacerbated in the era of white nationalism, Pepe, and the Nazi-who-doesn’t-want-to-be-called-a-Nazi who got punched.
Young white men are finding themselves intoxicated by toxic masculinity and grasping at political ideologies that are not simply “controversial,” but are, in fact, potentially dangerous and damaging.
And it’s okay to note that and act accordingly.
Many of us are conditioned to believe that true tolerance is the ability to stomach and even politely nod along with opinions that are different from our own and that, in doing so, we are making the world a more harmonious place.
Young women, especially, are groomed to acquiesce in moments of disagreement.
