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Great read, don't like the idea of "shut up and listen" though. Seems an awful way to reach a consensus.

White people try to explain racism to black people all the time. Men try to explain feminism to women all the time. Shutting up and listening to the people who are living the experience (and believing them) is what we all need to do. That is how we understand. There isn't really a consensus to be reached.
 
White people try to explain racism to black people all the time. Men try to explain feminism to women all the time. Shutting up and listening to the people who are living the experience (and believing them) is what we all need to do. That is how we understand. There isn't really a consensus to be reached.

We live in a society, a consensus is a must. Without consensus there's only tyranny.
 
In a conversation, that goes both ways. I get the concept, is just the "shut up and listen" sound authoritarian and forceful instead of inviting.

He said it himself. To himself. If he was acting authoritarian and forceful, it was when referring to HIM.

I don't see what's wrong with what I read as "I've said my piece, someone else. <3 KK"
 
He said it himself. To himself. If he was acting authoritarian and forceful, it was when referring to HIM.

I don't see what's wrong with what I read as "I've said my piece, someone else. <3 KK"

I've read the whole article not only as a personal experience but also as an invitation to do the same. Under that light it sounds authoritarian. If it's just the former you're right, he can impose what he wants to himself.
 
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