Liberals love respectability politics.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s why they like rainbows painted on crosswalks but not on half naked bodies in a pride parade. It\u2019s why they like Ellen Degeneres\u2019 benign behaviour on TV but not two gay men kissing passionately on TV. It\u2019s why they\u2019re fine with trans women using a women\u2019s washroom when they look feminine but not if they look masculine.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s why they liked the eloquence of Obama but not the destruction of the Ferguson riots. It\u2019s why they liked the Standing Rock protestors blocking Keystone construction but not the Idle No More protestors blocking their morning commute. It\u2019s why they like Jagmeet Singh showing love toward his racist oppressor but not if he\u2019d aggressively opposed her racism.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s why they\u2019re fine with giving money to food banks but not to panhandlers.<\/p>\n
Respectability politics excuses liberals from having to address their own homophobia and transphobia, from having to address their own racism, from having to address their own classism, from having to address any of their discrimination.<\/p>\n