I agree. It has been uncomfortable. I didn't think my position was the unbiased one...still don't. I also don't think you represent minorities, even if you feel put in that position.
Yeah, I do think that we agree for the most part, and I probably did the whole argument a disservice by overstating my position in the beginning.
I know it became that for you, and I'm sorry it has, because it distorts a lot of things, it seems to me (our positions, our respect for one another, etc.). I don't expect you to apologize for pointing out what you feel is bias. I'm really sorry if you think I see you as less able to think about this because of being 'subaltern' or whatever, and that's what hurt me about your pointing this out. I don't think of you that way, but I'm not sure how I can make that clear to you, except by saying that I wouldn't bother talking to you about it if I didn't value your thoughts on it, and apologizing for anything I did that gave offense, though I really never had any intention of doing so.
"But see, where you emphasize people not subordinating themselves to hegemony by accepting their role in it rather than critiquing the whole hegemony, I don't think that's possible until people acknowledge the hegemony. And that may be a fundamental disagreement between us."
Depending on what you mean here, I'm not sure I actually disagree. I'm also willing to consider other ways of 'getting to the end goal', because I don't think it's an easy thing to get to.
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Yeah, I do think that we agree for the most part, and I probably did the whole argument a disservice by overstating my position in the beginning.
I know it became that for you, and I'm sorry it has, because it distorts a lot of things, it seems to me (our positions, our respect for one another, etc.). I don't expect you to apologize for pointing out what you feel is bias. I'm really sorry if you think I see you as less able to think about this because of being 'subaltern' or whatever, and that's what hurt me about your pointing this out. I don't think of you that way, but I'm not sure how I can make that clear to you, except by saying that I wouldn't bother talking to you about it if I didn't value your thoughts on it, and apologizing for anything I did that gave offense, though I really never had any intention of doing so.
"But see, where you emphasize people not subordinating themselves to hegemony by accepting their role in it rather than critiquing the whole hegemony, I don't think that's possible until people acknowledge the hegemony. And that may be a fundamental disagreement between us."
Depending on what you mean here, I'm not sure I actually disagree. I'm also willing to consider other ways of 'getting to the end goal', because I don't think it's an easy thing to get to.
Good. I won't, then.