tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post2988096528422502552..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Tom Friedman on Dignity and HumiliationJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-12275826246442800692020-09-09T21:22:50.825-04:002020-09-09T21:22:50.825-04:00Yes, and the same can be said of some Friedman'...Yes, and the same can be said of some Friedman's international examples; Putin tried to undo Russia's humiliation by humiliating Chechnya and Ukraine etc. Some circles are very hard to square.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-8414291126310938592020-09-09T14:29:46.318-04:002020-09-09T14:29:46.318-04:00The real question, it seems to me, is: Is there a...The real question, it seems to me, is: Is there a way to speak to the humiliation of the White working class--which is what you're really talking about when you talk about Trump voters--while also speaking to the humiliation of non-Whites in our society? I wonder if there is a way to do it, convincingly and consistently. Or perhaps doing so is the province of saints, not presidents.<br /><br />If the White working class finds the removal of Confederate flags a humiliation, and Black folks find keeping them a humiliation, what can one do? Some circles cannot be squared.<br /><br />In the same vein, it is to be remembered that many Iraqi Sunnis would have been humiliated and enraged even without the Americans' offensive missteps, because the mere fact of the elevation of Shi'ites to a position of equality in Iraq was, to Sunnis, a grave insult.<br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456987412710878404noreply@blogger.com