Tessa Schlesinger
1 min readJun 19, 2022

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I think it's always interesting to test the accuracy of something, by taking that idea and putting it in another situation.

For instance, does white supremacy exist in Africa? No, it doesn't. In fact, as a white person in Africa, I've had a lot of venom from Africans. So it cuts both ways.

To me, your most fascinating sentence was this: "All of my life I had been desperate for acceptance and understanding."

So much of anger today comes from people who desperately want acceptance and understanding. Included in that lot are the incels, the trans, the gunshooting murderers of school children, the Jews, the Palestinians, the Russians, and anyone who seems to think that they were entitled to more than they had.

As a Nihilist, I don't think any of us are entitled to anything. I think that we're lucky to escape with our lives.

I've long discovered that there is no acceptance and there is no understanding when people don't like one, and whether they like one or not depends on whether they share common values or they admire you. At least, that's what I think.

I understand your cynicsm of white liberals. My cynicism goes much deeper - it includes all of humanity.

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