I was listening to a discussion between two conservatives, one black and the other white, and I heard a kind of argument that I hear from conservatives a lot. He was attacking BLM by saying that if BLM was really concerned with black lives, they would do something about the poor schools in black neighborhoods or children growing up in single parent households. Basically trying to discredit a group by asking why are they focussed on A instead of B.
This is a very common conservative argument. You see anti-feminists using it all the time. They love to ask feminists if they're so concerned with gender equality why don't they do something about some problem men have. I think anyone who follows politics has seen some form of this argument from conservatives.
I personally don't like this debating tactic, but I'm curious as to what you guys think of it. Do you think this kind of critique is fair? Does it highlight real problems in organizations? Is it just a way to deflect legitimate criticism? How do you deal with this kind of argument when someone brings it up?
This is a very common conservative argument. You see anti-feminists using it all the time. They love to ask feminists if they're so concerned with gender equality why don't they do something about some problem men have. I think anyone who follows politics has seen some form of this argument from conservatives.
I personally don't like this debating tactic, but I'm curious as to what you guys think of it. Do you think this kind of critique is fair? Does it highlight real problems in organizations? Is it just a way to deflect legitimate criticism? How do you deal with this kind of argument when someone brings it up?