They dont pretend to embrace the marginalized to use them as tokens to stay in power.
You cannot be serious. Hershel Walker? Kanye West? Milo Yiannopolous? Blaire White? Conservatives practically invented, “I have a black/gay/trans friend, so I’m not a bigot.”
Also, even if that was true, knowing someone is 100% going to use you and stab you in the back doesn’t make them the safer bet.
They are your aforementioned “tokens.” Whether they are themselves marginalized is totally irrelevant to the fact that they’re used as token representatives of their respective marginalized groups to keep Conservatives in power.
You cannot be serious. Hershel Walker? Kanye West? Milo Yiannopolous? Blaire White? Conservatives practically invented, “I have a black/gay/trans friend, so I’m not a bigot.”
Also, even if that was true, knowing someone is 100% going to use you and stab you in the back doesn’t make them the safer bet.
None of which are marginalized.
They are your aforementioned “tokens.” Whether they are themselves marginalized is totally irrelevant to the fact that they’re used as token representatives of their respective marginalized groups to keep Conservatives in power.