(November 18, 2016 at 12:05 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:Rhythm Wrote:As do I, although I think we might be talking about entirely disparate things. The limp wristed unwillingness to stand up, loudly an vociferously, for what is supposed to be a core principle. Preferring, instead, to pander and allow hemselves to be pulled towards that opposition viewpoint. Bigots love to be able to be bigots without being called bigots on account of it. That;s all that they need, in truth, to keep being bigots and doing bigoted things. The polite and silent complicity of non-bigots. Genteel racism.
Not my problem, ofc, since I'm not a dem anyway.
You defeat racism by making fewer people racists and by making more people less racist. Like Tara Jo pointed out, overuse of condemnation robs it of its power. Many people who aren't racist but not 'woke' either, have been called racist or lumped in with racists so much that they don't take the accusation seriously anymore.
^This
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
