RE: Peterson's 12 Rules for Life v2.0-- actual book discussion
October 7, 2018 at 2:02 am
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2018 at 2:10 am by bennyboy.)
(October 6, 2018 at 9:27 pm)Grandizer Wrote:(October 6, 2018 at 7:29 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I'm not talking about reverse racism, just racism. You are not right to predicate policy on skin color. It's a bad policy.
Repeat after me: The law should protect all citizens equally, without regard to race or economic background. End of story.
Be blind, all you want. I don't care. You're still wrong, and you will continue to be wrong so long as you insist all lives are treated equally and accorded the same rights.
I'm not blind. I know black people have it bad. But the solution to racism isn't more racism-- it's blanket policies that support the rights of all citizens equally.
The truth is, you and I live in a different universe because words just don't mean what you are trying to make them mean. When you say, "A should be protected, and B doesn't need to be," then this is differential treatment-- which you claim to support because of your love of equality. Do you not see the irony of trying to get people to be treated equally by endorsing a policy which is designed to treat them differently?
Instead of making it race-based, why not consider policies based on financial hardship? Then, black people, being disproportionately poorer than white people, will benefit more from those policies. Or, make a serious effort to find inmates whose sentences were disproportionately harsh, and reduce their jail time? Then, black people, being disproportionately harshly sentenced, they will benefit more from that effort.
