RE: Far-Right Extremism Is a Global Problem
February 4, 2021 at 11:50 pm
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2021 at 12:00 am by Irreligious Atheist.)
(February 4, 2021 at 11:15 pm)WinterHold Wrote:(February 4, 2021 at 10:30 pm)Irreligious Atheist Wrote: Planes being flown into the twin towers and every other terrorist attack in Western countries should have been the expected reaction to America fucking with the Middle East too, don't you think? America is the biggest bully in the world and certainly earned the anger that Islamists have towards them.
You are going back on what you said before. You said it's as simple as they either cause harm or they don't. BLM and their supporters cause a crapload of harm, to blacks, whites, Asians, and others, even if you think their anger is justified.
Of course 9/11 was an expected consequence for America fucking with the world. But that doesn't make Bin Laden a hero.
Of course when you bomb people with fire, they will respond with fire too.
Especially poor, black people getting stomped by spoiled white racists who want to bring the Confederation era back.
It makes Bin Laden a hero to many, many people. A freedom fighter. To others, it makes him a terrorist. The same goes for the BLM movement. It is seen as heroic, even though they burn down black and Asian businesses. Even though their supporters set up barriers in the streets and have shot and killed a black child because his mom drove past the barrier. Even though they try to burn down court houses. Even though they tried to burn down an apartment building just because a mayor lives there, not caring who else they hurt. Some see them as freedom fighters. Others see them as terrorists. I see them somewhere in between. Many of them are good people with good intentions, but many of them just want to see the country burn and they want others to hurt because they are hurting.
You should be outraged at the Neo-Nazi types. They are despicable. I understand your outrage at the attacks on Mosques. I watched the video the one guy made when he was shooting up the Mosque. It was horrible and I can't blame you for feeling so strongly. The Proud Boys did not do that though. We can't just lump all these people in together. I don't believe the Proud Boys chairman wants an all white country, because then they will kick him out for being Cuban-American. What good will that do him? The Proud Boys chairman has not ordered Proud Boys members to go around shooting people. He did not order Proud Boys members to go and invade the Capitol building. The Proud Boys in Canada do not get up to much mischief, so just calling them terrorists because some of their members are racist or some of them have done some really dumb stuff is going way too far. You fight racism with education. You fight police brutality against black people by getting all police to wear body cams so it's harder for them to get away with abusing black people or framing them for crimes. You change the system by making it easier for the "good cops" to turn in the bad cops without the fear of losing their jobs for doing so. Give them some kind of protection for turning on their fellow cops. You won't defeat racism by making racists terrorists under the law. You don't defeat it by taking away people's civil liberties. Racism will always exist.