America is Ending

[Faith No More]

Of course I appreciate that. Well, maybe not "of course." You all don't know me any more than I know you.

But look at the historical perspective of the situation and think about the amount of massive action it takes to turn a corrupted social tide in this country. Think how resistant people were to desegregation. They want to believe that which allows them to express their frustrations via nationalized murders and thefts. They are objectively horrible people. I don't want them to be confused into thinking there's any room for good people to approve of their life choices. They're enslaving and murdering the world and laughing about it. Fuck them and fuck their feelings.

Communication is most certainly a two way street, but can we not also admit other facts? Such as that my OP did not deserve the derision it got; that the topics are much more important than any comfortable first-worlder's feelings; that we got this way as a society by thinking it's rude to step on another person's illusions; etc.

I provoke people into acting the way they've acted in this thread so that they can see themselves better. It works better than being calm.

We have a Christian here that has the exact same approach, and you should ask everyone here how well his message comes across.

Provoking people merely causes them to put up walls, which if you're truly trying to communicate a message that you think will make them uncomfortable or a message that they have simply become blind to, is precisely not what you want to do. They're only going to shut you out and completely ignore what you have to say. Human beings are fickle and we don't process information in a purely rational way, so even if you were wielding pure truth, you couldn't just slap people in the face with it and expect them to absorb it.

If you truly feel you have a message worth spreading, you have to tailor it to the people with whom you are communicating.