RE: Black People - Stop Blaming Racism, Take Responsibility
April 28, 2015 at 6:29 am
(This post was last modified: April 28, 2015 at 6:30 am by Mudhammam.)
I saw a quote that somebody posted on FB today, taken from The Atlantic, that I thought summed up the unfortunate chaos in Baltimore and other cities where racial tensions have flared, quite succinctly:
"When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con. And none of this can mean that rioting or violence is "correct" or "wise," any more than a forest fire can be "correct" or "wise." Wisdom isn't the point tonight. Disrespect is. In this case, disrespect for the hollow law and failed order that so regularly disrespects the rioters themselves."
"When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con. And none of this can mean that rioting or violence is "correct" or "wise," any more than a forest fire can be "correct" or "wise." Wisdom isn't the point tonight. Disrespect is. In this case, disrespect for the hollow law and failed order that so regularly disrespects the rioters themselves."
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
