RE: Leftists Purging History or Al Queda in America
August 18, 2017 at 2:40 pm
(This post was last modified: August 18, 2017 at 2:42 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(August 18, 2017 at 2:26 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(August 18, 2017 at 2:15 pm)Catholi c_Lady Wrote: I just feel like in our society we have this problem where we tend to take the absolute least possible charitable approach to someone who disagrees with us about something. And not only do we do that, but we do it in masses. We negatively label, not even individual people, but entire groups of people who disagree with us about something. I see this coming from all sides.
Yes, I am not saying those people aren't supremacist. I'm referring to other people who weren't protesting with those guys, but who think the statues should stay up - such as Neo and other people I'm friends with.
But, CL...If you are peacefully protesting somewhere and those guys show up, chanting, looking like that, and you decide to hang around anyway...what does that say about you?
I don't know anyone who was peacefully protesting when the nazis showed up, but if I did, I guess I'd have to hear from them about what their thought process was and why they stayed even after those mofos showed up. But I would definitely not automatically label them racist and dismiss them as friends for it. I'd hear them out and consider that their motives may not be stemming from racism or any type of hate.
"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
