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How do you find common cause with someone who denies your basic and essential humanity? "Black Lives Matter" has shown that large portions of White America trea
by minikites 9y ago
How do you find common cause with someone who denies your basic and essential humanity? "Black Lives Matter" has shown that large portions of White America treat black people as invisible at best and deserving of their mistreatment at worst.
Recent example: Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is called a "broken boy" in the media while black children killed by police (e.g. Tamir Rice, but there are dozens of examples) are viewed as grown adults, deserving of execution.
- stcredzero 9y agoHow do you find common cause with someone who denies your basic and essential humanity? Competence. Music. Food. By living a life of accomplishment and worth. There are some who will never be reached. They are not worth your time. There are others who can be reached, and it is your moral duty to make contact and reaffirm their humanity. "Black Lives Matter" has shown that large portions of White America treat black people as invisible at best That is the minimum acceptable behavior. If someone is willing to live and let live, then at least that should be appreciated. Unless one is trying to have their "SF Chinatown Adventure" many people where I live treat Asians as invisible. I, for one, think this is just fine, just so long as I can live my life and accomplish my own goals. and deserving of their mistreatment at worst. That is where behavior needs to be condemned. The left is now unwilling to condemn bad behavior in their own ranks. This is how a movement loses the moral high ground and devolves into bad behavior.