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It's not so much a question of legitimacy, but one of action. Nation-wide protests embolden people who want insurrections of various kinds. Some worthy, some q
by jariel 6y ago
It's not so much a question of legitimacy, but one of action.
Nation-wide protests embolden people who want insurrections of various kinds. Some worthy, some questionable, some wrong.
There's no rhyme or reason to it all, because there is no intellectual foundation to what constitutes 'fair' or 'not racist'.
Ironically, were it up to the general public - little would change. Almost nobody is concerned or bothered by most language or epitaphs. Even among the groups who might take offence, there's not huge concern over most of these things.
It's mostly a war among the elites in Academia, the Press, Government etc..
- cycrutchfield 6y agoIt’s interesting how comfortably you claim to speak for others and whether they may or may not take offense.
- jariel 6y agoIt's interesting that White people, who are making the vast majority of the decisions as to how we should name this or that - consider that they understand the issue at all. So let's find out, and take poll for example. Will you accept the results? Will the 'movement' accept it once and for all and shut up, admit they were wrong, if they were to find out that nobody cares about the term 'whitelist or blacklist'? Despite what you think would be my objection - I would be quite happy to allow African Americans, and not just a few of them, but all of them, decide if they find the term 'blacklist or whitelist' offensive. Because they won't. Confederate statues? Understandably. But innocuous terms - no. Our intellectualisation of these issues is completely out of touch with reality.