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Ok, cool. Words don’t necessarily trigger me but I suppose I can accept that others get emotional about specific word choice. Reframe the statement so some dis
by bequanna 3y ago
Ok, cool. Words don’t necessarily trigger me but I suppose I can accept that others get emotional about specific word choice.
Reframe the statement so some discussion on decline can proceed without triggering anyone.
- mcdonje 3y agoIt's unreasonable to expect people to take a statement in support of a fundamentally racist institution as not being racist. People aren't "triggered" for making that connection and they aren't "shutting down the conversation" for calling out the racism inherent in such a statement. It's incredibly easy to have a conversation about how to improve SA without taking needless diversions to support racist institutions. All you have to do is talk about potential solutions to current problems. That's it. That's all it takes. Bringing up historical racist institutions is a good way to derail and shut down reasonable discussion.