however you should never ever EVER let any decisions be made purely out of fear. Fear is what caused 9/11, fear is what caused erroneous invasions after 9/11, fear is what Trump supporters are voting on
we did a shitload of damage, but we don't need to get fatalistic about it. we just need to rein in what we're doing and work on adapting and surviving.
The Downfall of the Klan in the 1920s in the 1920s they had a leader who was a rapist and in the 60s they killed white activists and children and no one wanted to be associated with that.
You know what brought about the end of the Nazis? yes war HOWEVER: it was because after they continually raged a holocaust that no one in the world wanted to say was justifiable.
Because "We have to be violent against them before they INEVITABLY commit evil" That is 150% what said fascists tell each other and themselves to justify evil.
ok then. what do you propose we do about these people inciting violence against minorities, grappling for high public offices in countries throughout the world
You are assuming the absolute worst of these people without proof. Moreover, you are further assuming that the rest of the civilized world is somehow defenseless to brainwashing by idiots. They're not.
so are you saying we should focus on rescuing people from that ideology rather than making it too dangerous for them to band up and commit horrible acts?
Yes. That is what I'm saying. And I'm sorry, I'm so sorry that you had to deal with that, and it's amazing and great that you came out of it understanding that it's not good and not healthy, but making it
By all means lock them up for what they DO do. There are a billion nitpicky laws that my family has had troubles with dealing with, it astounds me constantly how much that is not a problem for some
Native American <- yeah? So me, my sis, and BOTH BROTHERS have had varying degrees of CPS & the like involvement because we're obviously not properly cared for on account of being Native. The reasons
given changed. But it was always the same 1) my Dad got sick (Gulf War Syndrome/CFIDS -> because meds given to boost immune system as he's Native American + pollution where we lived = CFIDS) -> my sis had
extreme problems, had to go into foster care for a few years, my mom was suicidal because the schools were telling her she's a bad mother and that she was poisoning us and we'd all be better off without her
3) I got CFIDS, got sent to migraine boot camp because mitochondrial dysfunction is not really recognized in MA and they even had a thing with basically kidnapping a kid from CT :|
I got violent after my brother started getting bullied hardcore (that Native thing again) and I snapped and realized after a decade of being bullied myself that bullies didn't exclusively pick their targets and
I deeply understand the desire to fight back. I spent a long time not fighting because I thought it was stronger to just survive. And when I realized I could protect people more BY fighting, there was very
I am NOT compassionate, I am not nice. I am not a cop because of health, but also because I don't trust myself to stay as calm and GOOD as cops SHOULD. I know, they don't always. But nevertheless
My Dad spent 10 years trying to get me to fight back and defend myself, and I wouldn't. But when I realized I could protect others? There really wasn't much holding me back. So I'm very keenly aware of what a
However, I'm also keenly aware of people who are scared, people who think that proves them right, that it justifies their reaction to get as violent as they please. I'm NEVER EVER EVER EEEEEEEEEEEVER going to
say Malcolm X was wrong. I don't think he was. I don't think Obama did nearly enough to stand up to Republicans. But if you think violence is justified just by an ideal, you are acting worse than them. And
You are worse. Because you are helping them justify every wrong they do. You might as well be the bullies I unleashed unholy hell on when I realized I could. And the worst/best for me was that I was 4'8" and
Be very very very VERY VERY CAREFUL. Be mindful. Be SMARTER. THERE IS a time for violence. I will believe that until my Dying day because I found that time. And it was REALLY hard for me, but I stand by
My Mom's side is Iroquois, and my Dad's is Huron. My Dad's side has a berserker rage that once you feel it, you start to understand the strength in it..... and the danger. I've gotten that bad USUALLY ONLY a
and part of me wouldn't ever want to believe it, and part of me isn't even as surprised as I feel I should be at such things. Because I know them. And I lvoe them, but they're fucked up
The Hurons REALLY just wanted to have territory enough to be safe, and the Iroquois REALLY just wanted their territory unfringed and to make up for losses with other soldiers (see also: adopting in Hurons)
That was also why the Huron got along with the French; they wanted the same things, and the Iroquois & British were a hot mess (also similar things but "safe territory unfringed" overlapped eventually)
The KKK isn't uniform in their fascism. Some of them want cult dictatorship, money, power, and frankly they can't HAVE that by leaving the KKK (yet/that they know of/as easily see also: gangs)
but a lot of them, a lot of their "recent recruits" at least, are just scared and convinced their back is against the wall because they're all going to be slaughtered by ~others~/tribes/ethnicities/etc.
I've heard KKK straight up say that all blacks are genetically predisposed to crime and low intelligence. It's always taken me awhile to collect words enough other than to say "Wow that's the most fucking
It's VERY VERY VERY VERY hard to stop believing something you consider a basic fact. Like the idea that journalism should be hunting for truth and justice and uncovering scandals ala Watergate.
And for a lot of them, it's that ingrained. It offered them solace in the idea that their fears are justified. That nothing is their fault, that things are really rigged against them, that they just weren't
I became a workaholic because ANYTHING was better than dealing with the home shit (I was also being physically abused by a family member and unable to express it properly to anyone except my Mom and even she-
It took me 10 years to really TRULY get a handle on "No, they were not as awesome as I thought, I was just latching onto it as a substitution for my extreme idealism, my still not-quite atheism but
And that's what happens with a lot of gangs and KKK guys. Their home life is a mess or they don't HAVE friends, they don't have ANYONE, so an actual GROUP figure offering to befriend them and make them one of
Violence. Will. 100% make them go to that family harder. I GUARANTEE IT. Because I know. That is what they use to recruit. They argue that a war is coming. They don't SAY they'll CAUSE the war because that
No, they say, non-whites are sooooo inherently violent (why just look at history, and even most white/European wars were caused by Jewish/non-whites of course!) that it's just a matter of time before uprisings
I loathe them. I do. As arrogant and wrong as my grandmother can be, she's still SO FAR Left of those whackjobs that even she loathes them and all they stand for.
the only reason I got out is because I did like my dad said and thought for myself, and I realized he was full of shit and his paranoia was probably pathological
like, the last time we communicated (because my mother insists that we should get along and be friendly even though he treats me like trash and calls my husband an "it")
/nod/ I JUST kicked the FM part of mine, but it comes back if I push myself (Moosey too) and ironically my Dad was free of the FM part for years and years until recently
Ohhhh damn :T I love prednisone >> But I am stubborn af and I used to be a sports captain so I am like "STEROIDS THOUGH" because we all had to take anti-steroid lectures and such
I think you are compassionate and nice<3