While you are trying to "woke" people maybe you should think about this:
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She owes us an apology.
The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father.
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61-69, M
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MarkPaul · 26-30, M
Like most manufactured memes intended to tell a group of lazy-thinking people what they want to hear, this largely misses the point with distortion. To seek distance from the social effects of slavery by displaying a stock photo of an Asian little girl to represent an analogy of why no one alive today should be held responsible for acts of previous generations, you fall into the victim's trap that this is all about blame.
For example, perhaps we shouldn't blame current society for pollution because that was started by previous generations. In that light, to blame the innocent is just plain stupid. Maybe it's ridiculous to blame any tobacco company in existence today for hiding the health hazards of its products in the 1940's because the people who ran those companies back then are no longer alive today. So, it's probably just plain stupid to fine them now.
The problem with this "feel good, I'm not responsible" message is blame is not the issue or the solution. Japan has a modern day Constitution that accounts for its actions at Pearl Harbor and throughout the World War even though those actions were conducted by a previous generation. That little girl shouldn't be blamed (although she is probably not safe on the streets of American cities because of her Asian appearance), but she does have responsibility not to repeat the actions of her ancestors. Tobacco companies are being held responsible for promoting their "cancer sticks" with reckless abandon even though their current leadership had nothing to do with that promotion. Modern day people have a responsibility to clean up the air and water even though they did not cause the original pollution.
Society, today, needs to acknowledge the effects of slavery and needs to reconcile those effects even though no one alive today was involved. And, not necessarily with reparations, but still with a sense of responsibility.
For example, perhaps we shouldn't blame current society for pollution because that was started by previous generations. In that light, to blame the innocent is just plain stupid. Maybe it's ridiculous to blame any tobacco company in existence today for hiding the health hazards of its products in the 1940's because the people who ran those companies back then are no longer alive today. So, it's probably just plain stupid to fine them now.
The problem with this "feel good, I'm not responsible" message is blame is not the issue or the solution. Japan has a modern day Constitution that accounts for its actions at Pearl Harbor and throughout the World War even though those actions were conducted by a previous generation. That little girl shouldn't be blamed (although she is probably not safe on the streets of American cities because of her Asian appearance), but she does have responsibility not to repeat the actions of her ancestors. Tobacco companies are being held responsible for promoting their "cancer sticks" with reckless abandon even though their current leadership had nothing to do with that promotion. Modern day people have a responsibility to clean up the air and water even though they did not cause the original pollution.
Society, today, needs to acknowledge the effects of slavery and needs to reconcile those effects even though no one alive today was involved. And, not necessarily with reparations, but still with a sense of responsibility.
Notanymore · 41-45, M
@MarkPaul how do we not reconcile those things daily with a free society where everyone has the same rights protected by the same constitution?
Budwick · 70-79, M
@MarkPaul
I think you can check that one off your bucket list.
The evils of slavery has been identified, rectified, it's history.
There are real and contemporary problems facing minorities like
- the left encouraging minorities to destroy their families - baiting them with free food and housing, as long as they leave dad behind.
- the left convincing blacks that they are not clever enough to get a free ID that would helpful for a zillion things including identity at the voting booth.
Learning from past mistakes is good.
Reliving the mistake - not such a good idea.
Society, today, needs to acknowledge the effects of slavery and needs to reconcile those effects even though no one alive today was involved. And, not necessarily with reparations, but still with a sense of responsibility.
I think you can check that one off your bucket list.
The evils of slavery has been identified, rectified, it's history.
There are real and contemporary problems facing minorities like
- the left encouraging minorities to destroy their families - baiting them with free food and housing, as long as they leave dad behind.
- the left convincing blacks that they are not clever enough to get a free ID that would helpful for a zillion things including identity at the voting booth.
Learning from past mistakes is good.
Reliving the mistake - not such a good idea.
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
@Budwick I think you are still struggling to balance your "Look at me, I'm a victim" bucket list with your "Let's see who else I can blame" bucket list.
From the beer belly insurrectionist spectators (this might include you) trying to blame the insurrection attempt on Blacks and Black Lives Matter organizers while white supremacists and other white skinned people fearing the loss of perceived privileges they get from their white skin proudly admit they led the insurrection of right wing nutballs and horn-hat and pajama-bottom wearing nutballs to your feeble attempts to act like Hidin' Insurrectionist Baby-trump by thinking pinning blame on some "other" group is a mastermind solution, the social problem still exists. Your approach has failed and like Baby-trump you illustrate that failure.
Learning from past mistakes is table stakes. Reliving the mistake is a waste of time. Pretending an issue is solved because you are too emotionally unstable to confront the problem... as history shows us all, THAT is not a good idea at all.
From the beer belly insurrectionist spectators (this might include you) trying to blame the insurrection attempt on Blacks and Black Lives Matter organizers while white supremacists and other white skinned people fearing the loss of perceived privileges they get from their white skin proudly admit they led the insurrection of right wing nutballs and horn-hat and pajama-bottom wearing nutballs to your feeble attempts to act like Hidin' Insurrectionist Baby-trump by thinking pinning blame on some "other" group is a mastermind solution, the social problem still exists. Your approach has failed and like Baby-trump you illustrate that failure.
Learning from past mistakes is table stakes. Reliving the mistake is a waste of time. Pretending an issue is solved because you are too emotionally unstable to confront the problem... as history shows us all, THAT is not a good idea at all.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@MarkPaul
Pretending an issue is NOT solved because you are too emotionally unstable to confront the problem is a pretty good explanation of where you are at.
Other than the softer slavery the left has imposed upon minorities for decades - there is not slavery in the US. Ding-Dong - the witch is dead!
Pretending an issue is solved because you are too emotionally unstable to confront the problem..
Pretending an issue is NOT solved because you are too emotionally unstable to confront the problem is a pretty good explanation of where you are at.
Other than the softer slavery the left has imposed upon minorities for decades - there is not slavery in the US. Ding-Dong - the witch is dead!
