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by rectang 3111 days ago
It's hard for me to get worked up over this when the injustices suffered by those who are now being heard were many times worse.
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asabjorn 3111 days ago
Two wrongs does not make a right. For instance, I fail to see how you can fix things like racism, bigotry and sexism with more of the same.
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rectang 3111 days ago
The indefinite perpetuation of a one-sided wrong does not make a right, either. Relentless oppression must be broken.
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Veelox 3111 days ago
>Relentless oppression must be broken.

I am going to quote the man who has arguably done the most to end oppression in the USA.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - MLKJ

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Veelox 3111 days ago
Just to clarify, it is okay to treat people poorly because people were treated worse in the past?
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rectang 3111 days ago
Many people continue to be treated worse today. But those who are accustomed to dominance cannot tolerate even a single setback without screaming bloody murder. Their endurance is paltry compared to that of the historically oppressed, and their empathy and perspective even more lacking.
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