[Poiesis]

I think people's defensiveness can get in the way of empathy.

I would be somewhat dismayed if someone asked me to denounce white supremacy, because I would hope that it would be obvious that I abhor white supremacy.

I don't think I'd be insulted, though--and certainly not to the level of refusing to do any denouncing. Of course it's wrong! Hope to live in a world where it goes without saying. Until then, happy to repeat as often as anyone cares to hear it.

[_y5hn]

Some people will never be happy, but will happily tear everyone down. They will never mature to grow out of resentment and forgive.

It's way harder though as long as injustice is perpetuated.

So it's nuanced.

[luxuryballs]

and if someone is being defensive it’s extremely likely that they were approached or engaged with an equal lack of empathy, the obvious one being starting out with any assumption based on their skin color, it then risks becoming a Kafka trap, which is when you claim someone denying something is evidence of it actually being true