Re: Corona Virus: is it the beginning of the end?
The entire law enforcement system has racism running through it like poison. There are plenty of good people involved - good cops, good judges, good prison guards, the whole shebang - but the system itself has all kinds of problems with it.
If you don't believe America is racist, take a look at this:
A black man shoots a white person, clips him, and gets something like twenty-two years in jail.
On the flip side, less than 2% of police who murder people are ever convicted of criminal charges.
That is the fault of a system which, like it or not, uses race as a determinant of personal quality.
You yourself may not be racist. I applaud you for this. I'm not racist either. But your country is racist, and so is mine, and we have to learn to fix it. Racism is better than it used to be, but it's not anywhere near done yet. Don't try and shove it under the rug, and don't let anyone else do it either.
We agree that the harm dealt by some rioters is not good. But we don't agree on the scope of that harm. On one side, you have some businesses being trashed. On the other side, you have decades of unpunished abused and murder. Are you seriously going to waste your time condemning the rioters and protestors when there is so, so much to be upset about on the other side? Stuff which, let's be real, pretty much led us directly to the current state of affairs in the first place?
Socialism isn't failing Venezuela. Totalitarianism and greed are failing Venezuela. Same goes for virtually every other socialist or communist country you can name. The fact that humans have tried to go totalitarian pretty much every time doesn't mean that this is an intrinsic part of the process. It only looks that way.
Remember: the political compass has more than one axis.
On a more Covid-related point, BTW, I'm pretty well disgusted with people who have been congregating in big groups in parks. Seriously? The moment people start talking about opening up, and you're in a group in the park partying? Great idea. Absolutely fucking brilliant.
Oh and also, to neatly circle around to protests for a second:
White people were pretty recently protesting because they couldn't get haircuts. They went out in packs, risking their own lives as well as those of others, during a pandemic, because they couldn't get their fucking hair cut. Now stand that up next to the rioting around George Floyd's death. You tell me which one looks worse now And after you're done chewing on that, ask yourself why you're so bound and determined to demonize protestors who are calling out racism as they see it, even when that means showing anger and maybe breaking some things along the way. Are you guilty, perhaps? Are you ashamed? Are you maybe just a little bit flabbergasted? Are you maybe wishing all this nonsense would just go away? Do you have no idea what all the god-damned fuss is about and think people are just too angry?
Welcome to dismantling racism, where I tell you that if you're a white person who has any of those aforementioned feelings, you are indirectly contributing to the issue. Educate yourself. Be stronger, be accountable, and hold those around you accountable. Stop making excuses. Stop throwing up smokescreens. Accept complicitude, and let's get busy fixing this broken machine before it explodes. If you're American, this will certainly mean getting Blabbermouth Don out of office in November. And Mr. Biden's no peach, but he's got to be better than the current shit-show.
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