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Topic	NYT writer demands whites cut off contact w/ relatives unless they join protests
s0nicfan 06/08/20 3:38:36 PM #209:	CyricZ posted... Fine. I'll say it again. I don't condone violence or killing in the name of politics. You know why it's so hard to get out of people? You know why they respond with hostility to "if you have this opinion, you must condemn this thing"? Because it's never enough for you. Because topic after topic, day after day, week after week, there's another and still another claim of "they did this bad thing! Condemn it now or I'll never accept you!" And it's very often the same events on repeat and it's never enough. Because our local indolent centrists never have anything to say but "but what about", and it's never enough. Speaking, explaining, reminding, over and over again and for what? For who? Who are you that we have to prove ourselves? There's a call to action, and the response is "well do this and maybe I will" and it's never enough. There are many of us out there hoping "is now enough? This happened and isn't it enough? Can't you say 'enough'?" And then "but what about" and it's never enough. You see how that might get exhausting? You see how people might interpret you as in bad faith? You just perfectly described why people find the NYTs writers demands unreasonable. Like, it's a flawless summary of how the constant call to take ever-increasing action or risk being called intolerant or racist wears people out. How we went from Facebook campaigns, to "silence is violence", to "words and vocal support aren't enough", to this new NYT demand that if you're not actively investing financially in the movement you might as well be the enemy. Or how every single action taken in reform is responded with a new, larger set of demands for even more reform. A renewed reminder that nothing short of literal revolution will calm the unrest, and even then there will be people saying that revolution is just the beginning. You get it. Hit the nail on the head. Flawless victory. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz <cite>s0nicfan posted [p:940364646] in NYT writer... [t:78752041]...</cite> <quote>CyricZ posted... </cite> <quote>Fine. I'll say it again. I don't condone violence or killing in the name of politics. You know why it's so hard to get out of people? You know why they respond with hostility to "if you have this opinion, you must condemn this thing"? Because it's never enough for you. Because topic after topic, day after day, week after week, there's another and still another claim of "they did this bad thing! Condemn it now or I'll never accept you!" And it's very often the same events on repeat and it's never enough. Because our local indolent centrists never have anything to say but "but what about", and it's never enough. Speaking, explaining, reminding, over and over again and for what? For who? Who are you that we have to prove ourselves? There's a call to action, and the response is "well do this and maybe I will" and it's never enough. There are many of us out there hoping "is now enough? This happened and isn't it enough? Can't you say 'enough'?" And then "but what about" and it's never enough. You see how that might get exhausting? You see how people might interpret you as in bad faith?</quote> You just perfectly described why people find the NYTs writers demands unreasonable. Like, it's a flawless summary of how the constant call to take ever-increasing action or risk being called intolerant or racist wears people out. How we went from Facebook campaigns, to "silence is violence", to "words and vocal support aren't enough", to this new NYT demand that if you're not actively investing financially in the movement you might as well be the enemy. Or how every single action taken in reform is responded with a new, larger set of demands for even more reform. A renewed reminder that nothing short of literal revolution will calm the unrest, and even then there will be people saying that revolution is just the beginning. You get it. Hit the nail on the head. Flawless victory. --- "History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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