källarkattI'm arguing with someone about societal change 101 and I really don't get this whole "You shouldn't be mean to oppressors, change will come by itself eventually" because honestly when has that ever been the case? WWII wasn't won by the allies sending a nice but firm letter to Hitler, LGBTQ+ didn't really kick of until the Stonewall riots, Black people weren't taking seriously in the U.S until people like Malcom X and Martin Luther King stood up for themselves and pushed for change
Prof. Monophylos Fortikos@kellarkatt I believe that one of the most insidious and damaging problems that we face as Americans is a very strong national myth, taught to us in manifold forms from childhood, that all of our serious problems have already been solved. Our grade-school history books are full of repetitions of this myth: a social problem once existed, great people rose up to solve it for us, laws were passed, and now we are merely coasting downward from a victory already won.
@kellarkatt I believe this is partly why so many Americans refuse to acknowledge systemic racism and cringe to see any direct interaction with racists. They were taught that Dr. King and Obama's election solved racism, yet here are all these leftists decrying a problem that ostensibly no longer exists. No wonder they seem to think that leftists are somehow _creating_ this problem.
Digitalpotato@Monophylos @kellarkatt What also doesn't help is that when leftists point it out, they get either shouted down because "others have it worse" or people start thinking that they're crybabies because they're talking about what goes on in first-world countries.
@Digitalpotato @Monophylos Yeah like just because the house down the street burned down doesn't mean I don't get to complain about you dog shitting on my lawn
@Digitalpotato @Monophylos your* dog, fuck