enz wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
enz wrote:
all right, so this lady can say these things because POC have been oppressed in the past and present?
Is that not a valid source of rage?
Is being consistently gaslit about your experience not a valid source of rage?
yeah sure, rage against anyone who's actually wronged you.
Would you feel better if she was careful to use the phrase '
most of the white people i've met'?
I think most people get angry when someone point blank insists that their understanding of their own experience is incorrect and then tries to tell them what their experience actually was.
Remember, she's not describing an actual plan or desire to act violently. She's describing a coping mechanism that she admits might not be healthy.
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. —Malcolm X
Just a reminder: under international law, an occupying power has no right of self-defense, and those who are occupied have the right and duty to liberate themselves by any means possible.