@Shroompunk Warlord
There was something innately instructive about being in a crowd of 17,000 and all chanting along with Zack de la Rocha, "Eff you, I won't you do what you tell me." If you had an ounce of self-reflection.
I sometimes wonder if the lessons learned that have gotten us to the point we are at (which is infinitely better than where we have been) are being discarded in the desire to sink to the slights of those who do not agree with us.* I am hopeful that we have more cases like Dwyane Wade and his family, who has shown that by public example and love (and in the face of backlash), we can continue to persuade more people in more recalcitrant communities that a shared humanity is all that matters; if sunlight is the best disinfectant, then exposure is the base ingredient of tolerance.
IME, it is a rare person indeed who changes because he is told he is a bad person. There are many people who change because they think they are good people, and want to do the right thing- they just need to understand what the right thing is.
And for what it's worth, Dinehart is a terrible, terrible person**, and what little I've seen of Giantlands wouldn't have been a good game in 1990, let alone today.
*And I will add, in saying this, that there has almost always been a plethora of approaches. Righteous anger toward injustice can manifest in many ways, from working hard within the system to change it, to boycotts, to non-violent protest, to those who go for more direct action.
**I keep joking that he is Florida Man, but Florida Man at least provides some comedic value. I'd rather read about someone walking up to the drive through, drunk and carrying a gator, than Dinehart's hateful and transphobic comments.
There was something innately instructive about being in a crowd of 17,000 and all chanting along with Zack de la Rocha, "Eff you, I won't you do what you tell me." If you had an ounce of self-reflection.
I sometimes wonder if the lessons learned that have gotten us to the point we are at (which is infinitely better than where we have been) are being discarded in the desire to sink to the slights of those who do not agree with us.* I am hopeful that we have more cases like Dwyane Wade and his family, who has shown that by public example and love (and in the face of backlash), we can continue to persuade more people in more recalcitrant communities that a shared humanity is all that matters; if sunlight is the best disinfectant, then exposure is the base ingredient of tolerance.
IME, it is a rare person indeed who changes because he is told he is a bad person. There are many people who change because they think they are good people, and want to do the right thing- they just need to understand what the right thing is.
And for what it's worth, Dinehart is a terrible, terrible person**, and what little I've seen of Giantlands wouldn't have been a good game in 1990, let alone today.
*And I will add, in saying this, that there has almost always been a plethora of approaches. Righteous anger toward injustice can manifest in many ways, from working hard within the system to change it, to boycotts, to non-violent protest, to those who go for more direct action.
**I keep joking that he is Florida Man, but Florida Man at least provides some comedic value. I'd rather read about someone walking up to the drive through, drunk and carrying a gator, than Dinehart's hateful and transphobic comments.
Definitely giving it a go.
