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Desensitized

6/15/2020

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Memes...
Memes are often used to make a statement or to entertain, and sometimes when it comes to people and their humor, it crosses a line. One such picture I came across today was of a muscular black man who had incredible sized neck muscles and below that was a picture from the movie Jaws saying, "We're going to need a bigger knee."
A lot of comments were attached to the post listing people in the comments and how everyone finds it so funny. Disgusting. As a nation we've become desensitized to violence, and by an extension we're also desensitized to racial inequality because so much of it involves violence. 
The Germans have a word "schadenfreude," meaning to derive pleasure from the suffering of others. How petty must that mindset be? I can't claim to be above it though, because there's always pleasure in seeing someone get what they deserve. Racial inequality is something no one deserves, and why Black Lives Matters exists. 

Lost...
For some people and their attitudes, they are a complete loss. Their attitudes and prejudice will never change. Their hate, they cling to it as they would a warm blanket because they have such an ancestry connected to bigotry. These people are lost and have no place in the future. 
The only future that makes sense is one that celebrates diversity. We have to build each other up without tearing someone else down to do it. And there can't be any tolerance for such people who get ahead on the suffering of others. If we can't win them over with love and compassion, then our only hope is to outlast them until the appeal can be made to their descendants. 
Racism is a thing of the past, a shameful past. It's been around too long and deserves to be cut off at the head. We can't normalize jokes that prey on the weak, nor attitudes that find pleasure in the suffering of innocents. 
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Ken the hit man Hart
7/10/2020 12:55:18 pm

You found a nasty meme online bravo dude. Are you going to change human nature as a whole or do you just have that much time to complain about it without offering any content or solutions? Also all of this "you are white and therefore you should feel guilty" is like me saying "you are German and thus responsible for all Jews killed in the Holocaust".

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Erich link
9/15/2020 12:16:47 pm

I'm entirely sorry to have shattered your ability to completely ignore hatred by bringing your attention to it. Your choice to not feel guilt is your privilege. Just like adding my voice to the cause of others is my privilege. The only difference is that one of us is using privilege productively, and the other is trying to shut down the discussion.

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