Quote (bitg_pj @ Sep 22 2016 01:58am)
I picked dislike but honestly im not invested enough to care either way.
The truth is the real fight in this world isnt blacks vs whites
Its those with money and or power against those that dont have those things.
It just happens that a lot of haves happen to be white... but the vast majority of white people are low or middle class people that get shit on just the same as everyone else.
There are obviously inherant benefits to being white ( I get the benefit of the doubt from most people )
My problem with colin kaepernick beyond the fact that he is an attrocious football player is that he is a have... he speaks about things he knows nothing about ... he has been pampered for a very long time ...and even before that grew up in a white household that was middle to upper class... the dude knows shit all about suffering....especially the suffering of black people.
Its easy to be an arm chair activist... the dudes done shit all to actually help improve the world
I'm sure he still had to deal with some racist people.
And why is it that because he's successful, he cannot try to help. I guess I shouldn't help because I'm not a poor black person or never went through that.
Quote (HOWTODISAPPEARCOMPLETELY @ Sep 22 2016 03:14am)
There have been people all over the world who died for all kinds of things. Why does disagreeing with X imply disrespect towards people who fought/died for X? And even if you can answer that, why do people who die for something deserve our unconditional respect?
I mean, by this logic you could say we should all respect ISIS, as plenty of people have died serving ISIS.
I'm not sure but I'm sure they'd say Isis didn't die for our freedoms, die protecting us.