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It is an undeniable fact that black people are still systemically oppressed. To say otherwise admits you are not willing to look at objective facts. You can wax on about how the treatment is justified, but the fact is the treatment exists. You can normalize it six ways to sunday even down to the same city block and you will still come to the same conclusion.
Meanwhile, the treatment being protested against by right-wingers in relation to trans people is non-existant. There is no systemic attempt to turn kids trans. No systemic child abuse in the LGBT movement. No political interferrence in the medical process in favor of trans people outside of what is born out by peer reviewed medical evidence (and in fact there is a metric shit ton of inteferrence in direct opposition to the evidence).
These are objectively verifiable facts.
People can look at a set of facts and still arrive at different conclusions. Such as, how much of a problem they are, whether they call for an intervention, and if they do, what kind of interventions are needed.
Take your systemic racism against black people as one example. I do agree that they face such discrimination. However, you need to prove to me how this justifies the use of violence. I am sure you will very quickly find that this is a highly subjective endeavor.
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There is no way to justify the right-wing bomb threats on Target because the thing they are protesting against DOES NOT EXIST. Meanwhile, even if you disagree with the violence that was around the Floyd protests, the treatment they were experiencing which precipitated the protests ACTUALLY EXISTS.
That's a critical distinction. If there was actual a pedo gang millions strong attempting to molest kids all across the country then violent resistance could be justified. But it doesn't exist. It is a fabrication. A lie. And as a result, any attempt to resist is morally wrong. See, morals aren't just about what you believe at the time when you willingly keep yourself ignorant.
Your post boils down to: my side is justified in employing violence. But your side isn't, because I don't recognize your issues as being legitimate. I find that the lefties have a really hard time looking at things from another's perspective.
This post was edited by JessiWan on Jun 8 2023 07:50pm