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<blockquote data-quote="istodolez" data-source="post: 75173522" data-attributes="member: 428671"><p>This is probably true for a lot of people. Regardless of race etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But what if they feel that society has ignored or oppressed them throughout their lives? That the whole "social contract" of "if you follow the rules the system will NOT beat you up" has never been experienced that way by them?</p><p></p><p>We can argue all the live-long day whether YOU believe them, but if they tell you: "I am in pain and feel like your society asks me to stay in line but then goes ahead and kills me on the streets" and that's what they see happening over and over and over...do you understand how your "sensitivities" about law and order could mean less than nothing to them?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We see that a lot among American Evangelicals who feel that they are being victimized by not being allowed to force their religious beliefs on others. But to their credit they do not break windows and steal. They do the proper thing in a democracy: they vote for the strong-man who promises them to support their <em>casus belli</em> and they help usher in the decimation of the foundational concept of "plurality" in our nation. It's so much more civilized than breaking glass and burning things.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...well, they probably also listen when people call then names like "animals" and "thugs" most of their lives, and they have difficulty being "successful" in jobs they are frozen out of systematically. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So how well has this approach of simply telling people they are bad people and everything they fail to achieve is their fault been over the past several decades in regards to race relations in the US?</p><p></p><p>I mean, by all means, keep trying! It's got to bear fruit SOMETIME.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="istodolez, post: 75173522, member: 428671"] This is probably true for a lot of people. Regardless of race etc. But what if they feel that society has ignored or oppressed them throughout their lives? That the whole "social contract" of "if you follow the rules the system will NOT beat you up" has never been experienced that way by them? We can argue all the live-long day whether YOU believe them, but if they tell you: "I am in pain and feel like your society asks me to stay in line but then goes ahead and kills me on the streets" and that's what they see happening over and over and over...do you understand how your "sensitivities" about law and order could mean less than nothing to them? We see that a lot among American Evangelicals who feel that they are being victimized by not being allowed to force their religious beliefs on others. But to their credit they do not break windows and steal. They do the proper thing in a democracy: they vote for the strong-man who promises them to support their [I]casus belli[/I] and they help usher in the decimation of the foundational concept of "plurality" in our nation. It's so much more civilized than breaking glass and burning things. ...well, they probably also listen when people call then names like "animals" and "thugs" most of their lives, and they have difficulty being "successful" in jobs they are frozen out of systematically. So how well has this approach of simply telling people they are bad people and everything they fail to achieve is their fault been over the past several decades in regards to race relations in the US? I mean, by all means, keep trying! It's got to bear fruit SOMETIME. [/QUOTE]
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