MasterJaguar01
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The problem is exactly the same as it has been. The lack of equality. It doesn't matter how we try to stand up for ourselves. It's the fact that we still have to that is the issue.
That is completely false. IT matters a LOT how you try to stand up for yourselves.
With regard to Homosexuals. I don't know where there exists inequality for homosexuals in the context of opportunity. Homosexual athletes play in the NFL! In some states , they even get preferential hiring in the name of DEI. I am not a homosexual, so I am not aware of where inequality may still exist.
Where homosexuals are the victims of violence, the answer is to as the ADL does with Jewish victims of violence.
1. Work closely with law enforcement
2. Raise awareness of the problem (at, local, state, and Federal levels) - The ADL has forged relationships with key law enforcement officials at all levels as well as key politicians at all levels.
If homosexuals want to stop being "othered", they need to stop ACTING like "Others" - And by all means not ALL homosexuals. (and I refer to NO ONE in particular) But many...
1. STOP the divisive alphabet soup "community nonsense" "LGBTQIA+"
2. STOP the "PRIDE events"
3. STOP dressing up in outlandish clothes and acting like stupid assholes
4. STOP defining yourselves AS homosexuals, and start defining yourselves as human beings who have value to society.
And START defining yourself as Americans! As gay service men and women proudly do.
Every gay employee that I have had over my career did 1-4 above. Gay women do this wayyyy better than gay men. I am not a gay man, and do not pretend to know what a gay man experiences, but I believe if I were gay, I would be completely embarrassed by the activities in 1-4 above. I know as a heterosexual man, I embarrassed FOR my gay employees, as they are completely embarrassed by this behavior.
With regard to African Americans - Same #1, and #2 as the ADL, AND the NAACP does all the time.
1. STOP the divisive "People of Color" nonsense. If you don't want to be "othered" by white people, stop DEFINING YOURSELF as "Other" from white people!. If you are African American, and you know of African Americans who are violently targeted by bigoted morons, do #1, and #2, and raise awareness of violence against African Americans
2. DISASSOCIATE yourself from BLM. Too many BLM members resort to violence and vandalism. Don't want to be "Othered"??? STOP ACTING like violent Thugs!"
3. Recognize your heritage and factual American History and help ensure it is part of school curriculum and taught at the APPROPRIATE age.
4. STOP the "White Privilege" nonsense!!!! Don't want to be "othered"??? Stop telling white children that they are privileged and oppressors of non white children! And stop telling white adults the same bullshit!
5. STOP defining yourself as a "Person of Color" . The term "African American" is fine, as it indicates that you are an American. Terms MATTER. And stop DEFINING yourself as ANYTHING other than a huiman being with value to society.
6. STOP automatically defining yourself as oppressed and aligning yourselves with other "oppressed by definition" groups like homosexuals. - More Self "Othering"
James Baldwin, a brilliant Civil Rights Activist, was openly gay. I say openly, but he was no "gay activist". He just happened to be gay and did not hide the fact. He never let his race OR sexual identity DEFINE him Rather he spoke out eloquently about the inequality faced by AFrican Americans. He did far more for African American equality than ANY modern wokeness measures.
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You act like any minority group only uses one path to protest, yet we take so many. You criticize BLM, but fail to mention the NAACP at all, even though it has been around since 1909.
I mentioned and praised the NAACP above.
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Some people just don't have the patience to wait for things that should have been taken care of before they were born.
Martin Luther King went out of his way to disassociate himself from these people, and was able to largely marginalize them.
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You now raise up Jews as the new model minority. Ok. Every community has issues and disagreements with all others, but not enough that I should criticize the actions they choose to take.
I criticize the actions taken by groups who are creating more division and defeating the very purpose of equality.
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But Ye has a new record coming, and MTG is back on Congressional Committees.
My theory...
The reason idiots like Ye, MTG, Matt Gaetz gain popularity or Donald Trump is even supported by the masses? WOKENESS. Granted Trump appeals largely to the low information voter, but I know of brilliant, well-educated people that support him. Why? The SAME reason... WOKENESS
Don't believe me???? Look at Ron DeSantis!!! He would be nowhere NEAR the Governor's Mansion if it weren't for WOKENESS. WOKENESS has done more to bring about INEQUALITY and reverse any gains in equality, than anything the right wing could do.
One final note: Let's look at Tammy Bruce. Who is Tammy Bruce? A Right wing partisan hack (former Neocon until she jumped on the Trump train) who had a mildly successful radio show, in which she would go on partisan, factually bankrupt nonsensical rants (originally about how wonderful the Iraq war was, but now how evil non-Trump Republicans are (and all non-Republicans are) and how Trump will save the world. She is now a Fox News contributor and occasional guest host on some Fox News shows.
I have always judged her by her character, which she happens to be of low morality IMO. I have known about her and heard her radio show and seen her on Fox News for about 15 years. She is good at her job (telling partisan lies and throwing out red meat for the base). I never knew in that 15 years (or cared to research) that she is a lesbian. That fact has ZERO impact on my opinion of her. She NEVER hid her sexuality, and NEVER defined herself by it. She never used divisive alphabet soup "community" identities. She never claimed to be oppressed JUST because she is a lesbian or female. In fact she is quite wealthy. Right wing lying on Fox news turns out to be quite lucrative. She is a slimeball, not because of her views, but because she lies.
She also claims homosexuality is a preference, and NOT an orientation. A ridiculous claim from a woman who never maintained a single heterosexual relationship in her life (but mysteriously "prefers" homosexuality)
And BTW: How did she get promoted from relative radio obscurity as a Neocon to Fox News national TV? - Say it with me.... WOKENESS
< Message edited by MasterJaguar01 -- 5/28/2023 8:25:20 AM >
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