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Originally Posted by ToewsFan
PepsiFree, I can voice my opinion if choose to do so. What gives you the right to be a social justice warrior, and tell others to "grow up" for their opposing views? Maybe you need to accept that people will not have the same viewpoint as yourself. What would you do about systemic racism if you were in charge of things? How would you change things?
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You're free to voice your opinion, but if you express it on a public forum you should be willing and ready to accept criticism of that opinion. Telling black people to move if they don't like racism is a stupid thing to say. I accept that as your viewpoint, but please accept that my viewpoint is that believing that is hateful or deeply ignorant (at least the second one can be changed through education and experience). Racism should not be catered to and protected. Calling others a social justice warrior as a defence to legitimise your own sour views doesn't work.
Simply being mindful of the fact that systemic racism exists is a good step that essentially anyone can take to begin to curb its effects. I'm not sure what sort of "in charge" you're talking about, because there's no one person who can completely dismantle it, but steps like the one in the article are part of it. Again, read the article, because I'm still giving you the benefit of the doubt, since I don't believe your opinion matched up with proposal in the article.
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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
I have to disagree, If you need examples I'll be glad to post a bunch of em.
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From the article? Feel free. I'm not aware of any, unless you consider the simple consideration of a systemic issue as "special treatment," which wouldn't make sense to me considering there are many other things considered in the exact same way during sentencing. Considering many factors that effect an individual's life is done all the time in sentencing, if you consider them each "special treatment" then fair point.