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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
Equality is not about words, it’s about actions. Being told what we can and cannot say, what we should or should not say, or what is or isn’t offensive helps create division and further apathy towards true equality, be it race, religion or sexuality. Words are the low hanging fruit, gay bashing, religious persecution and police selection/ training and policies the issue.
What I would like to hear, and what would go along way in dealing with the ignorance within my own extended family would be something like. “You know what? Call me whatever the **** you want, but treat equal!!” That would be a better bridge to build then saying “nope can’t use the word thug” or using ethnicity when describing a suspect, or mandating X% of work force must be visible minority.
There is a massive part of the population who believe the pendulum in society has swung passed equal and gone to special. This creates further problems and ignorance among the already ignorant. Being told to say Black Lives Matter and you can’t say All Lives Matter is just one example.
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So it isn’t about words, but hearing “Black Lives Matter” and completely missing the point of that phrase is being unequal? Even though no one supporting that messages spirit is saying or acting like non-black lives don’t matter?