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Originally Posted by Wood
I agree. The issue to me is how Aliu (and so many people on both sides of this) responded when someone wasn't 100% aligned with his thoughts
I get that it's a highly emotional situation and conversation, but to respond in anger and call Carter an embarrassment and to say he is against the cause only further divides people and does the complete opposite of what he's fighting for, which is an open conversation and education
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But we're only human, and responding to an emotional situation in anger may not be helpful or ideal, but it's unrealistic to expect more than that
all of the time.
And sure, we can agree on what's the best way to handle something, but what I believe is unfair is acting like an emotional/angry response is somehow the thing that is going to divide people. If anything, it's impact is so small. We have more people here upset that Aliu didn't choose his words nicely than we have about the poster who said "who cares, the guy isn't even dead!" or the poster who lightly justified the kid who shot three people and killed two of them by saying "he was protecting property, what do you do??"
That's a disconnect for me. We expect everyone impacted by the issue to be calm and rational and criticize them for being emotional, but we brush it off when people unaffected shrug off shootings and legitimize homicide. That's not being reasonable. That's not showing a real concern for conversation and education. Aliu's comments pale in comparison in terms of "furthering division" than defending killers and dismissing Black victims. But we put the focus on Aliu, because it's easier than addressing the real issues we're facing.