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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
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.
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Yeah I'm on the same page as you
Only thing I'd argue is that it's difficult to hold Aliu and a poster like magnum pei to the same standard
One is currently the face of the BLM movement in the hockey world, the other is a willfully ignorant anonymous poster. Only so many people can reply to a comment like his and condone it in hopes that he can be open to educating himself
I'd like to think a lot more posters here would be more upset with what magnum said vs what Aliu said, I don't really see them as part of the same discussion