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Originally Posted by White Out 403
The bend the knee thing is a reference to people literally getting on a knee to stop protestors from screaming at them. Or like the lady who was eating at the DC restaurant who had a bunch of white people screaming at her to raise her first.
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Well, for the record, I don't think you should be banned, nor do I think it's at all reasonable to suggest that full compliance with the narrative is warranted (and if you don't believe me, read my last response to Cecil Terwilliger). I just think you should try harder to express your perspective in a way that isn't as likely to immediately provoke an extreme reaction to people. And when someone points out why your post resulted in an extreme reaction, it seems reasonable to read it back and consider if maybe there was a better way to put it.
I'm sticking with that post as an example, and I get now what you meant about the knee thing. But can you see how it could give the impression that you're subscribing to white nationalist dogmas about "white genocide" and subservience to black people?
I mean, there are so many landmines in these discussions that it's reasonable for you to be frustrated and give up on trying to avoid stepping on them. But even just a tiny bit of effort on that front would I think go a long way in preserving some goodwill in these discussions. Not with everyone, but at least with those who have been giving you at least some benefit of the doubt thus far.
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I guess I’m trying to understand why Breonna Taylor made such an impact then. Clearly most people, activists, protesters, rioters, media and even CPers are not judging each case based on merit. Not this one anyways.
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I agree, but I think the reason is really just the misinformation that was out there right at the start, about the police having the wrong address, or already having the perp in custody before going out to execute the warrant. It made the whole thing sound incredibly egregious. I'll see if I can find the study I'm thinking of, but there is in fact research out there about first impressions of news stories, that even later corrections don't register for people and they still are affected by the first version of the story they heard. I think that's most likely what happened in that case.