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Originally Posted by Point Blank
That’s fair, and I’m all for unity. But it’s also a privilege to ignore messages of hate and division because one isn’t part of a group that’s being actively targeted by those views. As a person of colour, I’m sorry but I can’t get along with people who actively support the use of terms like the “Chinese virus” or if not actively support, at the very least can’t seem to see why those terms are hurtful to me and damages the world my biracial children will inherit. Doesn’t mean I hate them, but I’ll probably keep an arms length.
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Not sure if that was directed at me, or just a thought extrapolation from my post; but I'm certainly not suggestion to ignore things.
I'm a visible minority myself by the way, if that was implying something.
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The two teams thing is indeed stupid, but it’s even more stupid to behave as a populous to build an entire ideological platform that blames all of one’s woes on vulnerable people groups, espouse hateful or separatist rhetoric, and baseless anti-science agendas. I draw my line on the sand when one side is clearly being a lot more toxic than the other.
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Treating these things like teams only makes people dig in deeper and go further to the extremes.
Social media is encouraging everyone to pick a side and argue to death.
I agree with all of the ideological points you've noted, but I think the team game is only spreading that virus.