“well, it seems we are at an impasse.”
“so we are. carry on, cat”
“same to you, bird.”
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“well, it seems we are at an impasse.”
“so we are. carry on, cat”
“same to you, bird.”
you can never please everybody. when you stand up for yourself, there will be people who think you’re overreacting or being a jerk. when you try your best to be kind to everyone you meet, there will be people who think you’re being fake or that you desperately want to be liked. you won’t ever be able to be the best version of yourself if you live for other people, because that ‘best version’ is entirely subjective and therefore impossible to embody. be your personal best, your personal favorite, and you’ll attract people who will see you that way as well.
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Ayishat Akanbi on the problematic nature of ‘wokeness’... (#6)
This video in conversation with cultural commentator, writer and fashion stylist, Ayishat Akanbi, explores the radical power of kindness, empathy and understanding. Akanbi believes that these qualities are crucial in allowing us to move forward and create positive and meaningful change in society.
Akanbi also discusses the problems with ‘wokeness’, explaining that it “runs the risk of reducing very complex societal issues, and tends to be quite reactionary instead of response” (Double Down News 2018).
Reference
Double Down News 2018, The problems with wokeness, 30 October, viewed 25 April 2020, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-WimRb2jXs>.
The point of these studies is that moral judgment is like aesthetic judgment. When you see a painting, you usually know instantly and automatically whether you like it. If someone asks you to explain your judgment, you confabulate. You don’t really know why you think something is beautiful, but your interpreter module (the rider) is skilled at making up reasons, as Gazzaniga found in his split-brain studies. You search for a plausible reason for liking the painting, and you latch on to the first reason that makes sense (maybe something vague about color, or light, or the reflection of the painter in the clown’s shiny nose). Moral arguments are much the same: Two people feel strongly about an issue, their feelings come first, and their reasons are invented on the fly, to throw at each other. When you refute a person’s argument, does he generally change his mind and agree with you? Of course not, because the argument you defeated was not the cause of her position; it was made up after the judgment was already made.
Jonathan Haidt (via immunitass)
Each culture develops expertise in some aspects of human existence, but no culture can be expert in all aspects. The same goes for the two ends of the political spectrum. My research confirms the common perception that liberals are experts in thinking about issues of victimization, equality, autonomy, and the rights of individuals, particularly those of minorities and nonconformists. Conservatives, on the other hand, are experts in thinking about loyalty to the group, respect for authority and tradition, and sacredness. When one side overwhelms the other, the results are likely to be ugly. A society without liberals would be harsh and oppressive to many individuals. A society without conservatives would lose many of the social structures and constraints that Durkheim showed are so valuable. Anomie would increase along with freedom. A good place to look for wisdom, therefore, is where you least expect to find it: in the minds of your opponents. You already know the ideas common on your own side. If you can take off the blinders of the myth of pure evil, you might see some good ideas for the first time.
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““Don’t you see? Violence doesn’t end violence. It extends it.””
— Matt Smith, A Town Called Mercy
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
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Desmond Tutu
What if both sides are being unjust and oppressive?
@siryouarebeingmocked nobody wanna talk about that though… It’s always us vs them, always binary. Like you have to be one side or the other
Of course. Nothing extremists hate more than moderates.
“A Riot is the Language of the Unheard”
I know that I’m going to get hate for this, but fuck it.
It’s like clockwork: A shitty cop kills an unarmed black man. There are protests and demonstrations. And then someone throws a brick through a window, or sets fire to a trashcan, or hits somebody, and the situation devolves into a riot. And just as sure as the rising of the sun, someone will say that Martin Luther King would be ashamed of this display. And just as sure as the setting of the sun, someone will trot out MLK saying, “A riot is the language of the unheard”. Clockwork.
Unfortunately, the people who trot out that quote are dead fucking wrong.
Yes, it is true that the good Reverend did say those words, in that order. But in order to believe that the quote is in any way a call for rioting, or even a justification or an excuse for rioting, is ignorant and disrespectful. In order to believe that, you have to believe that Dr. King stood up, walked to a microphone, said, “A riot is the language of the unheard”, and then stepped away from the mic and never said another word on the subject. That is the only way that you can believe that the quote is him excusing or justifying that sort of behavior. He did not say that riots are the way forward, nor that they were even remotely helpful. He believed that riots hurt the cause that the rioters were hoping to promote. That is why you only ever see that one sentence, and never the full context. Because if looked at in context, you would see that King was, until his dying day, committed to the path of “militant, powerful, massive non-violence”.
The first instance of him using that phrase that I can find is from a 1966 interview with Mike Wallace:
“I will never change in my basic idea that non-violence is the most potent weapon available to the Negro in his struggle for freedom and justice. I think for the Negro to turn to violence would be both impractical and immoral.”
The source that many like to cite for the quote is his “The Other America” speech from 1967, where he leads in by saying, “Let me say as I’ve always said, and I will always continue to say, that riots are socially destructive and self-defeating. I’m still convinced that nonviolence is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom and justice. I feel that violence will only create more social problems than they will solve. That in a real sense it is impracticable for the Negro to even think of mounting a violent revolution in the United States. So I will continue to condemn riots, and continue to say to my brothers and sisters that this is not the way. And continue to affirm that there is another way. (emphasis added)”
So, no. He was not excusing, justifying, or calling for riots. He was saying that he understands why those riots might happen, but that he in NO uncertain terms condemned them as being wholly unhelpful, and damaging to the communities where they happened, to the image of the protestors, and to the very cause of justice and equality.
You want to emulate Dr. King? Peaceful protest is the way. Non-violence is the way. A riot may sometimes be the language of the unheard, but it is not the language that Dr. King spoke.
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I do not expect everyone to agree with me on everything, and I do not think this will inhibit most of us from getting along just fine. We all have different opinions, angles, and beliefs. Let’s work together to have a better understanding of each other.
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