If you believe violent rioting against people already seeking asylum is an ethical way to be heard then I, and the majority of this country are happy for you to be silenced behind bars.
That’s an extremely bad faith interpretation of what I said. It’s the exact opposite of what I’m saying, and I’m unsure if this is an elaborate troll/gotcha, but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you meant no ill-will.
My entire point is that focusing on the symptom, in this case the the rioting and the racism, is short sighted and is prone to create reactionary takes that dismiss the concerns that lie beneath. That dismissal will only further antagonize and drive people further towards populist movements, and I don’t think that’s the smart thing to do. We should not be driving people towards these movements, but rather offering them a tangible and real way to alleviate the root cause of their discontent, catch it before a populist preys upon it.
Preys upon them? They’re people not deer. Every time you speak you frame them as victims. Nobody forced them to violently riot, they’re individually and collectively reprehensible. Violent rioting is not the way to encourage people to listen to you.
You sound like you’re trying to justify the rioting.
“A riot is the language of the unheard” - Martin Luther King Jr
If you believe violent rioting against people already seeking asylum is an ethical way to be heard then I, and the majority of this country are happy for you to be silenced behind bars.
That’s an extremely bad faith interpretation of what I said. It’s the exact opposite of what I’m saying, and I’m unsure if this is an elaborate troll/gotcha, but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you meant no ill-will.
My entire point is that focusing on the symptom, in this case the the rioting and the racism, is short sighted and is prone to create reactionary takes that dismiss the concerns that lie beneath. That dismissal will only further antagonize and drive people further towards populist movements, and I don’t think that’s the smart thing to do. We should not be driving people towards these movements, but rather offering them a tangible and real way to alleviate the root cause of their discontent, catch it before a populist preys upon it.
Preys upon them? They’re people not deer. Every time you speak you frame them as victims. Nobody forced them to violently riot, they’re individually and collectively reprehensible. Violent rioting is not the way to encourage people to listen to you.