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Be he foe or friend, be he foul or clean, brood of Morgoth or bright Vala, Elda or Maia or Aftercomer, Man yet unborn upon Middle-earth, neither law, nor love, nor league of swords, dread nor danger, not Doom itself, shall defend him from Fëanor, and Fëanor's kin, whoso hideth or hoardeth, or in hand taketh, finding keepeth or afar casteth a Silmaril. This swear we all: death we will deal him ere Day's ending, woe unto world's end! Our word hear thou, Eru Allfather! To the everlasting Darkness doom us if our deed faileth. On the holy mountain hear in witness and our vow remember, Manwë and Varda!

on rule · c/196 · 6 pts · 135d

I will never win..

on Vanilla Ice · c/comicstrips · 1 pts · 187d

But not everyone rejects because of malice. But often of ignorance.

The "centrist devil" has become another absolutism born from justice.

I am not saying water down the gravity, i'm just asking if we can do better in shortening the gap between defensiveness and acceptance, and redemption.

Most of what i see at least in my country Italy in regards to racism and structural issues is playing holier-than-thou and finger pointing.

Being right is not enough. Making new ways of "us vs them" between ordinary people, those that are bystanders to the oppression, is simply repeating past mistake, just as it would be a grave mistake to diminish the gravity of what's to heal.

It seems impossible to solve, but the already woke were asleep once too

on Vanilla Ice · c/comicstrips · 0 pts · 189d

Yeah no i was totally wrong dont know why i said that. Its maybe that this meme seemed to undermine the cureent mobilization?

Like, we do need to address it but how do we minimize the resistance that comes from the defensiveness of "dont call me bigot?"

Certainly we can't let this fear allow us to postpone a critical component of change.

People, especially heteronormative white people really, REALLY conflate accountability with an attack on their pride, it's a cultural heritage the deconstruction of which can only be sparked from inside.

We all need to learn that past mistakes are only a permanent mark if we do nothing to change them

on Vanilla Ice · c/comicstrips · 14 pts · 191d

Better late than never, we can hold ppl accountable for inaction AFTER we beat the system