I don’t know if people are genuinely stupid or if they are just so uneducated to the point ignorance is bliss for them, but it’s getting real old, real fast. To start off, it is clear society has MANY issues. There are people who have a false grasp of certain issues, yet they argue their false perceptions. These people are wrong, yet fail to see they are wrong. Issues like systemic racism, inequality, poverty, racial profiling, police brutality, torture and a butt load of other issue are prominent at worth talking about to address and seek solutions. Clearly our society is fucked up. In order to move forward, I believe it is necessary to educate the uneducated. Don’t get me wrong, there are some people who are open-minded and willing to learn and admit they’re wrong… but there are the hard headed, stubborn dumbasses, who even when wrong, refuse to admit it. They believe that living in a bubble and being closed-minded will get them far in life. They refuse to talk about the issue and they refuse to be educated. How does a society successfully move forward if there are people who refuse to see the bigger picture and recognize the problem is bigger than just THEM.
Over the past couple months, the Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and bringing back the Trayvon Martin matter, in addition to bringing light of the brutal police tactics, and the release of the 500-page Guantanamo Bay summary, an EXPLOSION of stupid people were born on Facebook. I will start off by listing these people.
The people who argue that things will never change therefore it is pointless to talk about the issues. I’ve had talks with people who genuinely believe that school shootings, rape, racism, and inhumane acts will inevitably happen therefore there is no use in talking about it nor addressing it. Now that is complete and utter bullshit, and if these people do not change their outlook on life, I truly doubt we will ALL move forward as a society. The first step in addressing a issue is recognizing that there is a problem and actually TALKING ABOUT IT. It’s wrong for a reason… you cannot tell me you are content with life on Earth where repulsive things continually happen. I don’t think it is ever pointless to talk about an issue. These people who believe that society cannot change, are the people who don’t contribute jack shit to the greater good. I’m sure, when these people grow up and have kids, they’ll realize how eminent these issue are and they’ll wish they talked about/recognized the problem earlier.
The people who deny there are issues and believe that people are just pulling the racial card or the feminist card… Yes, there are some people who “pull the racial card” over petty things such as, “you pulled me over b/c I’m this race,” or “you’re calling me out because I’m this race.” I have many views on this issue… 1. If you’re a cop… and you pull someone over and they SAY THAT, they genuinely believe that, and believe the cops are out to get them because they are a certain race. You cannot change that fact, the only thing WE as a society can change, is to make the police force an entity that people of ALL racial/ethnic backgrounds can trust. If not, there will always be a mistrust, and this “race card” will always be pulled. In addition, if minorities are constantly targeted, constantly mistreated, and constantly in trouble with the law, there is no such thing as them pulling a race card because this issue is VERY MUCH prominent. Another thing that kind of peeves me, is when people deny white supremacy and or white privilege. You cannot argue that they do not exist because American is built on the very foundation of white supremacy and white privilege. If you do not believe me, take a fucking American ethics class, or a history class… learn about the history of people OTHER than Europeans and the Americans. In earlier times, this was justified by the “White man’s burden.” Now, if you refuse to, then you are part of the problem. I will make a post sometime in the future PROVING white supremacy and white privilege. Personally, it’s the funniest thing ever when people deny these things exist… THEY SIMPLY JUST DO NOT SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE… why? BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE PRIVILEGE NOT TO SEE IT, they are able to live a comfortable life without seeing the TRUE horrors within the United States.
There are people who believe educating people on certain issues will perpetuate the problem and there are studies done by white people where talking about the issue of racism perpetuates racism. Have you ever thought, maybe this study was done by someone who was tired of having their race scrutinized, therefore tried to misdirect the ACTUAL problem? Instead of addressing the issue in itself, it addresses a different aspect of the problem directing attention away from the actual issue at hand? Yup, you just pulled a fucking Fox News. There is only one argument I have that successfully portrays how ridiculous this claim is…
Give me an example of someone who has learned about racism, learned bout the detrimental affects of racism, whether explicit or systemic, and decided to perpetuate the problem. Tell me of a time, where you learned racism was bad and that it exists… therefore pushing you to go out there and be a racist. If anything, not educating people allows the problem to persist... Sometimes even persist without the wrong doer’s knowledge.
The people who fail to see the bigger picture. There are people who fucking pinhole every situation. They see only part of the issue and fail to see the greater picture as a whole. For example, this girl argued that Mike Brown asked to be killed because he decided to commit a crime. She blamed the black community for it because they lack stable families, come poverty and have an unstable income. In addition, she says opportunity is everywhere, that the black community choses to fail because it refuses to find the opportunity. Now, what is it she fails to see? She fails to see that our society continually scrutinizes these people. She fails to see the implicit racism, the educational disparity, and SO MUCH MORE that I will discuss in a different post. Seeing the bigger picture allows for you to see that it is MORE than just the fault of the black community. The fact she even argued that it was the fault of the black community is an ignorant claim. These are the people who cannot see the cause and effects of certain decisions, actions, and or consequences… thus they will always misunderstand the situation at hand.
People who share their own experience and refuse to see the experience of others. Not everyone’s experience is the same! There are many instances where minority groups will argue that racism is not real because they have never encountered it. Well, maybe you were too ignorant to realize that you experienced it, or you were one of the lucky few. Just because you were one of the lucky few that did not experience these negative aspects of life and society, does not mean that EVERYONE ELSE who is of the minority group has had the SAME luck you have in NOT experiencing it. Not everyone’s experience is the same, and you cannot argue that you know certain things, when you fail to recognize the people who are hurt MOST by society marginalizing them.
The people who argue gibberish… when people argue that A therefore B… because C, D. No fucking connection of C to A or B. Those people can suck it. It’s like saying “White people work hard to move forward in life, therefore White privilege does not exist. Because minority groups don’t work as hard, they are lazy.” Ok, maybe that’s not the greatest example, but you know what I mean. When people’s arguments do not support their premise.
Lastly, I don’t know what’s worst, people who are misinformed or the people who are uninformed.
The people who are misinformed are people who have received the wrong information and continually agree and argue that false information. Whether they received it from Fox News… or some satire site, who knows. Then there are the people who are uninformed and know nothing on the issue and try to argue bullshit. These people are hindering everyone’s ability to move forward as a progressive society. These people have either received bullshit information that supports their stance on particular issues and stand by it and or they make up their own bullshit by not being informed. For example, there was this guy who argued that if a child were found to have a bruise, their parents could be arrested and put in prison for life without the chance of a trial… or habeas corpus. Of course, I argued against him and informed this idiot. Next, he tried to argue Guantanamo Bay was justified and that the inhumane acts were justified for people there because they were such a threat to the United States. I swear to fucking god, that is the most idiotic thing I’ve heard in my whole entire life. Did he take a class taught by George Bush explaining why Guantanamo Bay was justified? Or is he just truly ignorant to ALL the facts there are out there?
All these idiotic people make me pessimistic that change and a progressive movement forward CAN occur. But I now realize that it is part of the struggle towards change and towards progression. My ancestors have died fighting for equality, they have faced many injustices, yet they continually fought. All the social activists before me fought and put their lives at risk to get to where we are today. I believe fighting this fight is worth it because it WILL produce positive results eventually. I learned to never be pessimistic on this issue because that will NOT bring us forward. A positive attitude, perseverance, and passion will drive our society forward. I plan on being a part of that fight.
