I’m sitting here pondering the events of the past day and
all if I can say is “that if it weren't for the Lord!”
Keeping it 100 % y’all, I’m not happy…I watched something
unfold that left me extremely disappointed. I’m disappointed because I got
caught slipping. I extended courtesies and chances to someone that I really
should have been feeding from a long-handled spoon; I say this because I
watched them be hypercritical and judgmental in responses to other situations rather
than seeking to resolve strife. I’m also angry because I am guilty of
bystanding and making no attempt to correct.
Long story short: I just had to unfriend someone that I
thought was like-minded (politics social justice) until I read a post where
they were talking about Baltimore.....the person used the term "you
African Americans" which is synonymous with the bigoted and divisive term
"you people" The person then threatened to use the N word in lieu of
the word thug which they were getting flack for using to describe the rioters.
To add further insult...the person didn't check their racist friends when they
started to go in, stating blatantly racists and biased posts. I initially
attempted to engage all parties involved in conversation, dialogue and open
discourse in order to hopefully educate them about the anger and rage that caused
the riots but it quickly became clear that it was a forum and opportunity to
voice longstanding repressed racist viewpoints…to which I had to say BYE
FELICIA!!!!
I guess I am the latest victim….I was minding my own
business when I got stopped and questioned by Facebook only to find myself in a
choke-hold….a totally innocuous situation results in a death!
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