13MckuFoT6zopfawknos5oP292KVXPKo3D (140) ·
You are right, listening is key. Though we seem to end up in a position where one end of the spectrum ”needs” to kneel and then what’s next on the need list to get the listen approval?
If my actions living a respectable life is not listened to, do I lose?
1Eyk15KEeYX9JwH8e98pqpX3kTUuY9d43C (622) ·
The kneeling is interesting because it's often used as an ultimatum - either you don't kneel, so you're proving you're a disgusting, evil human being, or you do, and you conform to the "right beliefs"...
1Eyk15KEeYX9JwH8e98pqpX3kTUuY9d43C (622) ·
It's superficial, a social ritual with no depth behind it, and is therefor, by design or not, used to create conformity in people without actually changing hearts and minds. It is a Motte and Bailey.
1Eyk15KEeYX9JwH8e98pqpX3kTUuY9d43C (622) ·
Motte: You kneel to show support for black people who have been harmed by racist actions.
Bailey: Whites are guilty of the harm done to blacks, so whites should all kneel.
Or, a variation on that theme.
1Eyk15KEeYX9JwH8e98pqpX3kTUuY9d43C (622) ·
In no part of this is there listening by anyone. In fact, when people kneel for the Motte and are used to support the Bailey, they will feel betrayed for having a position they don't agree with projected onto them, and they will be disgusted.
1Eyk15KEeYX9JwH8e98pqpX3kTUuY9d43C (622) ·
Result: They reject those who are mischaracterizing their actions, even those those people are very rarely the ones who actually deceived them, if anyone willfully deceived them in the first place.
And the cycle continues.