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Originally Posted by KSig RC
Also - do people really need me to explain why being offended is not disempowering in and of itself? Really? How do you explain stand-up comedy?
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Being offended is not disempowering in and of itself. That you are right... Ultimately, people choose to be what they want to be. I choose to be pissed off on General Principle right now. It is what I do afterward that makes a difference...
I think the disconnect, from a psychological standpoint only, is that when you are hit from all different sides. Like a very bad country music song. My dog left me, the light cut off, there's not heat, and etc. Then when you least expect it, some says some chit out of the clear blue sky that is solely based on race, and it makes your world worse...
Unfortunately, we are going to see racism as a construct becoming a psychological issue, i.e. what happened to you is all in your head you crazy idiot... Then when some ugliness happens like that seen of Bradley Schlozman who worked in the US Civil Rights Division, you wonder, was I all that crazy or idiotic at all?
