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Originally posted by lastpoetnsite:
my question has been all along...how does one oppressed group justify their oppressive actions against another oppressed group?
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Can you please clarify what you mean by "oppressive actions?" Was that phrase used for a lack of a better term? I'm wondering because I don't feel that we as Blacks (or African-Americans) are in a position to "oppress" anyone. We don't have to power to oppress any group of people. Verbal abuse, I don't think, is hardly the same as oppression. I'm not trying to justify homophobic or racist slurs, I'm just saying, it can't even compare to oppression, in my opinion.
I think that hatred in any form is wrong. I don't, however, think that people's feelings are wrong. I, personally, don't agree with being "politically correct." I think that people can be "real" and tactful at the same time. Being PC, to me, is just a way to BS how you "really" feel. Otherwise the term wouldn't exist. If you are afraid of homosexuals and their lifestyle, that's ok, because that's how you feel, and no one is in a position to tell someone else how they "should" FEEL. To HATE someone based on how you FEEL, that in my opinion is wrong, based on MY belief system. I can't begin to speak to people on how they should feel or whatever, because their belief system may be different from my own. However, it's not the HATRED that oppresses people, it's the ACTIONS that stem from hatred.
I think that when we begin to condemn other people for how they think and feel, we foster silence. Who wants to speak out about how they feel if they think that they are gonna get condemned for it? Silence fosters fear, and fear fosters hate. You're right, it is a cycle.