#but also! holy shit nobody (especially no person of color) is obligated to sit down a KKK member and explain to them why racism bad | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

mars-ipan · 4 months

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"deradicalization is best achieved through kindness and acceptance because many radicals feel alienated for one reason or another" and "someone who is hurt by radical beliefs has zero obligation to be kind to someone who holds those beliefs" are two facts that can and should coexist btw

#marzi speaks #this isn't inspired by anything. i'm just reading a paper and thinking abt other stuff i've read/seen. i guess it's inspired in that sense #but like no specific event has occurred to make me write this post it just. happened in my brain #like. my brother fell into that like andrew tate/'self improvement' youtube channel rabbithole a couple years ago #and he's finally starting to come out of it bc my family refused to let that be his only source of input #(thankfully he kept talking to us abt it)#so we were able to tell him that no he is worthy of love and respect as a human being regardless of whatever labels he applies to himself #which kept him from self-loathing his way into total misogyny #but also. when he was really in that shit sometimes he would spout some bullshit! and i did not tolerate it #now i had the most freedom to get mad at my brother without him taking it super personally bc. he's my brother #he has a thing abt authority and bc we're equals he'll actually respond to me better #so we would argue. and all that. and i'm glad we did #bc like. just because i love my brother and i want to see him be happy does not mean i have to let him spout horrible bigoted bullshit #obvs this is a specific example. but it also applies to things like white supremacy groups or fash groups #like yes. showing kindness to these people is the best way to help them heal from these harmful ideologies #but also! holy shit nobody (especially no person of color) is obligated to sit down a KKK member and explain to them why racism bad #yanno?

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