We can throw facts and reason at each other until we are blue in the face, but we won’t be likely to change anyone’s mind because our arguments are, in the end, founded on beliefs that are different but just as arbitrary as the other side’s. If you disagree with all of this, and believe that people are inherently reasonable, well, that’s exactly the point. I won’t try to argue with you. It seems that at this point, almost everyone is aware that police violence affects black-American and other minority groups in the US at disproportionately high rates. We disagree fiercely, however, about the reasons for this reality and the appropriate response. When we try to talk about it, it seems that we end up either only conversing with those with whom we already agree or devolving into the sorts of familiar, heated, blame-centric arguments that only ever seem to sharpen our divisions. Again, refer to the comment sections.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 03:30:31 +0000
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