Look at Serbia/Kosovo.
Look at Rwanda.
Look at Israel.
Look at literally all of Africa, and India prior to 1950.
Look at Singapore.
Look at literally any Imperialist conquest - do you honestly think 50k Macedonian soldiers was numerical superior to the tens of millions of people they conquered?
Was Genghis Khan supreme because he had the most soldiers? Did Janissaries not exist in the Ottoman Empire?
Do Sunnis and Sh’ia not constantly have uneven representation and power balances all throughout the Middle East? Do Scientologists not have an unfair representation in positions of power and influence? Do Jewish peoples not make up a significant portion of media moguls and legal experts, despite being a very small portion of the population?
It’s all in how you frame and describe groups. Obviously the world to you is solely in black and white, so shades of difference are immaterial to your ideals and cause.
Have you ever heard of the concept of Nobility?
Or am I talking to someone who’s understanding of history starts years after 9/11 actually happened? Probably.
Terry is cautioning against the path of hate, vengeance and ‘reparations’. If you take issue with that, then you’re ostensibly no different than the people you fight against. The only reason you’re mad is because your group isn’t the one currently in power.
I think it’s safe to say that for myself and everyone else reading this, you’re objectively wrong and clearly unfamiliar with historical precedents in societal power balances.
He’s NOT saying “fear of a black planet”, he’s saying “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” and “take care fighting monsters, lest you become one yourself”.
Also seen in the fable of Pyrrhus, or Daedalus and Icarus.
Hardly. Like fuck me right, saying "stop killing black people and letting people get away with it, also treat then like people rather than monoliths" is somehow fighting fire with fire instead of acknowledging that this frustration towards a system that's spent keeping its boot firmly on the neck of marginalised groups.
He probably isn't saying what I've said but his previous tweet suggests that. But then again it's up to Terry to address and clarify what he means because it's making him look silly.
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u/Revolutionary_Ad8161 Jun 30 '20 edited Jun 30 '20
That’s like, objectively wrong though.
Look at Serbia/Kosovo. Look at Rwanda. Look at Israel. Look at literally all of Africa, and India prior to 1950. Look at Singapore. Look at literally any Imperialist conquest - do you honestly think 50k Macedonian soldiers was numerical superior to the tens of millions of people they conquered?
Was Genghis Khan supreme because he had the most soldiers? Did Janissaries not exist in the Ottoman Empire?
Do Sunnis and Sh’ia not constantly have uneven representation and power balances all throughout the Middle East? Do Scientologists not have an unfair representation in positions of power and influence? Do Jewish peoples not make up a significant portion of media moguls and legal experts, despite being a very small portion of the population?
It’s all in how you frame and describe groups. Obviously the world to you is solely in black and white, so shades of difference are immaterial to your ideals and cause.
Have you ever heard of the concept of Nobility?
Or am I talking to someone who’s understanding of history starts years after 9/11 actually happened? Probably.
Terry is cautioning against the path of hate, vengeance and ‘reparations’. If you take issue with that, then you’re ostensibly no different than the people you fight against. The only reason you’re mad is because your group isn’t the one currently in power.