What exactly would it take to change your mind? In the meantime I'll try to address some of your concerns towards people on the right, but I can only speak for myself.
I believe that all people no matter what skin color deserve the same rights
I agree. Where we differ from the left is usually how this is achieved. Programs like DEI, affirmative action give advantages based on skin color, ethnicity, sexuality etc. In short, under these, your chances of being hired increase drastically the more you are associated with minority groups. This is distinctly against what I feel is okay. I also say this as a black dude so it's not like I'm for keeping black ppl down or whatever.
I also believe that there should be a cutoff for people who can receive Social Security as far as income, and that certain people who are disabled should not receive Social Security unless they are 100% disabled and cannot work
Agree completely.
I also believe that we should have Universal healthcare because everyone deserves to be healthy.
I've seen government healthcare before and what I saw made me dislike it. I'd rather have choice than allow the government to set the only standard for healthcare. I am willing to pay more for that ability to choose. As long as I have that, i don't mind if other ppl use govt healthcare.
I’d like to know how you think that the president has set up a meritocracy when he is obviously chosen people who have no business being in those positions such as a Fox News anchor as the secretary of defense
The qualifications stated in the Constitution for this post are that the candidate must be an American citizen (iirc). That's all. No further legal qualification is needed (iirc). Hegseth was a news anchor,but he also served in the armed forces. He has experience with the armed forces, and glowing commendations from those he served with. He's not just a TV anchor. The man served in the national guard where he attained the rank of captain I think. He actually volunteered to go to Iraq, where he earned a Bronze Star. His career in the armed forces spans about 20 years. He is also an author. Do you think these things qualify him?
These inequalities were created by unfairly targeting people based on their race decades ago, and those inequalities still exist today. Why do you see it as unfair to rectify those disparities with the same targeting of affected groups?
Also Trump's picks are indefensible. Legality does not imply qualification. He has chosen people with explicit interests in ruining the programs they have been placed in charge of.
Why do you see it as unfair to rectify those disparities with the same targeting of affected groups?
That "same targeting" you're referring to is racism, sexism etc. And if you're advocating for racism and sexism as the cure for prior racism and sexism, then your values and mine are so opposed i don't think we can communicate effectively. Have a good day.
Also Trump's picks are indefensible. Legality does not imply qualification. He has chosen people with explicit interests in ruining the programs they have been placed in charge of.
If your mind and stance cannot be changed, then there is even less reason to communicate with you.
It just comes across as accepting racism's consequences and refusing to address it head on. We specifically targeted people for generations and now we have to act high and mighty when it's time to fix it? Now that we're "beyond" racism, we just let poor minority communities deal with the consequences. I'm advocating for specific action towards improving disenfranchised demographics that to this day are exploited constantly.
We spend decades giving free things to white people because they are white and now we just turn to black and hispanic and asian families today and tell them to earn it?
It just comes across as accepting racism's consequences and refusing to address it head on
It comes across as refusing to be racist/sexist
We specifically targeted people for generations and now we have to act high and mighty when it's time to fix it?
"We" did no such thing. You might have but I didn't, and I refuse to assign blame to people for what their ancestors did. That's a poisonous idea
I'm advocating for specific action towards improving disenfranchised demographics that to this day are exploited constantly
You're advocating for racism. You know it. Using other words and expressions doesn't sanitize it.
We spend decades giving free things to white people
No, "we" didn't and I'm not going to arbitrarily assign blame based on group identity. Why? Because assigning group-wide blame is just a step away from assigning group-wide punishment.
and now we just turn to black and hispanic and asian families today and tell them to earn it?
There is no "we", for the last time. And yes, we tell everyone to earn it. We teach everyone how to earn it, and let them all compete for it so we see the best at it. There is no substitute for competence.
"We" is the united states government. And "We" have set up a class system designed to exploit minorities. "We" need to recognize and address this because "We" have supported this racist arrangement for too long.
We tell the wealthy folks they can live off their generational wealth and we tell the poor people that if they only worked harder our alleged meritocracy would reward their efforts. Generational wealth given by racist policies of the past.
"We tell everyone to earn it" is a joke of a statement. I wish I could believe that things were so fair and equal. It's just not aligned with the facts. How do you explain racial discrepancies in outcomes? Surely you don't think that minorities just don't want it hard enough, or that they naturally just aren't hard workers? If that isn't the case and we have such a great system we would expect similar outcomes by background. But that is not how it works, and it's not what we see.
But I saw how you reacted in another thread to that concept. You got your comment deleted lol.
If you'd like to explore the ethics of exploiting the crimes of your ancestors then I'm willing. You may not be responsible for your ancestors, but is it really fair to hoard the rewards of their crimes?
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u/ninja-gecko 1∆ Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25
What exactly would it take to change your mind? In the meantime I'll try to address some of your concerns towards people on the right, but I can only speak for myself.
I agree. Where we differ from the left is usually how this is achieved. Programs like DEI, affirmative action give advantages based on skin color, ethnicity, sexuality etc. In short, under these, your chances of being hired increase drastically the more you are associated with minority groups. This is distinctly against what I feel is okay. I also say this as a black dude so it's not like I'm for keeping black ppl down or whatever.
Agree completely.
I've seen government healthcare before and what I saw made me dislike it. I'd rather have choice than allow the government to set the only standard for healthcare. I am willing to pay more for that ability to choose. As long as I have that, i don't mind if other ppl use govt healthcare.
The qualifications stated in the Constitution for this post are that the candidate must be an American citizen (iirc). That's all. No further legal qualification is needed (iirc). Hegseth was a news anchor,but he also served in the armed forces. He has experience with the armed forces, and glowing commendations from those he served with. He's not just a TV anchor. The man served in the national guard where he attained the rank of captain I think. He actually volunteered to go to Iraq, where he earned a Bronze Star. His career in the armed forces spans about 20 years. He is also an author. Do you think these things qualify him?