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In reply to the discussion: We should reach out and understand Nazis and KKK members too. [View all]ck4829
(35,094 posts)That only have value because we agree that they have value.
(We also kill ourselves through overworking and not taking sick days for these same green pieces of paper.)
As we kill each other over imaginary border lines.
As we kill each other over artificial racial and ethnic designations.
As "outsiders" who defy norms and expectations over constructed gender rules and roles are killed and made into unpeople through forced surgeries at birth, conversion therapy, violence, and more.
And... There are also those who don't kill and wouldn't even think about it. People of different religions, different colors, different nations, different economic backgrounds, different sexual identities, etc. come together. As much as the horrors I have seen in the past many years, I have also seen things that give me hope, why I am still an idealist. It's why there is no excuse. I am willing to reach out to former Trump supporters, question is, will they reach back and also reach out to those who are different from them?