I found my perfect world far away in the remote S. Pacific. And I was often the only white guy around. That was nice... I'm going back next year and might never return. We'll see how things are here by then.
I think my heaven genuinely is a messy polyglot urban downtown. A mix of people, lots of languages I barely understand or not much at all. All kindsa different foods and music around. I was thinking about it not long ago: where do I really want to live? Like if all of this actually ends well enough I’m not hiding in a guerrilla camp in the hills or stuck in a refugee camp or a gulag. I think I want somewhere like that. I do like quiet places where the mountains meet the sea too but only briefly, long enough to clear my head a little. Give me clubs open all night, parks full of families barbecuing stuff I don’t recognize, rivers and canals full of boats, pathways full of people and bicycles.
This is the white Evangelical idea of heaven, after all. People like them in a mansion with gold streets in a gated community and people not like them locked into a burning pit of torture and cruelty forever. In some versions, they get to watch the torture.
Now, they wouldn't probably admit that their heaven is a whites only community and would accept some minorities, but the price of admission is accepting white Evangelicalism and all it entails and conformity and obedience to the "proper" authority and we all know that the proper authority is one of them.
Bingo! And those white Evangelicals forget that Jesus was brown, so he won't be in their h̵e̵a̵v̵e̵n̵ hell. Yeah, they are the ones going to hell, because of all of the hate that they have in their hearts.
Didn't Chris have a mother? It seems like so many movies and TV shows ignore mothers. It looks like his "perfect" world is misogynistic as well as racist, which isn't surprising, because both go hand and hand all too often.
I don’t think the likes of Kelly, Miller et al would even be happy in a world where their enemies are oppressed. All they can do is endless grievance because they’re so empty inside. If it isn’t one thing, it’s another. Look how even now with stormtroopers prowling the streets they’re still finding something to be pissed about—Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl (I’m old enough to remember when no one gave a crap about who played halftime as that was bathroom break time).
No need to compromise with them, as it wouldn’t even work anyway—they’ll always demand more. If you’re losing, then find a way to sell your side better.
Exactly. There’s no possible harmony there, and if they eliminated everyone not white then they’d invent a new pariah class from among those who remain.
Plenty of discrimination in all white cultures (look at Northern Ireland!) and nonwhite cultures (different black ethnicities, and the shit going on within Hispanic communities is depressing). Their way of domination never leads to peace or happiness.
I found my perfect world far away in the remote S. Pacific. And I was often the only white guy around. That was nice... I'm going back next year and might never return. We'll see how things are here by then.
I think my heaven genuinely is a messy polyglot urban downtown. A mix of people, lots of languages I barely understand or not much at all. All kindsa different foods and music around. I was thinking about it not long ago: where do I really want to live? Like if all of this actually ends well enough I’m not hiding in a guerrilla camp in the hills or stuck in a refugee camp or a gulag. I think I want somewhere like that. I do like quiet places where the mountains meet the sea too but only briefly, long enough to clear my head a little. Give me clubs open all night, parks full of families barbecuing stuff I don’t recognize, rivers and canals full of boats, pathways full of people and bicycles.
It reminds me of the past and the future of the Flintstones and Jetsons, respectively.
And this felt very sad.
This is the white Evangelical idea of heaven, after all. People like them in a mansion with gold streets in a gated community and people not like them locked into a burning pit of torture and cruelty forever. In some versions, they get to watch the torture.
Now, they wouldn't probably admit that their heaven is a whites only community and would accept some minorities, but the price of admission is accepting white Evangelicalism and all it entails and conformity and obedience to the "proper" authority and we all know that the proper authority is one of them.
Bingo! And those white Evangelicals forget that Jesus was brown, so he won't be in their h̵e̵a̵v̵e̵n̵ hell. Yeah, they are the ones going to hell, because of all of the hate that they have in their hearts.
Boy this was a good one today SER. Thank you. Thank you.
Didn't Chris have a mother? It seems like so many movies and TV shows ignore mothers. It looks like his "perfect" world is misogynistic as well as racist, which isn't surprising, because both go hand and hand all too often.
The idea of confusing peace with quiet resonates with me. And then there is a corollary -- confusing disagreement with conflict.
I'm as white as can be and have no prob with other folks not being white. Diversity makes life more fun and is certainly no threat to me.
Same here. I live in a predominantly white and Asian neighborhood so when I see that diversity it’s very welcome.
I don’t think the likes of Kelly, Miller et al would even be happy in a world where their enemies are oppressed. All they can do is endless grievance because they’re so empty inside. If it isn’t one thing, it’s another. Look how even now with stormtroopers prowling the streets they’re still finding something to be pissed about—Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl (I’m old enough to remember when no one gave a crap about who played halftime as that was bathroom break time).
No need to compromise with them, as it wouldn’t even work anyway—they’ll always demand more. If you’re losing, then find a way to sell your side better.
Exactly. There’s no possible harmony there, and if they eliminated everyone not white then they’d invent a new pariah class from among those who remain.
I’ve said this before but one day the planet will all be brown people and then what would we discriminate against? We would find SOMETHING.
Plenty of discrimination in all white cultures (look at Northern Ireland!) and nonwhite cultures (different black ethnicities, and the shit going on within Hispanic communities is depressing). Their way of domination never leads to peace or happiness.