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Originally Posted by fern46
Violence as the decider. This is exactly it and what I told my father yesterday when we discussed this. He sees it as a race issue. I see it as a lack of understanding by many that we all stem from the same source and that we are equal in that way. Violence as the decider is an ancient practice. The roots run very deep and America is just the current stage for this age old play.
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Uh boy. Welp, dehumanization is dehumanization. To me, the specifics are merely details. Treating other humans inhumanely is the issue. I hate your tribe. I hate this European heritage or that religious prociivity. On and on.
As for violence, many American will not appreciate this remark, and I do love my country, but we live in by far the most violent nation in the history of the planet. By miles and miles. Would far more US and Japanese have died had we not firebombed and nuked Japan? Of course, millions more. Millions more. Everyone recognizes this fact. But the fact remains, we settle our disputes violently quite often. We must evolve beyond our pre-Paleololithic roots and learn to solve problems collectively, as a group. Together. Just my take.