It has been a while since I added to my Jossipedia dictionary (of my wonderfully creative made up words.)
I watched a really eye opening documentary last night.
I say eye opening because yes, going into it I was like wow this is Bull shit.
Seeing the misogynistic titles in the beginning I thought, why even continue watching this crap...
But by the end of it, the message was clear and in line with the wonderful documentary I saw the other night (see last post), King in the Wilderness.
You cannot defeat the enemy by becoming the enemy.
One form of injustice, does not make up for another injustice. Two wrongs do not make a right.... I can go on...
The bf has always brought up the "other point of view" in any of my statements, which can be kinda exhausting and I chalked it up sometimes to him just wanting to antagonize my view points.
But I hear him now.
I believe this holds true now ever more.... where media has a huge impact on how we view things, and then the huge social pressure that comes along with it.
You have to reallllllllllly learn to discern the minute yet strong messages out there and say - is it fair?
In learning how people respond to being hurt, there is not one correct way of doing so. We must be careful to not dismiss and invalidate the hurt they feel. But we know one response to being hurt can be more productive than the other. Especially in our ever polarized society.
At the moment I am on a binge of just empathizing, learning the experiences of other people. And I am not finished yet, nor may ever be, but my new word/ phrase has come about from this.
ready for it.......
Inclusivism Censorship
It's a phrase I guess. I'm just stepping back right now and admiring my creation of a new term hahaha.
wait...
Inclusivity Censorship.
Maybe that sounds better.
Kinda wordy.... well that's what I came up with.
This is what is happening. This term to me is negative. It further divides. And damages full respect and equality of human rights.
I feel that this is important to avoid for any movement. Even in line with the late Martin Luther King Jrs views on collaboration and Unifying everyone. Instead of dividing. His rejection of violence and rejection of the term Black Power. The outcome desired is equality, but the means to the way can instead increase division and cause more harm. When movements are not inclusive. Black Power is the opposite of White Power. But how does it unify people, humans? Isn't that what we want? (Please watch King in the Wilderness).
Anyhow the documentary is called The Red Pill (Different from the movement group called the red pill - eek)
The producer also has a Ted talk : Meeting the Enemy ....but I suggest just watching the movie before the ted talk.
It's sad when we can no longer hear each other out. Even within families. Us or them. Yes or no. With no one listening to the other side. Divisions growing and families and friends divided.
No one questioning if their stance is unifying. It's just become a competition of us and them.
To me, if you find yourself on one end of the polarized spectrum, you are not fighting for unity, you are fighting for your self.
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