The only way I have been able to make sense of white people's double standards when it comes to atrocities our governments commit domestically vs abroad is to conclude that the very root of their problem is many of them are fundamentally incapable of seeing nonwhite people as human beings.
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Normal person when watching videos of people crying over the corpses of their family who was just murdered by a bomb because America decided to do foreignpolicy: I feel this pain like that were my aunt, and I hate the murderers on their behalf with the intensity I would hate someone who murdered my own family member.
White person watching videos of people crying over their murdered family members' corpses: Ok we gotta plug this into a flow chart to decide whether we have empathy or not. What color are the victims? What religion are the victims? Who killed them? What color and religion are the people who killed them? Which political party is currently in charge and tentatively culpable? Can we come up with an excuse for why this was just an unfortunate accident and keep doing what we're doing?
I can say this confidently because I have so frequently seen white people glazing politicians with the blood of millions on their hands. If they actually cared about other people, they would feel the hatred I feel anytime I see a "wholesome" picture of a smiling Bush, or a "wholesome" meme about who charming and folksy and unthreatening Biden is. If they actually cared, they would view this glazing as as distasteful and morally repugnant as if someone were sharing memes about how wholesome Hitler and Goebbels were.
hope you all have a good next week
