I believe myself to be an open person. Above-average open with rather radical thoughts when compared to other people from my home town. Still, this step, or thinking was extremely hard for me. I had to cry. It was so intense, it felt like I have lost a loved one. If I think about the fact that many people who wouldn't even consider thinking into that direction need to go through this for things to change, I become very pessimistic to see a change in the next generations. But maybe I am judging people again, underestimating them.
I one hundred percent understand that. It was really hard for me to take a step back and realize that I've been taught bigoted things by people who strongly professed NOT to be bigoted. And it was very hard to separate those two things.
Well I just signed up for Hubski, and this is the most validating post/thread I've seen on a site in a long time! Thank you Cumol and arguewithatree. Also, being Jewish, although removed from the tension in the Diaspora, I can relate 100% with this last bit. I've come to these crossroads myself now being isolated from my usual community realizing the irony in being taught compassion with exception. It makes sense to me as well seeing no swift resolution in sight. Though, I want to say that your solution proposed makes sense to me, too; more so than others. That said, Thank you both for sharing. It's refreshing to see/read of similar mind. EDIT: Last sentence sounded weird to me; rephrased it.That's something that has to happen on a large scale for us to get anywhere meaningful in this process, but because it's hard people don't want to.
is where I guess we all stand now.
> just signed up > long time ??? ;) welcome. Lovely to have you
Thanks!!! :D Re: "just signed up" vs. "long time" The atmosphere around the posts on Hubski is fresh for me based on my years of lurking on the internet. I was expecting/looking for something similar to what I found in /r/TrueReddit. Seeing the depth that users go into on their own that gets to the global feed is uplifting.