(NO POLITICS) Please, Let's All Be Civil.

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Please, let's all be civil. Is that too much to ask?
I haven't made a post in the Off-Topic forums in a very long time. Mainly because it is filled with a bunch of hacks who promote only their agenda and don't want to have civil discourse with others and discuss different ideas. That aside, I really want to make an attempt here to have a topic where we can share our criticisms and concerns (especially with what is going on) and NOT bash each other over the head with a club like a bunch of prehistoric cavemen.
Can't we all come into unison and agree on a few things? I am American, and we have got some stuff going on right now in my country, but all of the following can and should be applied to whichever country you are from. I want to promote positive thinking and come together right now. Here is my list:
1. Racism is evil. Period.
Any person who sees another person from another ethnicity as subhuman, inferior, etc. because of the color of their skin is a racist. We should strive as a society to see past skin color and judge a person for who they really are on the inside. Racism should be condemned.
2. Rioting is different from protesting.
I am all for people being able to express the right to protest peacefully, even if I may personally not agree with the stance they are taking themselves. However, protests turn into riots when people are being killed and injured, property is being destroyed and stolen, and people's lives are being affected. Rioting is a criminal act. Rioting, looting, and arson should be condemned.
3. Police need better training.
I respect the police and their duty to their citizens. It's their job to protect and defend us, the citizens. However, I think we can all agree that the police need better training on what to do in tense situations. Maybe a lot of this could have been prevented if the proper response was given in situations. The police should strive to do a better job on how they respond in critical moments. Police officers who cannot do this do not need to be police officers.
4. We are all in this together.
We need to come together and be unified. A natural human tendency to do in times of crisis is to mentally separate yourself into groups with like-minded individuals and start to accuse the other side of wrongdoing. We need to move past this tendency as humans, and be unified on things that are clearly wrong. It doesn't matter what your politics are or what religion you believe in. We may not agree on everything, but that doesn't mean that we have to hate each other either.
Let's work together to become a better society by trying to better understand those who view things differently than us.
Jd
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Please, let's all be civil. Is that too much to ask?
I haven't made a post in the Off-Topic forums in a very long time. Mainly because it is filled with a bunch of hacks who promote only their agenda and don't want to have civil discourse with others and discuss different ideas. That aside, I really want to make an attempt here to have a topic where we can share our criticisms and concerns (especially with what is going on) and NOT bash each other over the head with a club like a bunch of prehistoric cavemen.
Can't we all come into unison and agree on a few things? I am American, and we have got some stuff going on right now in my country, but all of the following can and should be applied to whichever country you are from. I want to promote positive thinking and come together right now. Here is my list:
1. Racism is evil. Period.
Any person who sees another person from another ethnicity as subhuman, inferior, etc. because of the color of their skin is a racist. We should strive as a society to see past skin color and judge a person for who they really are on the inside. Racism should be condemned.
2. Rioting is different from protesting.
I am all for people being able to express the right to protest peacefully, even if I may personally not agree with the stance they are taking themselves. However, protests turn into riots when people are being killed and injured, property is being destroyed and stolen, and people's lives are being affected. Rioting is a criminal act. Rioting, looting, and arson should be condemned.
3. Police need better training.
I respect the police and their duty to their citizens. It's their job to protect and defend us, the citizens. However, I think we can all agree that the police need better training on what to do in tense situations. Maybe a lot of this could have been prevented if the proper response was given in situations. The police should strive to do a better job on how they respond in critical moments. Police officers who cannot do this do not need to be police officers.
4. We are all in this together.
We need to come together and be unified. A natural human tendency to do in times of crisis is to mentally separate yourself into groups with like-minded individuals and start to accuse the other side of wrongdoing. We need to move past this tendency as humans, and be unified on things that are clearly wrong. It doesn't matter what your politics are or what religion you believe in. We may not agree on everything, but that doesn't mean that we have to hate each other either.
Let's work together to become a better society by trying to better understand those who view things differently than us.
Jd