An Opinion on Charlottesville

in protest •  7 years ago  (edited)

I would say, although I don't know this to be true... There was a time when protest meant something in America. There was a time when the causes were genuine and true. Today I question what is shown to me as protest.
What I see today are self absorbed children of opposing ideologies, bickering and fighting each other. I see these children on the screen before me, one on the left, one on the right, flailing their arms at each while screaming and whining. The child on the right, is a kind of teacher’s pet who thinks the one on the left is a bully who doesn’t follow what the new teacher tells him. The child on the left is upset because he used to be teacher’s pet, but feels the new teacher is stupid and treats him unfairly. All the other children of the school are gathered around in the schoolyard encircling these two as they flail away at each other. Most of the spectating children identifying with the ones fighting in one way or the other, so yell and scream egging them on… hoping their side wins.
There are some oddities to this familiar scene. You see… the yard duties. They are on outermost edge of the circle. They are just standing and watching… If the circle expands just a little too much, they make sure to tighten it up so the children are tightly packed together. Scattered around the schoolyard are what appear to be school newspapers. Some of these papers are blue and some are red. Blue ones have a headline reading: “New teacher worse than old!”, while the red ones say: “Old teacher worse than new!”. Just behind the circle of chaos stands the multi-story brick schoolhouse. Up on the top floor, behind tinted windows stands the new teacher looking down at the school yard with a smile on his face. Out of the shadows walks the old teacher, he puts his hand on the new teacher’s shoulder. They give each other a nod of approval.
Am I over-simplifying? Yes maybe a little… But in my opinion it is only a little. Although these issues are obviously more complex than I present here. This much is evident, and that is, as a whole the children in this story are focused on each other. They are part of school that is clearly promoting division and violence. They fight against each other because they believe the other children are the cause of the situation. In actuality it is the school that is the cause.
Racism is certainly a very real thing in America. White Supremacy is also a real thing. I see so many posts from children on the left talking about nazis. Taking pride in their stand against nazis. Honestly when I see posts like these I laugh inside, sorry to say but it just seems a little pathetic to me. We have been shown thru our history stories, entertainment, and “factual” media that nazis are the epitimy of all evil. Still it is widely known that prominent American figures prior to WW2 funded Hitler… Actually George W. Bush’s own grandfather to name one. Actual Nazi scientists were integrated into our Military Industrial Complex after WW2 see Operation Paperclip. Here is an early disney film with an actual nazi Wernher Von Braun. As such it is fair to speculate that some nazis were integrated into Americas media(propaganda) outlets… Or at minimum their techniques were employed. What am I getting at here? Clearly nazis believe in white supremacy. It seems clear also that America has functioned under a system of white supremacy for much of it’s history. But is this white supremacy really about being white?
According to google supremacy is about power and authority. The american government has been spreading freedom through the barrel of a gun, or the tip of a missile for nearly a century. Spreading of American freedom using some of the very weapons that were designed by nazis. Destroying lives of regular people across the globe with mass murder and intimidation. We americans sit glued to our screens, contently eating junk food while children are blown to bits. It’s extremely odd to me that suddenly since Trump has been elected many liberals are seeing nazis everywhere. While there are certainly some ignorant racists marching down the street holding up nazi flags, they don't have shit on the real nazis. The real ones have been running this shit the whole time. These motherfuckers have been doing evil shit the whole time. They’d still be running this shit if Hillary was elected. They were running this shit under Obama. This season’s actor is meant to be the villain for the left, and hero for the right. And you motherfuckers are eating it up.
A certain kind of supremacy is being installed throughout the world. Many of the people behind the spread of this authority are white men, so it must me a system of white supremacy… right? Is this power and control really about the color of a person’s skin?
Lets think about some history in simple terms a little. At least the history we’ve been told. Let’s go back to just before the American civil war. During this time period, did a broke ass hillbilly have as much power and authority as a rich slave owner? Clearly no. Was it a system of white supremacy? Yes, the slaves were black, while their oppressors were white. Did the broke ass hillbilly have more power and authority than the slave? Yes, certainly more power than the slave in a general context, though seems plausible if this broke ass hillbilly killed a slave of great value they could face grave consequences. So who’s life was really worth more? At what measure of value? Does the broke ass hillbilly benefit from the white supremacists institution of slavery? Well I suppose it could be argued that he does, though it’s hard for me think so... being that he is a broke ass hillbilly. Still you can argue that his skin color exempts him from ever being a slave, as such he is exempted from certain laws, and given special rights. Is it plausible that some slaves had a better quality of life than some broke ass hillbillies? Certainly seems plausible to me, some house slaves likely had better conditions if they had more benevolent owners. The broke ass hillbilly would most definitely aspire to reach the heights of the rich slave owner. If the hillbilly aspires to be like the slave owner does that make him a white supremacist? It would seem that it does if he believes the institutions he functions within to be right and just. It is certain that many a broke ass hillbilly is ignorant. Is it plausible to think that there were hillbillies that were indifferent or even opposed to the system in which they lived? It seems plausible to me. Here is an important one, does the rich slave owner see himself akin to the broke ass hillbilly? No he does not. Does the rich slave owner benefit from white supremacy? No need to answer this. How about this: Does the the poor hillbilly benefit from the system of white supremacy? Well he is exempt from being a slave so in this sense I suppose yes. What else though? Do the controllers want this broke ass hillbilly calling shots within their system? They certainly do not, it’s reasonable to think many of the controllers would see the broke ass hillbilly pretty close to how they see the slave. Does spreading the ignorance of division thru racism benefit the rich slave owner? If ignorance is good for one thing, it’s keeping a person where they are.
Greed and power are the cause of so much misery in this world. Greed and power feeding ignorance to the masses to cement the control systems that have been put in place. These motherfuckers want us killing each other. They want you mad, they want you scared. They want you to do something crazy or stupid. That way more controls can be installed. There are other ways to take their power away, that are non-violent… If only we could all organize.

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