Q5: Does the common phrase, "Love trumps Hate" carry some kind of weight in assisting with solving the issues that plague this country? Or does it perhaps go deeper than that?
Naveen Nah I think that is pretty powerful. Tymeer Well my thoughts on that is it was superficial in the beginning during the election because it was just people hating a figure in Trump. Now that he's president and things are making a left turn, I do think it forms as a community because people can agree on what they actually hate about Trump and connect. It's psychology that people connect over common dislikes. As far as solving problems it does go deeper because people can hate Trump and what he does but not hate how he is the leader of modern white supremacist movement and how his political influences make it harder for the common minority in the work place or socially. Ashley Far deeper. People don't have to love each other for us to live in a better world. They just need to respect and accept each other's differences. No matter what views one may hold, those views do not get to trump another's right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Shalayla I really do think that love can conquer anything. Fighting fire with fire isn't the best way to try working things out. Yes, there have been past efforts of us doing things peacefully and still receiving violence in return, but whenever people see that the protests are peaceful, and protestors still receive violence, I have noticed that it causes an outrage and there's nothing much that the alt right can say. It's more so a, “don't give them anything to use against you” thing. Joc Love is always the end result to anything. Without love we cannot solve problems. without love we can never go deeper. Yes, love trumps hate. We cannot fix the world without love we will only make it worse. I believe love overshadows all. We are love. We were just programmed to hate ourselves and when we hate ourselves we project hate onto the world. Evelyn It's deeper than that. It goes deeper than love, prayer and hope. Change comes with actions such as voting, showing up to council meetings, and having dialogues. What do you say to those that think those methods are ineffective? That dialogue and voting is ineffective? I would say staying at home and doing nothing is even worse. Bill Much deeper than that. Love can help, but not all activism is peaceful. Sometimes you need to say painful truths in order to get people going. Love can open the door and love can potentially heal, but love won't stop an armed militia. Love won't prevent innocent lives from dying. To piggyback off of that, what solution would you suggest that would help solve our country's social issues? I'll be honest with you, I don't know. I'm not a political scientist nor am I an activist. I'm just some dude who has decent morals I hope. But I think a lot is about listening and education. Nobody is talking to each other, everybody is just yelling. Bonus: In that case, some see groups like Antifa/Alt-left & BLM on the similar tiers as these hate groups in the way they carry themselves. In that case, Trump then blamed both sides. What would be your takeaway from this? Ashley I disagree with the notion that BLM and such affiliates are on equal par to alt right groups. Their ultimate goals are not aligned. To assume that any group that assembles to promote their goal can be classified in the same tier is to dismiss the importance of what they're fighting for. I'm concerned that moderates who view groups like BLM protesting for equal rights who can consider them on the same tier as the alt right, are actually experiencing unexplored prejudices they probably don't even realize they carry. Minority groups across the racial, sexual, and religious spectrum are often seen as more threatening than they actually are. It's akin to someone tensing up on a plane when they see another plane passenger wearing a turban, or a young black man getting shot because he was perceived to be reaching for a gun. Meanwhile, alt right protesters can bang on police shields and openly carry guns with little to no consequences. It's not that these groups carry themselves similarly to alt right groups, it's that alt left groups protesting for equality have the disadvantage of already being seen as a threat. Bonus: Do you believe that it's mostly the privileged who is responsible for solving these issues or is it more of a two-way street? Francis Yes. Similarly, to how it's men's duty to fix sexism and cisgender folks' duty to end transphobia. The privileged are the ones who are creating the issues and power discrepancies. Joc I do believe in white privilege. I also believe we allowed it to go on. We can solve problems just as much as these privileged white men. Barack Obama is proof. In a sense it is a two-way street.
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