"Why don't you condemn the looting?"
I'm sat here a phone in one hand, PS4 controller in the other in a nice apartment, watching people trapped in poverty partly because the police are harassing, brutalising & killing them.
To claim moral superiority would be morally abhorrent.
I'm sat here a phone in one hand, PS4 controller in the other in a nice apartment, watching people trapped in poverty partly because the police are harassing, brutalising & killing them.
To claim moral superiority would be morally abhorrent.
My philosophy on civil unrest, non-violence, and rioting is never going to stray far from Martin Luther King.
#Riots2020 #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
#Riots2020 #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
There is a difference between condoning someone's actions and refusing to condemn them due to the empathy for the adversity they face.
There is a difference between having empathy for someone's course of action and thinking they're doing the best thing to improve the situation.
There is a difference between having empathy for someone's course of action and thinking they're doing the best thing to improve the situation.
That's why Killer Mike walked a fine line between:
1⃣ Look, I get it. The system is broken and we need large scale action to fix it.
and
2⃣ But focus your energy on things that will make the situation better for you, not worse.
1⃣ Look, I get it. The system is broken and we need large scale action to fix it.
and
2⃣ But focus your energy on things that will make the situation better for you, not worse.
