What bothers me most about #momsforliberty in HamCo is not that they posed proudly in front of a flag reminiscent of the Confederate Stars & Bars. No.
Ignorance is not a vice, on its own.
What bothers me is that, even after being informed that a reasonable observer 1/
Ignorance is not a vice, on its own.
What bothers me is that, even after being informed that a reasonable observer 1/
could interpret the flag as a hate symbol (and that many of their HamCo neighbors took their message to be exactly that!), they have not made a single apology and have not made any attempt to reach out to the communities they alienated.
This callous insensitivity 2/
This callous insensitivity 2/
toward their neighbors is the real red flag.
Instead, they ignored their neighbors & insisted the flag was just “patriotic.”
At no point did they try to reassure anyone that they themselves aren’t bigots. Instead, they just insisted the flag wasn’t what it appeared to be. 3/
Instead, they ignored their neighbors & insisted the flag was just “patriotic.”
At no point did they try to reassure anyone that they themselves aren’t bigots. Instead, they just insisted the flag wasn’t what it appeared to be. 3/
To explain why this is such a disqualifying, hateful response, consider this analogy:
You buy a new dress. It’s cool and edgy, w/ a white, red, and black geometric print you love.
You proudly wear it to work, where one colleague after another asks why you are wearing 4/
You buy a new dress. It’s cool and edgy, w/ a white, red, and black geometric print you love.
You proudly wear it to work, where one colleague after another asks why you are wearing 4/
a dress decorated with swastikas.
You know they weren’t intended to be swastikas, but now that it’s been pointed out, you can see the resemblance.
What do you do?
If the first thing out of your mouth isn’t an “OMG I didn’t see that before, I swear I won’t wear it again,” 5/
You know they weren’t intended to be swastikas, but now that it’s been pointed out, you can see the resemblance.
What do you do?
If the first thing out of your mouth isn’t an “OMG I didn’t see that before, I swear I won’t wear it again,” 5/
then you are a jerk whom your colleagues will not be comfortable working around.
It’s that simple.
Ignorance is one thing.
Willful ignorance is another.
Willfully ignorant self-righteousness that leads to callous indifference toward others is yet another.
6/
It’s that simple.
Ignorance is one thing.
Willful ignorance is another.
Willfully ignorant self-righteousness that leads to callous indifference toward others is yet another.
6/
With their refusal to apologize or reach out to the people they (inadvertently?) hurt, Moms4Liberty HamCo have shown their true colors.
And they are far, far uglier than any flag they could have posed in front of.
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And they are far, far uglier than any flag they could have posed in front of.
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