SELF JUSTIFIED
Before I go any further, lemme tell you this. These groups say they are not racist. Instead, they self-promote as heritage, rights, justice and a whole bunch other jingoist adjectives aimed at rallying the troops. This is how they self-justify. They are still racist. Any group that seeks to promote one group of humans OVER another is racist.
Also, some of these groups are separatists. A separatist can be racist, but does not have to be a racist. A separatist says "we should be apart." Some say "We should be apart because we are better than the others." That's racist. Some say, "We should be apart, but we are not better than anyone else, we just want to be a distinct group." Not racist.
BUT WHY?
So why do I let these pejorative missives continue to come in?
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― The Art of WarI can learn about these people. I can learn their tactics, what they try to do and how they think. In learning about them, I also learn how to counter them.
Here's another Bakerism for you - If you listen long enough, people will tell you everything they do not want you to know.
TRUTH
Every once in a while, my curiosity gets the better of me and I read one of the emails. It confirms, at least to me, these people just do not get it.
More to the point, they do not want the truth. They want to hide behind lies. If the truth hurts, yer living wrong. These folks are going to extreme measures in an effort to avoid pain. In doing so, they bring more pain on themselves.
HATERS GONNA BE IDIOTS
It's easy to say they are misguided and some may be. It's more accurate to say these people are consumed by hate. By letting their hate rule them, they also let those they hate guide their thoughts. The haters are actually managed by the people they hate. Haters gonna be idiots.
"No," you say? Then you tell me.
If these racists are so consumed with thoughts of how they are being mistreated by another group, where is their focus? If their attention is so riveted on the people they hate, then where is their energy directed? If they devote so much of their time and resources to building their hate, their cause and attacking the other people, then how much time do they have to pursue other activities?
AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT
I read the emails from these people. I sadly shake my head and delete the email. I shove their information into a mental file, drop that in a mental filing cabinet in a mental closet. Then I turn off the light and lock the door as I walk away. The information is there, if I need it to counter them later, but it is NOT going to occupy my thoughts. Ain't nobody but fools got time for hate.
I'm not smart enough to hate anybody. I don't have the mental acumen to be a racist. I can't understand their lines of reasoning and thought. Frankly, I'm not investing the effort to understand them on that level.
For me, it's enough to know that reason, logic and real science is enough to disprove them. I'll keep getting their emails. Most of the time, I'll click the little box to left and hit delete.
Every now and then, I'll read one just to confirm to myself they continue to be idiots.
