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my point isn't that the stats are wrong. my point is that pointing fingers gets us nowhere. the point is that we need to look at the actual issues and not focus on identity politics, but i guess I'm fighting against every dollar that every billionaire pumps into every piece of media when i say that.
we're all being whipped into a frenzy and probably going to kill each other over it. it will probably only make everything much worse.
And my point is that while on the surface, your point makes sense, and yes, we are on the road to a bloody civil war, your point rings hollow when seen by someone who looks at people who look like you and me abusing them because their skin is darker than ours. This is a real thing going on. It's a real problem for an awful lot of people. You may think pointing fingers gets us nowhere, but not pointing fingers and calling this out is how we got to where we are now. And frankly, you saying 'pointing fingers gets us nowhere' is your privilege speaking. My beautiful Black wife getting called an ape, an n-word, or worse by people who look like me is more important to me than coddling some racist asshole's feelings. I'm going to call them out every chance I get, and I'm going to call people calling to just look the other way out as well. It's easy to do that, and in my book, it's cowardly as well.
If you're truly on the progressive side of the aisle, please use your privilege to stand up for those who can't. Otherwise, you're part of the problem.