Nah it’s kinda mediocre, especially for a manifesto. Like if he was just speaking off the cuff I wouldn’t call him on this.
(CW: rape mention)
Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek.
Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration.
Turning the other cheek when someone else is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.
Actually, if you are being oppressed, turning the other cheek is usually a suboptimal option. It’s cool that he’s doing…the bare minimum?..of saying “privileged people shouldn’t be complicit in the oppressor’s crimes”, but IMO this manifesto is centrist learned helplessness at its finest.
Edit: turned down the heat, I’m critiquing the manifesto, not yelling at anyone.
I don’t think it’s bad to be like “people who are in a privileged position compared to the oppressed are more morally weighted to stop oppression”. It’s not a contradiction to say the oppressed would know better what to do about oppression, but on the question of acting upon it it’s easier to actually do shit about when you’re not already crushed by whatever social force.
Nah it’s kinda mediocre, especially for a manifesto. Like if he was just speaking off the cuff I wouldn’t call him on this.
(CW: rape mention)
Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek.
Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration.
Turning the other cheek when someone else is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.
Actually, if you are being oppressed, turning the other cheek is usually a suboptimal option. It’s cool that he’s doing…the bare minimum?..of saying “privileged people shouldn’t be complicit in the oppressor’s crimes”, but IMO this manifesto is centrist learned helplessness at its finest.
Edit: turned down the heat, I’m critiquing the manifesto, not yelling at anyone.
I don’t think it’s bad to be like “people who are in a privileged position compared to the oppressed are more morally weighted to stop oppression”. It’s not a contradiction to say the oppressed would know better what to do about oppression, but on the question of acting upon it it’s easier to actually do shit about when you’re not already crushed by whatever social force.