A few weeks ago i was walking my dog around 11pm, and a driver jokingly did a brake torque as we were crossing the street. He was maybe 3 feet away from us.
After yelling at each other, he threatened to kill me and my dog the next time he saw us. As I pulled my camera he peeled out and hurled a racial comment my way. Sadly, there was so much movement i couldnt get the plate, and i didnt get anything that happened before that on camera.
So I got a body cam to wear for all my walks. Unfortunately, this is not the only time people have been racist and threatened my life so I’m just tired of it and hoping it might encourage people to behave. Feels lame, but it does provide some comfort. Does anyone else do the same?
But if its either prison or getting lynched by a white supremacist, you shouldn’t go down without a fight.
Violence is never the answer.
Maybe, but sometimes you don’t get to decide that. Sometimes, somebody else makes that choice for you.
That’s not.
I’m a pacifist so it doesn’t matter if you think it’s a fair point or not.
Does the truth matter to you? It matters to me.
Violence and truth are not mutually exclusive things so I don’t see why that matters.
Do you mean violent statements are not true statements? If a person says, “I’m gonna break your legs because you didn’t pay me,” is that statement untrue because it is violent? Or perhaps do you mean that violence and truth are independent of one another, that violence is a quality of actions and truth is a quality of statements, that they are not inclusive of each other in that way? Or should I take the surface-level interpretation and say that truth is not compatible with violence- that being violent negates truth in some way and being truthful prevents violence?
Violence and truthfulness are independent of each other.
I’m gonna leave it here for tonight, SMCF. It’s been nice chatting.