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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

that is true such as marijuana being illegal still because rwers like locking up black men for non violent crimes, any white men who are ok with that or don't speak out on it are guilty.

this is like how at nuremberg just following orders wasn't ok. Just staying silent = tacit acceptance.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I see what you're saying, but following orders in an organization you voluntarily joined isn't the same as not speaking out for injustices done by the group you demographically belong to.

Every person would have to speak out on every injustice by everyone in their gender, race, income level, etc etc for you to be satisfied based on what you've put forward so far. And that's literally impossible because there's 7 billion people on this earth

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

no it's the same. don't stay silent. it'd be ok if someone lives in a cabin in the forest, never had internet or tv, then I'd be like ok they just didn't know that is why they were silent. But besides that outlier, silence = complicit.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

But surely those people aren't as guilty as the ones actually doing the bad stuff, right? And do you honestly expect everyone to constantly be speaking out or else they're guilty?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

yeah not as guilty that's why i said guilty like a wheel man in a robbery. he doesn't get as much jailtime but he does get some

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

fair enough