• InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    I agree it’s not purely racism, it’s generally hate of ‘the other’.

    However, I’m brown, and I the only place in America that I’ve directly experixed this kind of absolute, all-consuming hatred has been in the south.

    White men everywhere else have been quite decent, even rural white men.

    But southerners… Hitler wrote about Jim crow in mein kampf as the model for Germany to follow, and black GIs came back from liberating Europe to be lynched for being uppity.

    I have never witness or experienced such unimaginable hatred in my life, it’s as though it’s all they have room for in their hearts.

    It’s as though they generally felt they were suffering badly, and their only hope for redemption with through causing as much pain and damage as possible to those who weren’t their community’s ideal archetype.

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      Exactly, that’s what I was getting at. I’d find it intolerable to live like that (which is what fuels their bigotry, no doubt).

      I’m very sorry to hear about your experiences. I hope you’re able to shield yourself from harm until this regrettable period can be overcome. Stay safe.

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        Thanks, I managed to escape the south for the coasts and now got my family out to Europe.

        The monsters are rampaging, and America has fallen to their inhuman rage.

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          Oh, I’m happy for you!

          I’m also in Europe but a little too far east for my liking. Thinking about leaving as well (not far, just a few countries over, somewhere nice).

          Yeah, it looks like America will get much worse before it gets better.