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On COVID and the Black Lives Matter Movement
5 years ago
General
I’ve recently been quite vocal on my Twitter about my stance on the matters of the ongoing COVID pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests. For both issues, the US is the current global hotspot of activity and I hope that any of you living there are remaining safe, healthy, and socially responsible. I wanted to make a statement here on FA as well for those of you who don’t keep up with my Twitter.
I hope that all of you are staying safe and healthy as COVID persists around the world. In particular to any of you in the US, please be sure you’re continuing to follow the World Health Organization’s recommendations for social distancing, mask usage, and frequent sanitation despite information you may hear to the contrary from public figures. As always, be discerning and critical in evaluating information that comes from those who have rea$on$ to misinform you.
The pandemic is not over and attempting to rush a natural timeline that’s out of our control will only lead to more loss of human lives. The quickest and safest road to a return to normalcy is to follow the guidance of politically-independent medical professionals. Places like my home of British Columbia that have done so are now reaping the benefits of a safe reopening of our communities and businesses without a significant spike in cases.
I stand fully in support of the recent BLM protests around the world. Racially-motivated police brutality, in particular that which we plainly observe in the US, is horrendous and should incite outrage in any decent person. Systemic racism is a disease that relegates innocent people to second-class citizens at best, and often does far worse.
Remaining “neutral” or uninvolved in this matter is insufficient. Every single one of us is either a victim or a beneficiary of racism. To remain neutral while an unjust system is the norm is a privilege of the entitled. It’s the same thing as declaring yourself complicit in the ongoing cruelty. I have previously made my stance on this clear on Twitter, but had yet to offer commentary on FA, so I wanted to take the opportunity to do so now.
I've elaborated more on my thoughts on BLM in the tweets linked below:
https://twitter.com/AhnikSaur/statu.....369805825?s=20
https://twitter.com/AhnikSaur/statu.....594027008?s=20
Regarding COVID-19
I hope that all of you are staying safe and healthy as COVID persists around the world. In particular to any of you in the US, please be sure you’re continuing to follow the World Health Organization’s recommendations for social distancing, mask usage, and frequent sanitation despite information you may hear to the contrary from public figures. As always, be discerning and critical in evaluating information that comes from those who have rea$on$ to misinform you.
The pandemic is not over and attempting to rush a natural timeline that’s out of our control will only lead to more loss of human lives. The quickest and safest road to a return to normalcy is to follow the guidance of politically-independent medical professionals. Places like my home of British Columbia that have done so are now reaping the benefits of a safe reopening of our communities and businesses without a significant spike in cases.
Regarding the BLM Movement
I stand fully in support of the recent BLM protests around the world. Racially-motivated police brutality, in particular that which we plainly observe in the US, is horrendous and should incite outrage in any decent person. Systemic racism is a disease that relegates innocent people to second-class citizens at best, and often does far worse.
Remaining “neutral” or uninvolved in this matter is insufficient. Every single one of us is either a victim or a beneficiary of racism. To remain neutral while an unjust system is the norm is a privilege of the entitled. It’s the same thing as declaring yourself complicit in the ongoing cruelty. I have previously made my stance on this clear on Twitter, but had yet to offer commentary on FA, so I wanted to take the opportunity to do so now.
I've elaborated more on my thoughts on BLM in the tweets linked below:
https://twitter.com/AhnikSaur/statu.....369805825?s=20
https://twitter.com/AhnikSaur/statu.....594027008?s=20
My condolences for the situation in your state, stay safe! Very true that what's being requested of the everyday person to keep everyone safe is extremely minor compared to the benefits.
The whole country would pretty much have to be torn down and rebuilt to effectively purge something rooted so deeply in its core.
Unfortunately, as the history has shown, fascists are very ready to take military action against the opposition. People both need to speak up about the issues and stay safe, as the government is very much not there to help them.
There have been protests and new legislation has shortly followed them. Change isn't easy to come by but it's far from impossible.
Unfortunately Bernie lost, so people will have to wait with that until the next election.
You can't be this retarded.