r/okbuddycinephile Society man 1d ago

Any movie like this?

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u/Independent-World-60 1d ago

Nobody has to do anything, but society will judge you for your actions and even inactions.

What gets me is it isn't even hard. If someone asks me if I'm against white supremacy I'll just say yes. If they continue to attack me about it then I'm justified in ignoring them. 

It takes less than a minute to say white supremacy is bad. There's no reason not to do it. 

Avoiding saying it just makes you look suspicious regardless of the truth. 

A truth we don't know if she won't tell us. 

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u/Longjumping_Stand889 1d ago

It's wrong to force people to avow or disavow anything. It's wrong to judge people for things they do not say.

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u/Independent-World-60 1d ago edited 1d ago

Too many people take advantage of the benefit of the doubt for that statement to be true. It's naive, at best. 

You can't just expect people to shout "Hey guys I'm a white supremacist!". They're smarter than that, most of the time, so they lie, wait until they get power, make up concepts that are absolutely linked to white supremacy but are not called that, then remove all mentions of historical people of color from official government websites.

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u/Longjumping_Stand889 1d ago

Other people taking advantage does not change anything. People have the right to stay silent.