• Lennard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 hours ago

    I really appreciate this perspective (it’s something I hadn’t considered before) Standing up for equal rights doesn’t mean we need to glorify or unconditionally defend a group, no matter who they are. For example, opposing police racism doesn’t require me to justify the actions of every Black criminal or attribute every single crime solely to systemic factors. (Though, of course, they often play a significant role.)

    People are people. We all have the best and worst human traits somewhere inside of us, and we deserve human rights not despite of that, but because of that.