WE ARE LOOSING
TO BLACKS, THEY ACT MATURE
Soooooooo, the video linked below showed up in my feed with the two lines quoted above, visible on the video. Being true and honest about my own pedantic assholeishness, I ignored it.
Abusing words needlessly is a good way to make sure I ignore a given video or essay. Be it wrong, stupid or something else, I prejudge frequently on the basis of language. Oddly enough, I can forgive honest ignorance. TBF, I do not wish to be held responsible for things I actually and honestly do not know. As such, I cannot in good conscience hold others responsible for things they honestly do not know.
I have no real idea who added those words to the video. I am at this stage, pretty damn sure it was not the speaker featured in the video. I encountered the video several times prior to actually watching it. However, when a "trusted" source recommended it, I thought I would watch at least a couple of minutes which should be sufficient to justify my casual dismissal. It turned out that the speaker was an author I paid a lot of attention to in the early days of the internet/Web. I watched it in its entirety and strongly suggest you do as well.
Seriously, stop what you are doing and pay attention to this video.
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