Comments by "Emanon" (@Emanon...) on ""Moment of Reckoning": Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Cornel West & Bakari Sellers on Nationwide Uprising" video.

Consider this: We Palestinians have been on "lockdown" since 1967. In Gaza, they'd wish for lockdown, considering it's the largest internment camp in the world. Add to that systematic brutality, racism and oppression. Losing your lands or homes. Having no legal rights whatsoever. Now consider this: Would the brutality of Israel against the Palestinian prove have been allowed to continue without American support and funds? I feel enraged by what I see in America. But perhaps this evil is necessary for average Americans to feel the evil they have been aiding and abetting against Palestinians for generations.
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@JJ-ju6ky Maybe you're right. Your elections are decided by roughly carrying 1/3 of the eligible voters. In a democracy, however, this doesn't absolve you of crimes perpetrated by your government. Native Americans are still horribly suffering today. Brown and black people marginalized and abused. Corporations given free will to exercise their murderous avarice. And of course the militarized state of police and infringement on civil liberties. Inaction and ignorance carries the day, unfortunately. I feel for the injustice that people in America see every day. Now please see mine, whether I'm a Yemeni Child getting bombed by UAE fighters, an Egyptian reporter, a Saudi dissident or a Palestinian Protester. (All these tragedies are a direct result of US Foreign policy towards brutal regimes)
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@lookforward2life I agree with you. I'm not saying that anyone deserves this, although I'm a bit heavy handed in my expression. My point is that these evils that Americans are seeing, and have seen for a long time, is part of US policy. And maybe, just maybe, something good can come of this that can foster awareness, if not sympathy and compassion, towards plights of millions throughout the world.
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@JJ-ju6ky Awareness and a bit of action down the line is really what I hope. It IS a harsh statement, but enough is enough. March, write, speak, protest. I'll be there with you in any way I can. And yes, while it's usually not the majority of a country that are racist/fascist/nazist, it's the slow slippery moral and civil decline that makes way for it.
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@jonjonr4788 So basically when West talked about the people who sold out among the black community, he's one of them. Thanks. I didn't know much about him, but sure as hell lost every ounce of respect for him.
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@bennieblanks5129 Yeah, see that argument works for Russia or China. Not a democracy (even one run by money). That America is not only abetting, but directly aiding, an illegal occupation is also ultimately a responsibility of its citizens. That kind of support goes for Egypt, UAE and Saudi too... Be frank. Most Americans are too uninformed or simply don't care to have a say in these government policies. Doesn't absolve you of the actions of your government, though.
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