說到“國將不國”,我們真要問一句美國這個國是怎麽來的。國慶節剛剛過,剛好是學習曆史的好時候。244年前的7月4號,獨立宣言發布了,文稿傳到了紐約市,革命者當街宣讀了“all men created equal”,激動得不能自以,然後他們做了一件大逆不道“毀滅曆史”的放在今天的華人圈裏要被人人喊打的大壞事:
我說的遊行的過激行為難免,主要指擅自拉倒雕像,堵高速公路等吸引公眾和媒體注意力的行為。還有一些破壞property的行為,這是要反對的,但是也應該記住馬丁路德金的話語: riot is language of unheard. The best way to protect our way of life is to support social justice
and improve racial relationship.
你是律師應該比我清楚美國法律,property damage和人身傷害是本質不同的兩回事(美國也不允許為了保護財產而開槍殺人),如果有人趁亂搞人身傷害,那就是絕對的暴亂分子,和抗議行為沒有什麽關係。In fact BLM protesters in Louisiana tried to expel a violent rioter from their activities and got shot by him, so it is totally unfair to blame BLM for the violence.
The big book you are reading is a good one, but if you want to save time, spend 1 hour to watch 《13th》 from Netflix for free. That documentary provides a succinct overview of what African American have gone through in justice system in the past 150 years.
My language can be aggressive recently because the a good portion of Chinese Americans put the whole community in a precarious position. Remember this:
In 2015, South Carolina passed the law to remove the Confederate flag from state capitol.
Just a few days ago, The Mississippi state legislature voted to replace its state flag, the last in the nation to display the Confederate battle emblem.
South Carolina and Mississippi are the most conservative states in the US. It is quite astonishing that a big chunk of Chinese American, a minority group who do not have much stake in American black-white relationship and civil war, would take such a extreme stance that is even more extreme than the old Dixie.
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回複 'Fanreninus' 的評論 : yes, those "independent voters" seem totally OK with that :-(.
Under Trump, US is more like a shithole which Trump fans themselves look down upon, which renders our US passport worthless. Isn't this something Chinese Trump fans would at least be concerned about? :-(
By the way, i bought the book "The Team of Rivals." While I don't agree with your view, i do realize that i know very little about the civil war. It never hurts to learn.