How?! How is this at all an inspiring or even effective response?

This is exactly why the truly “United” States has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world: America firmly believes in laws and punishment.

This is not justice; we’re clearly not good at it or even willing to try. When Sheryl Swoopes says: “It’s amazing how people will smile in your face but eventually their true colors will show.” Yeah…she’s right because it goes both ways. We’re not vampires: every action is a mirror that broadcasts our reflections. Or in this case…lack of reflection.

The only consistent response we employ is a smug snark laced moral superiority aggressively battering guilty culprits with a job firing the way we use prison time as a social deterrent. Stay In Line Or Else.

We hafta be better than this; we hafta want to be better than this.

~ Sammy Younan

“But, having examined Peterson’s work closely, I think the “misinterpretation” of Peterson is only partially a result of leftists reading him through an ideological prism. A more important reason why Peterson is “misinterpreted” is that he is so consistently vague and vacillating that it’s impossible to tell what he is “actually saying.” People can have such angry arguments about Peterson, seeing him as everything from a fascist apologist to an Enlightenment liberal, because his vacuous words are a kind of Rorschach test onto which countless interpretations can be projected.”

Yeah. Just because you interpreted writing one way doesn’t mean it’s automatically universal. That’s personal not universial.

~ Sammy Younan

July 25, 2018:

I loathe this “trend.” It’s easily one of our dumbest online habits: I’m supposed to get all hyper-hulk-angry over some shaky video with no context

I’d be an idiot if I took this at face value. The article didn’t interview witnesses, no statement from the ferry etc.

I’d be a moron to not recognize that racism exists and that events happen daily.

I’d be an asshole to judge Hawaiian shirt as a racist without knowing anything about him…where he volunteers, how he votes…money donations…reads. Or worse dox him and call that bullshit justice.

I’d be a fool to overlook the narcissism. Tape the incident…give a copy to the police office, maybe even file a corporate complaint. But the second it goes online that’s narcissism.

I’d be embarrassed if I sacrificed any of my values for representation, I told you so! Or acceptance of any kind based on my pious and righteous indignation. Thanks but no thanks.

I’d be deluded if I thought any of this was effective or combating racism.

~ Sammy Younan

Generational Divide Research (Sep 18, 2018):

“There exists right now in our culture perhaps the most pronounced generation gap since the 1960s, as boomers and millennials begin transitioning into new phases of life. And according to population projections based on the U.S. census, a massive cultural milestone is slated to take place next year: In 2019, millennials will likely surpass baby boomers and officially become America’s largest living generation. Emphasis on “living.” The baby boomers will remain the largest generation in American history—78 million strong at its height—and will probably hold that record for some time to come. (As of 2016, millennials numbered 74 million in America.)”