Plump lady looking in the mirror asks her husband "Does this dress make me look fat?" Husband eyes wide in fear replies "No dear you look wonderful." I think this is a great representation of today's social upheavals.
TPD officer apparently in an off duty post called rioters ..." a mob of thugs."
He is disciplined and has to go to counseling. I imagine in counseling he will repeatedly say ' why no dear that dress does not make you look fat ' that's what I would do.
These days common people are afraid of paint splatters, being beaten on the street by anonymous passers by, businesses looted and out of control streets. This is building fear and resentment among the regular Joe Lunchbox's. This is creating fear and resentment when none ever existed before.
At the same time Joe Lunchbox is supposed to express regret for slavery, homophobia, environmental destruction, political choices, and historical privilege. The protest movement appears to have been hijacked.
Daily friends say that they are sick and tired of all this chaos. They are refusing to look at the television news or social sites. It's all so sensational. The best reporters are expressing their unwillingness to chase headlines for ratings.
After this calms down, just try to get anyone to voluntarily attend meetings to discuss social justice. Discussions might be productive among friends of all colors but lectures in large settings will be forced. All the new required sensitivity trainings in public agencies will be the quiet gatherings of resigned, forced participants.
I notice that even in the remote world of computer communication, many are refusing to engage. Mostly the polite people have left the building. Rude, cursing threatening bloggers have captured the stage.
I am curious why legitimate protests don't focus on what really matters. Can you get a job that pays well and has benefits? Is your child's school providing a good education? At what rate will you lend me credit? Provide affordable health care. Instead they focus on taking down monuments, painting streets, and other hollow victories.
Future trainers and social engineers might think about avoiding the question 'Does this dress make me look fat?'
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