Concern

Hello everyone. Before I begin I just want to say that I know many of you will disagree with this, but I ask that your responses be reasonable and based on argumentation, not insult. Thank you.

The reason for my writing this is because of my increasing concern over something I see quite a bit here; that being the degradation of someone, or some group, not based upon their thoughts or moral positions, but purely based upon race.

To be blunt, and to get straight into the meat of the matter, I would like to remind the people here that there are plenty of degenerative white/European/Western people; as well as plenty of lovely black, Asian, Hispanic, etc. people.

I am well aware of that this statement will likely gain me such titles as “cuck”, “globalist”, and/or even “traitor” of some variety. I would however call myself reasonable for what, to me, is an evident truth.

Now, this is not to say all criticisms I see here aren't valid. Arguments targeting specific ideologies is quite acceptable I would say, even the anger at some points. However, we must remember the difference between race and ideology. One cannot choose their race, thus one cannot fault someone for being a certain race. I think many of you have would agree with this statement if I was speaking on “white guilt”. Ideologies, most notably religions, however are a matter of choice, with a few obvious caveats, and it is therefore fair to criticize the ideology itself as well as those who follow it.

I also wish to state that this is not a call for censorship. I do not advocate nor approve of such things and all have the right to say their piece. I am simply stating mine out of growing concern.

There are many of you, I imagine, who will be quick to point out certain figures, studies, and so on, that show certain groups and geographical areas to be of an inferior state and call this proof, but there are two things I wish to point out. As much as I am sure this will receive negativity for being a “not all” statement, I must ask: are all people of this group of an inferior state? Are there no exceptional people which can be used to counter your grand general statements? Secondly: does this not have more to do with the culture than the race? Indeed, if we were to say that certain cultures are inferior I would agree completely, as I would with ideology. For example, if one were to say Western culture was superior to such cultures as, say, the tribes of Afghanistan and Pakistan who use boys as pleasure slaves and use rape as a criminal punishment, I would agree. For these are beliefs, a collective or ideas, and we do control that.

Again I am aware that this is not the most popular opinion with many of you. So be it. I would be remiss, worse yet, cowardly, if I did not address what I considered to be a false and, in some cases, cruel line of thinking and seek to make a correction. Seeing as I don't wish to degrade myself, I acted.

Perhaps most who read this will disregard my words, even be upset by them. I wish to request that such readers take a moment to think. Why are you upset? Do you truly believe my intentions are malevolent or that I simply too foolish or too unwilling to see the truth? Do I appear to you as such a sheep? Whatever the case, it will say a great deal more about you than me, and I will leave knowing I acted as I saw fit.

DiscipleOfEpictetus