And you guess who builds and who destroys. Leftwing extremism destroys.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/06/20/the_real_divide_in_america_143487.html
Those who build have responded to the wounds and the pain revealed in recent weeks by showing a better way forward. They are seeking to create or deepen relationships that cross traditional divides in order to promote healing and find solutions to deep, longstanding problems.
Sadly, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Some of those who destroy are trying to take advantage of the current crisis as well. They sacrifice progress toward greater racial equality on the altars of money, political power, virtue signaling, or simply acceptance and popularity among friends.
The fruits of this destructive path are varied. Perpetrating violence on peaceful protesters or on law enforcement alienates mainstream, anti-racist Americans whose support is necessary to secure racial progress. Purely partisan legislative approaches undermine the consensus required to move solutions forward. Exploiting the cause of racial inequality as a political fundraising scheme pollutes the chances of achieving that equality. Denying the existence of a racism problem in America threatens to discredit the very legitimacy of American government by distancing it from the needs of its people.
Those who destroy enable racism by preventing the dialogue required for progress toward racial equality. By placing immediate personal gain ahead of sustainable change in the name of the common good, they ensure that equality and freedom will never be realized.
Fortunately, those who build have an advantage: They can appeal across prevalent divides in American society in ways that those who destroy cannot. They can unite across partisan, ideological, geographic or economic differences by appealing to their shared aspiration to build for the sake of others as well as their own.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/06/20/the_real_divide_in_america_143487.html
Those who build have responded to the wounds and the pain revealed in recent weeks by showing a better way forward. They are seeking to create or deepen relationships that cross traditional divides in order to promote healing and find solutions to deep, longstanding problems.
Sadly, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Some of those who destroy are trying to take advantage of the current crisis as well. They sacrifice progress toward greater racial equality on the altars of money, political power, virtue signaling, or simply acceptance and popularity among friends.
The fruits of this destructive path are varied. Perpetrating violence on peaceful protesters or on law enforcement alienates mainstream, anti-racist Americans whose support is necessary to secure racial progress. Purely partisan legislative approaches undermine the consensus required to move solutions forward. Exploiting the cause of racial inequality as a political fundraising scheme pollutes the chances of achieving that equality. Denying the existence of a racism problem in America threatens to discredit the very legitimacy of American government by distancing it from the needs of its people.
Those who destroy enable racism by preventing the dialogue required for progress toward racial equality. By placing immediate personal gain ahead of sustainable change in the name of the common good, they ensure that equality and freedom will never be realized.
Fortunately, those who build have an advantage: They can appeal across prevalent divides in American society in ways that those who destroy cannot. They can unite across partisan, ideological, geographic or economic differences by appealing to their shared aspiration to build for the sake of others as well as their own.
