Bret Weinstein with Joe Rogan

If you are referring to the thread on Black Lives Matter, I recognize that I portrayed myself as a zealot on the board. Part of it was intentional on my part as I was testing my own thinking. I’ve always been a peaceful guy and greatly respect Dr. King, Gandhi, and the like. But how can that succeed without such formidable personalities? I figure a little struggle can help build the stage for those men/women to rise up and lead the way.

I’m pretty sure I didn’t ask a question about Christianity. I think I showed that God (through Moses) used violence (Passover) to get his people their freedom. Then you dismissed that as Old Testament, which is fine, except for the Jews. (Joke) 

The trouble is that we see things through our own experience and our own knowledge, so attempting to communicate my ideas, I have to reach you on your level. But if you haven’t had X experience or if you have had Y experience, we are no longer talking about the same thing. This was true with Yin and Yang. 

I bet when we get down to it, our views are not so different. I don’t want to see cops trying to reign in protestors with military grade equipment or attacking the protestors without cause. I suspect you don’t like seeing that either. Doesn’t really show the best side of America. I don’t want to see people looting stores for fun. Too many (it is said) have no connection to the protest or are actually trying to give the protests a bad name. You don’t want to see it either. But I’m able to understand the anger that could cause it to happen, just as all the stupid things I’ve broken when I was angry.

We might differ on some other aspects. Such as, I want the protests to continue until serious action is taken, not the kind of “pat yourself on the back” kind like naming Juneteenth a holiday. Oh yeah. That makes it all better. /s 

To help yourself figure out what should be done, ask yourself one question:  Would you want to be born Black in this country in your next lifetime? How about Mexican? If you hesitate to say yes, then I would suggest that you know deep down that things are not equal. So how can we go about fixing them?

I agree that things are not equal.  I never said that they were.  I just don't think that trying create change by acting/doing the same thing you are trying to change will work.  How much sense does it make to yell or swear at a child for yelling or swearing?  I don't think that an eye for an eye mentality will work.  Your Yin and Yang comments made me think:

If what people are trying to change is police brutality, violence, and inequality...wouldn't the opposite be to create change by NOT using brutality, violence, and creating inequalities? 

I heard some thoughts from Calvin Baker the other day.  He was saying that the US does not have a racism problem.  It has an integration problem.  He also said that in his opinion we as a society are heading in the correct direction.  In his estimation it will take 2-4 generations.  I may pick up his latest book.

Haha, nice. You got them good. Using someone’s sexuality in a condescending is a sick burn.

So are Governor and Senator national races then? If my choice is local or national, I would say they are local...but whatever.

I think you are right about Yin and Yang in the overall scheme of things. But I also think that when there is insufficient response or inaction from the other side, then action is required. 

But why should it take 2-4 generations? I have no doubt that as a country we are doing much better than in the 60s. And we’ve seen some progress since then, but it has been slow. Recent political events have left our Black brothers and sisters disenfranchised, so it is important to stand up and demand change.

Florida is the third most populous state

You offer nothing to this conversation but diatribe and rhetoric. You don’t even TRY to understand what I wrote, so I give up. 

So here’s your triple-confirmation, which surely means ALL of what you have WRITTEN is TRUE.