I am NOT a kamala supporter by any means, but obviously the way they mean it is as unburdened by the mistakes/racism/oppression etc of the past, kind of like "some men see things as they are, I see things that never were and asky why not".... etc. but it's so meaningless that it can be easily abused and interpreted however the speaker - or the listener - wants. Laughable as a stock phrase by her.
I am NOT a kamala supporter by any means, but obviously the way they mean it is as unburdened by the mistakes/racism/oppression etc of the past, kind of like "some men see things as they are, I see things that never were and asky why not".... etc. but it's so meaningless that it can be easily abused and interpreted however the speaker - or the listener - wants. Laughable as a stock phrase by her.
I agree that they want us, or assume that we will, think they mean "unburdened by the mistakes/racism/Oppression" and when I first heard it that is where my mind went.
When I think about it though, I have concluded that we MUST be burdened by the mistakes/racism/oppression. If we are not, we won't learn from them. In a sense, the post modern aggrievement culture with its perpetual victimhood persists because these "victims" have to be unburdened by the past, since their current experience is NOTHING like their ancestors experiences. The oppression of Jim Crow, and trauma of slavery , the demoralization of living through a pogrom. We will be right back there if we are unburdened by the realities of this very real history. So we need to be burdened by all that. We must learn from our mistakes.
IF we don't , we become easy prey for the authoritarian regimes.
I am NOT a kamala supporter by any means, but obviously the way they mean it is as unburdened by the mistakes/racism/oppression etc of the past, kind of like "some men see things as they are, I see things that never were and asky why not".... etc. but it's so meaningless that it can be easily abused and interpreted however the speaker - or the listener - wants. Laughable as a stock phrase by her.
I agree that they want us, or assume that we will, think they mean "unburdened by the mistakes/racism/Oppression" and when I first heard it that is where my mind went.
When I think about it though, I have concluded that we MUST be burdened by the mistakes/racism/oppression. If we are not, we won't learn from them. In a sense, the post modern aggrievement culture with its perpetual victimhood persists because these "victims" have to be unburdened by the past, since their current experience is NOTHING like their ancestors experiences. The oppression of Jim Crow, and trauma of slavery , the demoralization of living through a pogrom. We will be right back there if we are unburdened by the realities of this very real history. So we need to be burdened by all that. We must learn from our mistakes.
IF we don't , we become easy prey for the authoritarian regimes.
Agreed!
Pol Pot's "Year Zero"