Wow, really? You hadn’t considered that black people couldn’t boycott businesses they weren’t allowed into? You hadn’t thought it through even that far? Hopefully you see why I said you hadn’t thought about this from the point of view of the victims of bigotry.
It’s also worth noting that the only “coercion” that actually led to civil war was when the south was “coerced” into not keeping black people as slaves. Boycotts probably wouldn’t have worked then either…
This is the point I’ve been trying to make to you this whole time. It’s fine to be against coercion. I am too. Sincerely. But you have to consider what you’re weighing it against. I was getting frustrated with you precisely because it was obvious you’d spent a lot of time worrying about the *potential* harm to racists and next to none thinking about to fix the *actual* harm being done to black people.
"I thought I did - boycotts. They proved pretty damn effective throughout history."
So your solution, in a world where black people are not allowed to frequent white-only businesses, or attend white-only schools, is for black people to boycott those businesses and schools?
Wow, really? You hadn’t considered that black people couldn’t boycott businesses they weren’t allowed into? You hadn’t thought it through even that far? Hopefully you see why I said you hadn’t thought about this from the point of view of the victims of bigotry.
It’s also worth noting that the only “coercion” that actually led to civil war was when the south was “coerced” into not keeping black people as slaves. Boycotts probably wouldn’t have worked then either…
This is the point I’ve been trying to make to you this whole time. It’s fine to be against coercion. I am too. Sincerely. But you have to consider what you’re weighing it against. I was getting frustrated with you precisely because it was obvious you’d spent a lot of time worrying about the *potential* harm to racists and next to none thinking about to fix the *actual* harm being done to black people.
"I thought I did - boycotts. They proved pretty damn effective throughout history."
So your solution, in a world where black people are not allowed to frequent white-only businesses, or attend white-only schools, is for black people to boycott those businesses and schools?
Do you see the problem here?