I've read about, say 80% of what's come out of the past months race discussions, and am still trying to wrap my head around some things when it comes to the theory (not behaviour, because lots of that has been utterly inexcusable over the past week or so).
There are just some implications in the arguments from either 'side' that make me uncomfortable on a very fundamental level, and I've never been good at trying to think through things without trying to look at issues from all angles and asking for opinions/input from others. And while I'm not usually a scaredy-cat, I definitely don't have the guts to open that sort of can of worms in public. Hence mulling over things in silence.
I don't think, however, that attributing any sort of motive to people's silence is helpful, because otherwise breaking it would become a perceived obligation and therefore rather meaningless, wouldn't it?
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Date: 2009-03-10 03:30 am (UTC)There are just some implications in the arguments from either 'side' that make me uncomfortable on a very fundamental level, and I've never been good at trying to think through things without trying to look at issues from all angles and asking for opinions/input from others. And while I'm not usually a scaredy-cat, I definitely don't have the guts to open that sort of can of worms in public. Hence mulling over things in silence.
I don't think, however, that attributing any sort of motive to people's silence is helpful, because otherwise breaking it would become a perceived obligation and therefore rather meaningless, wouldn't it?