petebrown
petebrown
People are basically good. explodingcomma.com
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Bruce
Bruce

@petebrown Counterpoint: It took two months to bring charges against the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery and only then because a video became public.

People are basically good towards other people who they see as human.

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petebrown
petebrown

@Bruce Yeah, fair point.

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petebrown
petebrown

@Bruce My headline certainly overstates the case, and there is certainly no shortage of examples of people being horrible to one another. I'm not trying to be pollyanna-ish about it, but I'd still suggest that at least “People are basically good to other people who they see as human" at least leaves open possibilities that are closed off by the Lord Of the Flies view that people are basically terrible.

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Bruce
Bruce

@petebrown Oh, I definitely meant it that way for both the good and the bad implications. And I think we all struggle with the problem—I know my eyes slid pass homeless folk when I used to be out and about in NYC.

And a silver lining is that we have to be taught which people don’t count as human. Not that it’s easy to change the culture which teaches, but it is a goal to work towards.

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