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Here is a thing I have been thinking on : would the response have been any different if Dr Kambon had said, "the religion of 'white' supremacy" instead of 'white' people?
Would the reaction have been any different if he had said : "the mind-set that allows certain people to expect a level of privilege, that allows them to view themselves and thier works as the peak of evolution, this mind-set has got to be destroyed because this mind-set is determined to exterminate anything that is not like it or subservient to it"?
No. I think that even if he had used these extremely mild words, the servants of 'white' supremacy would still have attacked him. Only, they would have done it with less shrillness in thier voices. They would have silently marked him down as an enemy of thier project but now, because they know that some of us are very sensitive about causing offence, they feel at liberty to attack the valid perspective from which he was speaking.
As shown in the post by Dr Kambon's son, what he SAID is what the 'white' supremacists are DOING. This cannot be disputed. And, let us not forget, even if he did call the extermination of 'white' people, he does not have the means to do so (livelyup pointed this out). But, some of the ones now calling him a 'racist' serve a system that has been carrying out exterminations for a while now.
This incident is not just about what Dr Kambon said, that is only part of the story, the other part is the reaction that has followed. So, regardless of how we feel about the use of the word 'exterminate', I would humbly suggest that we keep the full picture in mind while reflecting on this matter.
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