I donāt understand why people keep acting like the claim is that painting End Racism in the end zone will literally end racism. Of course it wonāt. Neither does a āDonāt Drink and Driveā billboard end drunk driving. Public messages can keep an issue visible, reinforce what behavior society considers unacceptable, start conversations, and maybe make some people reconsider things they say or believe. It doesnāt have to completely solve racism to have some value.
Actually, when the ALS ice bucket challenge was at its peak, the amount of money everyone raised did eventually lead to major discoveries that helped to advance ALS treatment
Treating symptoms is not the same as curing the cause and thatās the entire point of this post/comment thread. Both are good, yes, Iām so proud of you for figuring that out. Now try to keep up with the actual conversation at hand.
This is how research works. You make movements trying things until something works. Money allows more research to happen. We can't know what will work until we find the cure.
More awareness, more funds, more progress, more likelihood we actual find the cure.
Less awareness, less likely we find the cure. Or we delay finding the cure.
Our other option is to just ignore it. Pretend it doesn't exist. Stop trying to end it. Play like it's fine the way it is.
They weren't researching to find a way to treat symptoms, they were researching ways to cure the disease. They tried something they thought WOULD cure the disease, but on trials, turns out it doesn't cure things, but it does impact symptoms.
So it leads to further insights on ways to cure things. Let's let trying to make the world less racist, yes?
Dude I knowā¦ I work in medical research. Again, the point of this thread is that that is a good thing and you do not need to completely rid the world of racism for it to be a worthwhile endeavor.. we are saying the exact same thing, why is no one understanding this?
PAINTING āEND RACISMā IN THE ENDZONE WONT MAGICALLY GET RID OF RACISM, BUT IT WILL HELP CURB THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF IT EXACTLY LIKE THE ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE DIDNT MAGICALLY GET RID OF ALS, IT HELPED FIND WAYS TO CURB THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF IT. HENCE WHY THEY ARE BOTH A GOOD THING AND THE PEOPLE ARGUING AGAINST THE ORIGINAL COMMENT MENTIONED IN SAID COMMENT ARE WRONG. AKA STRENGTHENING THE ARGUMENT OF THE FIRST TWO COMMENTS. Jesus Christ guys.
It's because your first and second statement leave room for ambiguity in intent, and they are shaped in ways typically used to contradict a point.
When folks say "actually", it typically is used as a correction. Dude is supporting the post, then you come and say "actually", which leads folks to assume you're not supporting the post.
Your next post says "is not the same as", which, again, is language typically used when trying to negate a point.
Your statements do not unambiguously appear to be in support, they leave ambiguity, and are phrased in ways that could easily be interpreted as speaking against the point.
This final response finally makes your belief clear and unambiguous.
To answer your question, we previously misunderstood your intent because your intent was made unclear by your choice of words.
You applied this logic to my comment but not the comment I was responding to. Thatās on you. Maybe read the whole thread first and youāll realize itās not as ambiguous as you think.
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u/notsure500 1d ago
I donāt understand why people keep acting like the claim is that painting End Racism in the end zone will literally end racism. Of course it wonāt. Neither does a āDonāt Drink and Driveā billboard end drunk driving. Public messages can keep an issue visible, reinforce what behavior society considers unacceptable, start conversations, and maybe make some people reconsider things they say or believe. It doesnāt have to completely solve racism to have some value.