Reply #27: You found a way to address the situation with thoughtulness, and reasoning. [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Your patience and respect for dealing with discussion are unequaled.

The only thing I could think of after seeing an earlier reference to someone's portrayal of native Bolivians as crude, stupid, violent thugs was anger, more anger, paralysis, and resignation. I felt it was too large a job, too enormous a task trying to encourage someone so clearly prejuidiced and misinformed to look deeper, take time LEARNING.

Who on earth could overlook the HISTORY of what has happened in Bolivia and cling to some grotesque misrepresentation of the population if he had any grasp at all. In the run-up to the last referendum, starting well before the event, indigenous Bolivians were publicly stripped of their clothing, forced to crawl, then to publicly repudiate Evo Morales, battered, kicked, when they attempted to walk through a city to see Evo Morales speaking.

We posted, read, discussed these events here, as well as the murder of an indigenous person inside a state radio station, instead of the shock trooper "Youth Group" monsters who stormed into indigenous neighborhoods carrying clubs with spikes on them, to better their chances in increasing the suffering of their victims, dealing out greater terror, hoping to intimidate and finally silence their countrymen for good.

The massacre in Pando in September was something NO ONE WITH A CONSCIENCE would DARE to sweep under the rug in his rush to smear the victims of all this murderous hatred. Unforgiveable.

I'm going to re-read your comments. It's important not only to open to the actual information, but also to start trying to feel your great spirit in dealing with others is something we can hope to learn, ourselves. It's not a weakness to be civilized, and honest, and respectful, clearly. It's probably the hardest lesson in a reactionary, self-obsessed world to learn.