This has long since left the realm of discussion and degenerated into that most ancient and honoured of human traditions - the two opposing camps sitting glaring at each other going "no u!"
Guess what? People in power have a bad history of trying to marginilize absolutely anyone who is in any way different from them - it helps to secure the status quo. It's also deeply enough ingrained into what humans are that it's unlikely to go away any time soon, even if you were to replace the current system with a newer, better system.
People are shockingly good at failing to treat other people as people.
If you want to honestly talk about an issue, make sure you're talking only to the people who are likely to listen, because I can assure you that no matter how much noise you make, you're not going to get through to someone who already thinks you're full of the meaphorical bovine leavings.
If you want to actually change things, however... well, that's easier and more difficult than you could ever imagine. But you could certainly do worse than actually listening to what other people are saying and giving a moment's thought to why /they/ say the things they do. (Hint: "The System" isn't the right answer. Never has been)
This has long since left the realm of discussion and degenerated into that most ancient and honoured of human traditions - the two opposing camps sitting glaring at each other going "no u!"
Guess what? People in power have a bad history of trying to marginilize absolutely anyone who is in any way different from them - it helps to secure the status quo. It's also deeply enough ingrained into what humans are that it's unlikely to go away any time soon, even if you were to replace the current system with a newer, better system.
People are shockingly good at failing to treat other people as people.
If you want to honestly talk about an issue, make sure you're talking only to the people who are likely to listen, because I can assure you that no matter how much noise you make, you're not going to get through to someone who already thinks you're full of the meaphorical bovine leavings.
If you want to actually change things, however... well, that's easier and more difficult than you could ever imagine. But you could certainly do worse than actually listening to what other people are saying and giving a moment's thought to why /they/ say the things they do. (Hint: "The System" isn't the right answer. Never has been)