>>gotten into what I consider to be a more rational(for me) &
>>mature (for me) mindset about them.
>>
>
>why is getting rid of resentment and anger a rational or
>mature thing to do in this instance?

In some situations, having that much anger bottled up can lead to a fuse being blown at the wrong time/place and directed at the wrong target. For instance, that professor that was exercising in the street and then was approached by the cops....she obviously had a lot of pent up feelings behind racial profiling...rightfully so...but she unleashed it at the wrong target IMO...thus diminishing it's effectiveness on the overall movement. But we're not going to get into that here lol...I know my stance on it is unpopular...

But the argument is ALWAYS going to be valid that there are good cops and bad cops...so couching any discussion on injustice with a resentment towards cops as the basis is going to be a potential fail IMO. I like that the Black Lives Matter movement is more targeting the system.....


>if something is wrong, isn't anger a healthy emotion?

Indeed it is. But at what point does anger turn into resentment? I think that was my original misinterpretation of the definition. I always thought of resentment as a festering, unaddressed type of anger that resulted in a sense of powerlessness. But that definition is incorrect apparently.


>i used to feel that way,
>but i am growing to feel that what i thought of as maturity
>was actually resignation.

>if it feels like you can't change something,
>they yeah... you just say i can't fix that and ignore it.

Never feel like you can't change something is my belief. It make take a long ass time though.... Never ignore it either. I don't ignore things...I just put them in a "To Do" box and chip away at them within my means. Everyone's means aren't the same. Boots on the ground activism isn't my means at this stage in life.

>
>but the way police interact with us IS something that we can
>change.
>but we can't change it if we think it is mature to accept
>everything as it is currently, without feeling resentment
>or anger towards the way the system is set up.

Acceptance isn't what I was trying to convey. Sometimes I just use the wrong words in haste. I do feel resentment towards the system...and i'm often at a point where I feel it's a hopeless cause.

>^ not snark.

None taken.

>honest question.



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