Forgiveness is not forgiveness

Joey 2022-09-17 23:38:13

Compared with ordinary inspirational films, there are more things to be excavated.

In addition to talking about the cruel disputes of children, there are also choices in growing up and subconscious discrimination in reality that we ignore.
Because people tend to treat their own personnel differently, in order to protect their own values ​​and the world, they will crowd out opposition. It's just a measure of self-protection, there's no right or wrong.
As the film says, the meaning of
tolerance Tolerance not forgiveness,
we respect people's ideas that are different from our own, and at the same time maintain our own dignity
. A differentiated world is complete, we only treat others with tolerance and respect, and have the right to Stick to your own ideas without explaining.

Homosexuals, blacks, big-eared kids,
they didn't do anything wrong
, they couldn't change what they were born with, let alone deny the meaning of their existence, because those labels were just a feature of a person. With them, they are themselves.
Tolerate them like someone else doesn't mind if they smoke

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That's What I Am quotes

  • Principal Kelner: Please Steven, just deny it, for the children's sake. I don't care if it's true or not. Please just deny it.

    Mr. Simon: It's for the sake of the children that I won't deny it, true or not.

  • Narrator: [as Andy heads for rendezvous with Mary Clear] I moved with purpose, and yet it was clear that my mind was not in control. My body governed by some force previously unknown to me was calling the shots. This despite the fact that it was my body and not my mind that Ricky Brown would ultimately beat unmercifully.