Where the Fires Burn Brighest by The_Galaxy_Creator
Where the cultures defend and the anger boils. Where the history mocks and the mockers deny. Where the police kill and the media distorts. That is where the fires burn brightest. Thanks to jacob1 for the suggestion.
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SentinelDuality 2nd Jun 2020
+1. some people really don't have a good opinion on this platform, huh? people have been trying to protest peacefully for years, remember Hands Up Don't Shoot, remember Michael Brown? remember how the current riots started out as peaceful protests before they rolled in the cops in and started gassing and shooting innocents? as long as this broken, corrupt system continues to kill innocent people for the corporations they sustain, we will say Black Lives Matter -
The_Galaxy_Creator 2nd Jun 2020
But the fires are what we all notice most. And I should be clear: I do not support the riots. But these riots don't happen everyday and they don't happen with hollow intent. The title, "Where the Fires Burn Brightest", simply remarks the lives of those within these cities. Sometimes, despite the destruction, the fires are the closest thing they have to that sunny paradise. -
The_Galaxy_Creator 2nd Jun 2020The final third shows the reality. A city burns because we have yet to correct our fallacies, because we allow our history to continue to define us. The Confederate generals still watch over the cities of Virginia, the KKK still claims lives, the system remains corrupt, police continue to beat and kill, and people continue to die. The upside down flag is a symbol for distress, the fist is a symbol of resistance, and the picket signs are a symbol of protest and assembly.
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The_Galaxy_Creator 2nd Jun 2020The second third displays symbols of Americas true history. Slavery, the Confederates and their statues, lynch mobs, a system of discrimination and incarceration, police brutality... a country of a dark history. This cloud of past hatreds keeps America from what it should be: that blue skied paradise.
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The_Galaxy_Creator 2nd Jun 2020Allow me to explain my complete and true intention behind everything in this save. The blue skies in the first third represents what many people perceive America to be. A free country who's past has been stripped and who's wrongs have been righted. Essentially those who do not live in oppression rarely notice it.
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jacob1 2nd Jun 2020
btw not trying to start a political argument. But I will be watching the comment section :) -
jacob1 2nd Jun 2020Now obviously we're FAR better off than we were back then. There is no slavery. But there is a class of people that feels like nobody is hearing their concerns, about their high incarceration rate (even for the same crimes!), about how they are much more likely to be stopped by traffic cops, about how they are much more likely to be hurt by the police. Many others, I can't give justice to everything they protest about since I am not one of them. I just tend to agree we need some change.
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jacob1 2nd Jun 2020It is definitely important to keep everyone together. Nobody wants to see unrest. But the process for bringing us together shouldn't involve suppression of a whole class of people. We need to make sure their concerns are heard. Here's another example: back during the civil war, we could have prevented it by accepting their demands and keeping the institution of slavery around. We could have also just said "ok, make your own country anyway". But no, we fought for what is right, not the status quo
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R33sesK1ng 2nd Jun 2020
this country is going to hell because of this. those who oppose you don't live for being right. they live so others don't have to die. if we are not together, it will bring us closer to death. you can tell me i'm wrong or even beat me for it, but it only proves my point. -
jacob1 2nd Jun 2020America has a very dark history of oppression, we should seek to learn from that. Just like Germany learned from WW2 and teaches all the wrongs their own country did during the war, it's important that we understand the history of suppression and racism in America, and try to minimize it. We've certainly come a long way, we just have a bit more to go.