@Thenomain said:
I'm not shaming anyone, here, but if someone offers to find understanding then telling them to GTFO is not the solution.
You're right. It seems absurd to tell a responding male police officer to not get involved with the rape case he was assigned to.
Still, I'm glad you recognize why some people's initial reactions may be to tell you to go away.
That said, telling people that you will go away at their request but that you will never stop trying to understand their injustice is a kind way of telling them that they need to re-think their position.
I understand your perspective. Sometimes, you have to check your language to see if you're conveying what you want to convey.
Most of the time, when someone says "you are part of the problem," they are likely trying to convey "your attitude/stance/action/inaction is part of the problem." Saying "you are part of the problem" is a shortcut, but it's a devilish one. Any of those sorts of false dichotomies -- "if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem" -- is the very sort of oppositional, shallow, narrow-minded thinking that fuels the Trump campaign, and, unfortunately, Sanders' campaign.
As has been said, if civil rights were simple or issues related to them were simple, then we would not have this discussion. They are not. And, to be fair, we are entering into an era of human history where humanity has become acutely aware of civil rights, and information has been at its most free. So, we have to tread carefully, lest we find ourselves in some rhetorical or legal trap that prevents us from rationally discussing civil rights policies.