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1 hour ago, Extrude Ragu said:

My issue is that I think that there are thugs and bandits who are absolutely taking advantage of the fact that people are very emotional about this movement, using it as cover for themselves whilst they loot and destroy for their own selfish gains, and people are so

I know there's this whole centuries of institutional racism, but let's not lose focus on the real injustice. Someone burned down an Autozone. This outrage will not stand!

There are times I cannot wait for Skynet to become self-aware.

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1 hour ago, Madelaine McMasters said:

Someone's manager is in trouble.

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1 hour ago, Extrude Ragu said:

In the case of George Floyd, they're currently talking about defunding Police. They're basically saying that an entire group of people are guilty by being in the same group and should be punished as such.

It’s not the case of George Floyd, that’s just the latest (well, last week it was) incident in a very long line of examples of institutionalized racism. The cop who murdered George Floyd is bad, but that doesn’t mean the rest of them are. And the ones who stood there while he did it. And all the others who have done the same thing. And all the ones who have covered for them.

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Just now, Lindal Kidd said:

"I Am Not A Lawyer" (IANAL) is another.

Wait, what, that's what it means? Oh dear God... this is catastrophically bad news.

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5 hours ago, Amina Sopwith said:

Yes, that's another reason I don't use ignore. I may not want to interact with someone but that doesn't mean I don't think they have anything to contribute to discussions. 

I may eventually take people off ignore, but for the time being I don't think the chances of them contributing anything of value outweigh the potential harm of continuing to interact with them. I'd like to be all noble and just scroll paste the fire hose of idiocy, but I can resist anything but temptation. Maybe they have something useful to contribute, but I didn't see it before adding them to the list and I'll just risk missing that gem of wisdom at the bottom of a mountain of poo filled with razor blades.

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1 hour ago, Paul Hexem said:

And when people hear racist rhetoric where there is none, you have another problem entirely.

 

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4 hours ago, Paul Hexem said:

That's the real problem, it works both ways. Everyone gets so hung up on needing enemies that they can't recognize when people are agreeing with them.

If someone insists on repeating racist rhetoric, there is one conclusion that is not unreasonable.

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Maybe it'll give The Sun King a stroke.

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20 minutes ago, Drakonadrgora Darkfold said:

trying to make it about one ethic group is a slap in the face to everyone else which is why a lot of people dont like the whole 'black lives matter' approach. 

We all know who doesn’t like the Black Lives Matter approach.

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36 minutes ago, Drakonadrgora Darkfold said:

I think I will be controversial yet again and go with 'all lives matter' or simply 'life matters' to make it about one color of skin or ethic background over any other is a slap in the face of every other color of skin and ethic background.

All lives don't matter until black lives matter.

 

36 minutes ago, Drakonadrgora Darkfold said:

and now for another controversial part.. blacks need to get over the slavery issues of the past and let it go. they hold themselves back when they dont..

I think that's not an entirely terrible idea. It lets is talk about the subsequent 155 years that have been sub-optimal.

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7 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

Wow - another indication of just how much the Police don't "get it".

All 57 remaining members of the Buffalo Emergency Response Team resigned from that unit because of the suspension of their fellow officers after pushing someone down and then walking past them as they were bleeding on the sidewalk.  

Good riddance. FTP.

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Just now, Sylvia Tamalyn said:

And the thing that really sucks (among all the sucky things about it) is that if there had been no video, the cops would have gotten away with it.

I'll bet they get away with it anyway. Every cop in the country knows everything they do is on film, likely from more than one camera and they don't care.

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Actual peeve: Microsoft always pushes their new feature updates to my oldest, crappiest computer first. What? Who wants new features on computers they actually use? That's madness!

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1 minute ago, Luna Bliss said:

I put anybody on ignore that I disagree with so i can stay as stupid as possible    

*not!  I have nobody on ignore

I didn't until this week. Now two people reside on my block list, and it's mostly for other people's benefit. I don't think anything good can come from interacting with the first person, and that's all I have to say about that. The second one is Captain Jackwagon who spent yesterday evening crapping up the BLM thread. I think removing the temptation to make any more replies to his gibbering and potentially helping get the thread locked was in everyone's interest.

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14 minutes ago, Amina Sopwith said:

This is one reason why I don't use the ignore function. There are people I don't care to interact with, but massive blank blocks everywhere would be confusing and frustrating.

They're better than the alternative.

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6 hours ago, Paul Hexem said:

Bad example. Boston bombers only bombed Boston. Vegas shooter only shot in Vegas. Diagnosing breast cancer is much different than diagnosing colon cancer.

Cops kill everyone.

I know I’m thankful that Las Vegas is the only American city to suffer from a mass shooting, or Boston from terrorism.

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31 minutes ago, Talligurl said:

6 incidences over the past 6 years hardly prove a pattern of systemic racism.

The United States was built on systematic racism that continues to this day. This is an indisputable fact and there is no valid argument against it. It goes beyond policing and permeates every aspect of society. The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. We have a problem, and it's a whole lot more than bad, unaccountable cops.

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Sorry, can’t help you, I’m American.

[hi!]

 

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12 minutes ago, Cindy Evanier said:

🤮

Reported!

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42 minutes ago, AyelaNewLife said:

I know this thread is now beyond redemption, but here's some 'fun' statistics for you. If any of you want to move to the first world, I'll fake-marry you for residency.

I don't know if any of the countries on the good third of that list are that eager for a wave of American refugees.

37 minutes ago, AyelaNewLife said:

#2. I hope you like gravy on your chips.

That means I'd have to learn English. 😬

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2 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

My thinking is that it lets them plea it back down to the original charge.

Or they're intentionally making it harder to convict him.

ETA, after hearing more details, it sounds like 2nd degree murder is a more appropriate charge and will be easier to get a conviction than for 3rd degree murder.

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17 minutes ago, Blake1111Coverdale said:

ALL LIVES MATTER is a non racist statement

It's a racist dog whistle. "All lives matter" (so let's stop talking about the systematic oppression of black citizens, okay?).

 

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58 minutes ago, Derek Torvalar said:

Here is a good read. (Knowing full well that it will be condemned for where it is published, probably without even being read.)

https://quillette.com/2020/06/03/condemn-this-violence-without-equivocation/

Oh, not at all. Everyone should read fascist propaganda to know where they're coming from. 

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13 hours ago, Maryanne Solo said:

Please don't use Australian media as an example to accompany the Mr Sniffleathon video @Lyssa Greymoon.
They contribute nothing and are NOT representative of Australian views.

Absolutely Zero credibility.
Just this morning a zero credibility ABC, (our national toilet based, publicly funded broadcaster), senior reporter, interviewed an
African American gentleman who lives and breathes everyday facts. (I knew I should have written his name down).
The gent ripped the idiotic reporter a new one for his lack of research, his gullibility, downright arrogance and insistence in
parroting idiocy.
But of course the Australian media clown knew more about the situation than the African American man.
Mr Sniffleathon appears to be the same type of clown.  

Protest during Covid-19? Go ahead, make my day. 🖕 Absolute insanity.

Thanks, I'll remember that when I see anything from the Australian media from now on.