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@Frank said in US Politics:
It's happening.
Summary: Let's abolish the police. We don't have a clue what we are going to replace them with nor the impact it's going to have on crime, public safety and people's lives, but at least we can feel virtuous and say we did something.
What could possibly go wrong?
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@Frank said in US Politics:
It's happening.
Ummm.
I saw a tweet that showed the mayor of Minneapolis being booed for NOT defunding the Police.
Is this for real or more trolling from fuck knows what side of the divide, especially given they can't spell 'willing'.
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@booboo said in US Politics:
I saw a tweet that showed the mayor of Minneapolis being booed for NOT defunding the Police.
Is this for real or more trolling from fuck knows what side of the divide, especially given they can't spell 'willing'.Some words spring to mind: Pitchforks, Mobs, Group-think, heretics, rage over reason, emotion over fact.
Politics. US-style.
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I had lunch with my Zimbabwean friend yesterday. This madness has actually gotten to the point where some of her white friends have messaged her to apologise for their 'white privilege'. The kind of person who demands others take a knee for them are not the kind of people who should have any power at all.
I'm starting to think there is a parallel here with the turning away from religion. Maybe people really do need something to worship and believe in. I'm no charlie church but give me preachy Christians any day over this mess.
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Not taking the piss here, but I do wonder how long it will be until there's a campaign in the US for white people to pay a "white privilege" tax.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in US Politics:
Not taking the piss here, but I do wonder how long it will be until there's a campaign in the US for white people to pay a "white privilege" tax.
Not far fetched at all. Corporates are welcoming in blatant racism now, governments may not be far behind.
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@Rembrandt said in US Politics:
I'm starting to think there is a parallel here with the turning away from religion. Maybe people really do need something to worship and believe in. I'm no charlie church but give me preachy Christians any day over this mess.
And to be forgiven. The belief that we are sinners (white privilege is one manifestation) seems to go deep (not with everyone but far too many)
If people can't get forgiveness through the church for their 'sinfulness' they turn elsewhere.
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@Rembrandt said in US Politics:
I had lunch with my Zimbabwean friend yesterday. This madness has actually gotten to the point where some of her white friends have messaged her to apologise for their 'white privilege'. The kind of person who demands others take a knee for them are not the kind of people who should have any power at all.
I'm starting to think there is a parallel here with the turning away from religion. Maybe people really do need something to worship and believe in. I'm no charlie church but give me preachy Christians any day over this mess.
What the actual fuck?
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@Rembrandt said in US Politics:
I had lunch with my Zimbabwean friend yesterday. This madness has actually gotten to the point where some of her white friends have messaged her to apologise for their 'white privilege'. The kind of person who demands others take a knee for them are not the kind of people who should have any power at all.
I'm starting to think there is a parallel here with the turning away from religion. Maybe people really do need something to worship and believe in. I'm no charlie church but give me preachy Christians any day over this mess.
Did we see any white feet washing?
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@MiketheSnow said in US Politics:
What the actual fuck?
Indeed.
Have to remember not to take a photo op of a couple of weirdos as representing the opinion of the majority though.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in US Politics:
Not taking the piss here, but I do wonder how long it will be until there's a campaign in the US for white people to pay a "white privilege" tax.
Income tax is privilege tax.
When we hit 70K in NZ, we get 33% I think?
You'd probably need to earn quarter of a mill to get near that in the states.
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