Black Lives Matter
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@Rembrandt said in Black Lives Matter:
@canefan said in Black Lives Matter:
@No-Quarter said in Black Lives Matter:
@canefan absolutely, and racist attitudes are still prevalent. But he's talking about death specifically, which a lot of the over the top rhetoric from BLM has focussed on. The stats don't back up the BLM narrative at all.
Which is a shame because these are real issues and they have a big opportunity right now. The NRA must be keeping very quiet right now
I think you might find these deaths are in cities with the strictest gun laws
Gun laws regarding sales? The far away impression I have is that it's pretty easy to get guns over the counter. I'm happy to be educated on this matter
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@canefan Unfortunately a heck of a lot of folk in these riot cities are finding out that isn't the case at all. Coilon Noir was bought on to the Rogan podcast to talk about it as there's a big upsurge in people needing guns with the crime going on and the threat of police defunding.
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@Rembrandt that way of thinking that endorses the State Attorney to move heaven and earth in a prosecution against the house owner's versus the idea that it was highly appropriate for the house owner's to act as they did, is going to be one hell of a collision.
Man, that's a fundamental piece of US existence the left is gambling with there.
Niall Ferguson observed that gun ownership predicts presidential elections far more accurately than polls
Lots of guns being bought in America right now.
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@Rembrandt said in Black Lives Matter:
It's easy to see why Tucker is the most watched show in all of US prime time TV
Fucking hell.
Is it opposite day or something?
And people like Jerry Taylor are the biggest c**ts of all.
Saying they would do one thing in the hope that someone will do it for them.
There's no fucking way he would have rushed the couple and bashed their brains in.
It's all becoming very cultish, do as I say not do as I do.
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@MiketheSnow said in Black Lives Matter:
@Rembrandt said in Black Lives Matter:
It's easy to see why Tucker is the most watched show in all of US prime time TV
Fucking hell.
Is it opposite day or something?
And people like Jerry Taylor are the biggest c**ts of all.
Saying they would do one thing in the hope that someone will do it for them.
There's no fucking way he would have rushed the couple and bashed their brains in.
It's all becoming very cultish, do as I say not do as I do.
Sad to say this is becoming the norm. Everything seems based on reactionary responses. I see the incarnation of Trump, BoJo et al as something of a pushback against the identity politics we've been force fed for some time. I do worry about the potential backlash which is beginning to seem inevitable.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Black Lives Matter:
@Rembrandt said in Black Lives Matter:
As expected the movement does a little bit of a side-step and starts moving toward their new target
I'd expect them to move onto Kashmir & India's actions there shortly.
While actually have sympathy for the view of Israel's actions, it's really difficult to see what on earth black lives have to do with jews and arabs in the Middle East
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@Rembrandt said in Black Lives Matter:
It's easy to see why Tucker is the most watched show in all of US prime time TV
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Obviously didn't check his black privilege....
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@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
@Rembrandt I'm guessing you've already seen this one. Same theme
I'm waiting for the Candid Camera (or whatever the fuck it's called now) presenter to come out.
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@MiketheSnow said in Black Lives Matter:
It's all becoming very cultish, do as I say not do as I do.
Indeed. With no though or critical reasoning allowed.
It's very interesting to watch the reactions of cult members when actual logic and rational argument is deployed.
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@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
@Rembrandt I'm guessing you've already seen this one. Same theme
Yep, some doozy compilations of rich white blm protesters attacking black police doing the rounds too. This is from yesterday. Imagine if mainstream news actually reported what was going on rather than spin the bs 'pEAceFul PrOteTers' yarn.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Black Lives Matter:
@MiketheSnow said in Black Lives Matter:
It's all becoming very cultish, do as I say not do as I do.
Indeed. With no though or critical reasoning allowed.
It's very interesting to watch the reactions of cult members when actual logic and rational argument is deployed.
Jesus.
It boggles the mind.
Those campaigning to defund the police should spend a couple of days, and more importantly nights, in low socio-economic neighbourhoods both BAME and predominantly white.
They'd soon change their tune.
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@MiketheSnow said in Black Lives Matter:
Jesus.
It boggles the mind.
Those campaigning to defund the police should spend a couple of days, and more importantly nights, in low socio-economic neighbourhoods both BAME and predominantly white.
They'd soon change their tune.I listened to the Tucker Carlson monologue @Rembrandt posted and noted the politicians in Minneapolis who voted to abolish the police also voted themselves private security paid for by Minneapolis taxpayers. Shocked I tell you, shocked.
There were 150 or so black teenagers knifed to death in London in 2019 - mainly drug runners delivering to "respectable" London citizens. No BLM protests, no one gave a fuck when these kids bled to death in the street. No hypocrisy or false consciousness there then.
I'm hugely in favour of serious action to open up opportunities for disadvantaged people (I'm involved in a very small way) as there's a huge waste of talent going on and if we harness it we'll all be richer and better off - and not just financially. But the antics we've seen in the last few weeks has probably put that cause back by years.
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Its like the idea that twitter represents actual peoples view. Removing the police is a great idea for university graduates pumped up on the evil of Marxism, criminals intent on commiting more crime and the average useful idiot from money who doesn't bother researching crime statistics and instead follows headlines written by said Marxist university graduates.
Real people in these areas are the ones who will suffer.
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@Rembrandt Interviews like Ami's with genuinely privileged white people make me laugh and shake my head. It's astonishing how delusional people can be - " I feel safe, so there's no requirement for police and I assume everyone else feels the same", not realising the preconditions for that aura of public safety. And presuming to know the experience of others and speak for them.
Now that's modern racism.