Black Lives Matter
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@MN5 said in Black Lives Matter:
I think this happened quite a few years ago but definitely worth remembering Police brutality doesn’t discriminate
love it, shouldn't laugh... Very serious topic...
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@R-L said in Black Lives Matter:
@MN5 said in Black Lives Matter:
I think this happened quite a few years ago but definitely worth remembering Police brutality doesn’t discriminate
love it, shouldn't laugh... Very serious topic...
#justiceforgruber
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@R-L said in Black Lives Matter:
@MN5 he was armed at the time tbf..
please read the article properly @R-L. It clearly states he was unarmed when he hit the ground.
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@Siam said in Black Lives Matter:
@barbarian good post mate, fair points.
There is one glaring difference between campaign zero ( who look great btw) and BLM though... I'd say there's no way blm endorse them ( would love to be proven wrong though)
Thanks for the considered response Siam.
I agree with this point, I think there is probably a distinction to be made between the BLM capital-m Movement and the broader little-m movement. If that makes sense. The former is the more organised, radical etc. while the latter is more of a societal push with BLM as a guiding principle rather than a logo on t-shirts.
The latter is what we need to be encouraging, as people look to make positive change on a local level to address historic inequality. The more organised, militant arm needs to be viewed with some trepidation.
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@MN5 said in Black Lives Matter:
@Siam @barbarian I can’t believe I’ve just read a number of posts where you disagree with eachother as strongly as you do but you do it in such a respectful manner. Good work fellas. Eye opening stuff.
Part of me does miss @Baron-Silas-Greenback a bit though.
Nah it's nice to be able to type out a post without worrying if he's going to come along and steamroll both you and the whole debate.
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@barbarian said in Black Lives Matter:
@MN5 said in Black Lives Matter:
@Siam @barbarian I can’t believe I’ve just read a number of posts where you disagree with eachother as strongly as you do but you do it in such a respectful manner. Good work fellas. Eye opening stuff.
Part of me does miss @Baron-Silas-Greenback a bit though.
Nah it's nice to be able to type out a post without worrying if he's going to come along and steamroll both you and the whole debate.
.....and then delete the response if it makes him look bad
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@Bones said in Black Lives Matter:
@Frank said in Black Lives Matter:
Experiment: (a funny one)
Type in antifa.com into the google address bar
Don't need to click on the link.
I get antifa.com or antifa.com domain owner. What am I missing?
In my country, antifa.com automatically re-directs you to
Joe Biden's official Presidential campaign website. -
@Frank said in Black Lives Matter:
The founders of BLM are far left trained Marxists.
They seek radical re-organization of society.
It is a rejection of capitalism.
It is about power.I don't want to get into the BLM debate myself, although it's interesting reading. BUT what is a "trained marxist"? What do all those who use the term think goes on to turn people into a trained marxist?
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Just a few stats .
Black Americans make up about 13-14% of the U.S population.
2018 stats - they are responsible for
Murder: 53.3%
Robbery: 54.2%
Aggravated assault: 33.7%
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-43Lebron James claims he & other blacks are "scared" .
"We are scared as black people in America"--even tho DOJ homicide stats for 2018 (latest year) show blacks kill whites at more than 2X the rate whites kill blacks (& blacks are only 13% of pop)
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-6.xlsWhat I see in America is a total moral inversion by the liberal media.
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@Duluth Who knows! I've read Marx, Foucault, Gramsci, Freire, Fanon, and the rest and have failed to become a Marxist, so there must be a bunch of training camps I've missed. I'm probably too old now to clamber over those nets or whatever they do.
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@Frank how many good cops have left the force in the last month as the whole country ( world) turned on them because of a false media story and 0.001% of their colleagues being dicks?
There's so much collateral damage there, all because we have to protect convicted rapists and felons on the run
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@Frank said in Black Lives Matter:
@Bones said in Black Lives Matter:
@Frank said in Black Lives Matter:
Experiment: (a funny one)
Type in antifa.com into the google address bar
Don't need to click on the link.
I get antifa.com or antifa.com domain owner. What am I missing?
In my country, antifa.com automatically re-directs you to
Joe Biden's official Presidential campaign website.So it does! If I click the link...😉
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Word on the streets
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@barbarian said in Black Lives Matter:
I think this is a little harsh.
Well, with my name, I'm a cynical old bugger....
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@MiketheSnow Thats well worth a watch. Thanks for posting.