Black Lives Matter
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Just read this
Was not aware of this story
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@MiketheSnow oh god that made me cry... π
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@R-L said in Black Lives Matter:
@pakman why are you sighing at me!!??
As if? Reading the article, in particular when they came to Oz to be pall bearers.
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@R-L said in Black Lives Matter:
@pakman I found it an emotional story, deep sigh yourself.
Bloody quick litte fella, too!
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@Rembrandt The UN does have a point about the general protections afforded people under the Constitution, but they seem to fall for the old trick of "this is what it's named, so that's what it is". Like the Peoples Democractic Republic of which invariably is none of those things.
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@Siam said in Black Lives Matter:
@Rembrandt "peaceful assembly"π€
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@antipodean said in Black Lives Matter:
@Rembrandt The UN does have a point about the general protections afforded people under the Constitution, but they seem to fall for the old trick of "this is what it's named, so that's what it is". Like the Peoples Democractic Republic of which invariably is none of those things.
I'd go a step further and suggest that there is a radical communist leaning in the UN (as we saw blatantly with the WHO) and that this is intentional.
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I think BLM will be looked back in history as the straw that broke the camel's back.
The States is fucked.
There's no value in truth, no trust in science, facts or data.
Corporations have donated hundreds of millions of dollars (heard that bank of America gave a billion - surely not?) to a slogan. A movement with no leader, no coherent objectives and no articulate vision for the future. How will it be spent?But worst of all blm has pitted the people against the police on a cause where all the data says that cops kill more whites, and black cops kill more blacks than white cops do.
I can't find one optimistic commentator, from the bunch of sane ones out there.
We know the 2 parties can't and won't talk it out. Theres no dialogue. People genuinely get fired for affirming all lives matter.
History is being denied and manipulated and all the "popular" actions out there are exactly Maoist Stalinist and Orwellian.
It's happened.
The US is somewhat under communist ideology as of this week and there's no apparent method of righting the ship because speech on the matter is forbidden.
We're watching a world changing decline of the dominant country and culture.
COVID economic realities will kick in full swing in Sept just to spice things up.
The blatant disregard for truth is astounding.
To those thinking I'm henny penny, do you care to explain exactly how they get out of this?
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I think in 2 years' time the US will be back to where they were pre COVID.
It's a perfect storm right now. More people have got time on their hands and the protests are bigger because of that.
But you can't feed yourself or your families on protest. No matter how many free pizzas celebrity YouTubers are handing out. All those wannabe ideologists and supposed ANTIFA groupies eventually have to go back to Berkeley or whatever liberal-leaning education institute they go to.
The gluttonous monster of capitalism and consumerism isn't going anywhere. As soon as they open back up for business, as usual it'll be just that. Business as usual.
they'll just be a few statues and and flags lighter.
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@raznomore said in Black Lives Matter:
they'll just be a few statues and and flags lighter.
And possibly a few anti-discrimination laws too.
California wanting to remove this from their constitution:
SEC. 31. (a) The State shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.
Cause nothing says making progress on racism more than re-legalizing racial discrimination
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@Siam said in Black Lives Matter:
(heard that bank of America gave a billion - surely not?)
Yes they have, but not to BLM, they are using it to help local communities in the US and around the world address racial and economic inequality. It is spread over 4 years.
In a normal year they would give out $200m to causes like this anyway, so itβs about a 25% increase. At BoA local and business unit managers get to manage the corporate philanthropy budgets, so the actual causes and initiatives, and the results, may be variable.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Black Lives Matter:
@hydro11 police don't always know where people live. And what about lost evidence?
But in this instance, they did know.