Black Lives Matter
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Black Lives Matter:
@Rembrandt said in Black Lives Matter:
Known white supremacist 'Frederick Douglass'.
Looked the bloke up. Amazing story and speeches. Trump has actually been praising Douglass for the last few years, comparing him to MLK (which isn't an unfair comparison TBH). Trump's already attacked the "anarchists" who pulled the statue down.
Makes you wonder if it wasn't loony white supremacists, it was the loopy anti-Trump brigade thinking praise from Trump automatically makes you evil...
Yeah my post was a joke, I thought he was more of a household name. Amazing guy alright. Yeah this statue pulling down has zero to do with saving black lives. The goal is to destroy society.
I think @Siam posted this video earlier, good summary of what we are actually seeing here. The difference between this attempt to burn the world down and previous attempts is that now academic control to the extremists is almost total and we don't have a functioning media apparatus who can be trusted to point out when they have gone too far.
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@voodoo said in Black Lives Matter:
@antipodean said in Black Lives Matter:
@voodoo said in Black Lives Matter:
@Rembrandt @antipodean I'm not defending her actions, but the day we stop caring about people dying is a pretty fucking sad day. Do we care about a drug addict dying any more? An alcoholic? Someone with a criminal record?
According to WEF, 150,000 people die per day around the world. I don't give them a second's thought and I don't believe anyone else does either.
It's a very diffent concept to say you don't think about the 150k people that die each day of various causes that you neither know nor hear about, to hearing a story about one person dying and stating you don't care about them because their political views led them to do something stupid.
Their political views could be exactly the same as mine. We could support the same teams and like the same drinks, music etc. But I'm not going to pretend I give a shit that some idiot got run over fucking around on a freeway at night. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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@antipodean said in Black Lives Matter:
@voodoo said in Black Lives Matter:
@antipodean said in Black Lives Matter:
@voodoo said in Black Lives Matter:
@Rembrandt @antipodean I'm not defending her actions, but the day we stop caring about people dying is a pretty fucking sad day. Do we care about a drug addict dying any more? An alcoholic? Someone with a criminal record?
According to WEF, 150,000 people die per day around the world. I don't give them a second's thought and I don't believe anyone else does either.
It's a very diffent concept to say you don't think about the 150k people that die each day of various causes that you neither know nor hear about, to hearing a story about one person dying and stating you don't care about them because their political views led them to do something stupid.
Their political views could be exactly the same as mine. We could support the same teams and like the same drinks, music etc. But I'm not going to pretend I give a shit that some idiot got run over fucking around on a freeway at night. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Interesting attitude mate. Not one I share. I've made a shit load of mistakes in my life and no doubt my kids will do the same. Must be weird being perfect.
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@voodoo said in Black Lives Matter:
@antipodean said in Black Lives Matter:
@voodoo said in Black Lives Matter:
@antipodean said in Black Lives Matter:
@voodoo said in Black Lives Matter:
@Rembrandt @antipodean I'm not defending her actions, but the day we stop caring about people dying is a pretty fucking sad day. Do we care about a drug addict dying any more? An alcoholic? Someone with a criminal record?
According to WEF, 150,000 people die per day around the world. I don't give them a second's thought and I don't believe anyone else does either.
It's a very diffent concept to say you don't think about the 150k people that die each day of various causes that you neither know nor hear about, to hearing a story about one person dying and stating you don't care about them because their political views led them to do something stupid.
Their political views could be exactly the same as mine. We could support the same teams and like the same drinks, music etc. But I'm not going to pretend I give a shit that some idiot got run over fucking around on a freeway at night. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Interesting attitude mate. Not one I share. I've made a shit load of mistakes in my life and no doubt my kids will do the same. Must be weird being perfect.
I don't know how you get to that conclusion. I'm not pretending I haven't made errors in my life, and on reflection think "there but by the grace of god go I". But I don't pretend to shed a tear because if I did that for every story in the news, I'd empty my empathy well for people who actually matter to me.
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@Bones said in Black Lives Matter:
@voodoo wait, are you saying that if you'd died making one of those mistakes you'd hope someone halfway around the world who has no link to you at all would give a shit?
Not someone, everyone. I'm not expecting a fucking eulogy or a letter to my mum, but my death, if told to them, should elicit a response closer to "shame, I feel for his family", rather than "what a cock for doing that, I couldn't care less that he died"
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@Rembrandt said in Black Lives Matter:
The difference between this attempt to burn the world down and previous attempts is that now academic control to the extremists is almost total
Also the internet.
Whereas before you had limited access to information compared to now, you had to understand, think about and critique stuff. Now you just search for stuff which reinforces your prejudices and/or use a poorly written book you agree with and quote them as your sources.
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@Siam said in Black Lives Matter:
@ACT-Crusader said in Black Lives Matter:
I am not against action and people informing themselves about this and parents, families and communities having a discussion and debate. But this is very disappointing and does nothing to educate or even ‘help the cause’. It’s irresponsible and a classic case of over reach.
I wonder how many know this about the cause?
"Black Lives Matter has a key goal internationally of defunding the police, the movement says on its U.S. website. "
Woke
Wake the fuck up
Sleepwalking through this
This is the Zombie Apocalypse
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So, racial profiling etc here is high profile again due to Bianca Williams being stopped / searched.
I'm not even torn on this one.
Drive a blacked out nice car through a high-violent crime area is a dangerous way (fled from police on wrong side of the road apparently) and you think the police have no right to demand you get out of your car for a stop and search? The video that's gone viral shows Bianca acting hysterically with the police being extremely firm but also fair IMHO. She's clearly taking advantage of everything that's going on here.
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@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
So, racial profiling etc here is high profile again due to Bianca Williams being stopped / searched.
I'm not even torn on this one.
Drive a blacked out nice car through a high-violent crime area is a dangerous way (fled from police on wrong side of the road apparently) and you think the police have no right to demand you get out of your car for a stop and search? The video that's gone viral shows Bianca acting hysterically with the police being extremely firm but also fair IMHO. She's clearly taking advantage of everything that's going on here.
the article i saw only said it was a Black car, not a blacked out one. Also said they had been driving down narrow roads where you have to straddle the centerline
might be more complicated than you make it sound
unless there was a report of a crime identifying that make and model of car...what were they looking for?
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@MajorRage I saw that a little bit differently, basically because the police didn’t seem to have any probable cause for stopping them apart from apparently being able to smell cannabis. I think they have a point when they ask why they were stopped when a white person in a similar situation wouldn’t. If the police can back up their actions with stats that demonstrate they do stop people who look like me in the same circumstances I’ll happily get back in my box, but let’s just say I’m doubtful.
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@JC I've been pulled aside by officers twice in one week over here before - granted not in a car and I don't recall being searched other than opening my bag to show what's inside. One was in jeans/hoody/beanie the next I was wearing a suit. And no, I wasn't sporting a fro (and the rat's tail would have been inside my shirt).
So yeah, I own a suit.
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@Bones said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC I've been pulled aside by officers twice in one week over here before - granted not in a car and I don't recall being searched other than opening my bag to show what's inside. One was in jeans/hoody/beanie the next I was wearing a suit. And no, I wasn't sporting a fro (and the rat's tail would have been inside my shirt).
So yeah, I own a suit.
So they thought you were a suit thief?
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@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@Bones said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC I've been pulled aside by officers twice in one week over here before - granted not in a car and I don't recall being searched other than opening my bag to show what's inside. One was in jeans/hoody/beanie the next I was wearing a suit. And no, I wasn't sporting a fro (and the rat's tail would have been inside my shirt).
So yeah, I own a suit.
So they thought you were a suit thief?
I think my eyebrow(s) gave away my heritage.
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@Bones said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@Bones Also you do realise your hairstylings are a crime in their own right, yeah?
Aren't you a ginger?
I’m offended by this, ragtop
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@MN5 said in Black Lives Matter:
@Bones said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@Bones Also you do realise your hairstylings are a crime in their own right, yeah?
Aren't you a ginger?
I’m offended by this, ragtop
Just because you can't seem to find a beanie to fit over your head, no need to take it out on me.
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@Bones said in Black Lives Matter:
@MN5 said in Black Lives Matter:
@Bones said in Black Lives Matter:
@JC said in Black Lives Matter:
@Bones Also you do realise your hairstylings are a crime in their own right, yeah?
Aren't you a ginger?
I’m offended by this, ragtop
Just because you can't seem to find a beanie to fit over your head, no need to take it out on me.
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