White Privilege
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For anyone saying that there shouldn’t be protesting, there should be peaceful remembrance of the fallen just do not get it. This is so much bigger than one incident.I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.0
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cdthomas1981 said:For anyone saying that there shouldn’t be protesting, there should be peaceful remembrance of the fallen just do not get it. This is so much bigger than one incident.
What is the point of hurting other innocents in the process?0 -
There is no rationale point to that. However, this is way past rationality. The majority of those are trying to make their voice heard peacefully. I don’t believe it’s mindful to condemn the violence by saying, you should be remembering the victims. How can you mourn when the problem still exists? This is about a demographic who are afraid and are retaliating from not seeing change. There’s a good chance this would not have come to this, if there had been something done after each and every incident. Now it’s come to this. I don’t condone the violence, but who am I to scold those? I’ve lived in white mid America my entire life and am a 38-year-old white male with a middle management position at a company primarily managed by white males. I will never understand the pain and fear of those acting the way they are now.I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.0
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Those who are objecting to the protests are also "condoning violence"; it's just that it's police violence that they're condoning. Because it's a certainty that other methods have not been effective in combating police violence.my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0
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oftenreading said:Those who are objecting to the protests are also "condoning violence"; it's just that it's police violence that they're condoning. Because it's a certainty that other methods have not been effective in combating police violence.0
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PJPOWER said:oftenreading said:Those who are objecting to the protests are also "condoning violence"; it's just that it's police violence that they're condoning. Because it's a certainty that other methods have not been effective in combating police violence.Give Peas A Chance…0
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Halifax2TheMax said:tempo_n_groove said:Halifax2TheMax said:tempo_n_groove said:Halifax2TheMax said:tempo_n_groove said:Halifax2TheMax said:tempo_n_groove said:Halifax2TheMax said:tempo_n_groove said:CM189191 said:What’s the difference between Black protests and Black riots?
https://thegrio.com/2020/05/28/george-floyd-minneapolis-riots/
Interesting take and view but hard to swallow all of it and his last statement paints you in a corner if you disagree.
Completely different.
Thanks
Yea, nothing.
To bring you up to speed again the article claimed that "Many of the fires and broken windows attributed to rioters are actually the result of police recklessly shooting off live ammunition with no accountability."
This is something I never heard or read about before and what the crux of my argument is. I have no idea where your tangents are coming from or have to do with my initial thoughts? So please fell free to comment with something relevant to my comment.
Anyone else having a hard time like he is with what I said?
From the article, as you pointed out:
Many of the fires and broken windows attributed to rioters are actually the result of police recklessly shooting off live ammunition with no accountability.
From your post:
I have never heard of cops firing their weapons carelessly in situations of protest. That would be news to me and if true those officers that shoot blindly would/should be held accountable but I don't think it can really be proven.
The bolded part is what I was responding to originally. I gave you past examples. You then reference "shooting at nothing," while the author of the article is claiming that the "nothing" is actually protesters and places of businesses.
Relevent enough for you?
Rodney King's beating was 29 years ago. Nothing has changed. Nothing.Please note that the protests began because the cop(s) were about to be released without any kind of prosecutions. That says it all.
There are a lot of pacific protests too, far less interesting for the medias I guess.
And yes violence is never the the way to go even if the uprising is understandable.0 -
Meltdown99 said:PJPOWER said:oftenreading said:Those who are objecting to the protests are also "condoning violence"; it's just that it's police violence that they're condoning. Because it's a certainty that other methods have not been effective in combating police violence.0
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PJPOWER said:Meltdown99 said:PJPOWER said:oftenreading said:Those who are objecting to the protests are also "condoning violence"; it's just that it's police violence that they're condoning. Because it's a certainty that other methods have not been effective in combating police violence.I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.0
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Bentleyspop said:Not sure where this originated but here it is.....
I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice:
I can go birding (#ChristianCooper)
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery)
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson)
I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride)
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark)
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards)
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis)
I can sell CDs (#AltonSterling)
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones and #breonataylor)
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown)
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice)
I can go to church (#Charleston9)
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell)
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant)
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland)
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile)
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones)
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford)
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher)
I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott)
I can be a 10yr old walking with my grandfather (#CliffordGlover)
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese)
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans)
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood)
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo)
I can run (#WalterScott)
I can breathe (#EricGarner)
I can live (#FreddieGrey)
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED (#GeorgeFloyd)
White privilege is real.
Take a minute to consider a black person’s experience today.
#BlackLivesMatter
My wife was telling me about this black guy she read about who said that in his own neighborhood if he wants to go for a walk he takes his fluffy little dog and his daughter with him so the cops will see him as a daddy and not as a "suspicious black male". When I think about that and try to picture how that would feel. I mean, damn, there are places in America- lots of places- where just walking around being male and black makes you suspect. Well, that just blows me away. I just can't imagine having to live like that. What a sick society we have become.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
CM189191 said:tempo_n_groove said:CM189191 said:What’s the difference between Black protests and Black riots?
https://thegrio.com/2020/05/28/george-floyd-minneapolis-riots/
Interesting take and view but hard to swallow all of it and his last statement paints you in a corner if you disagree.
careless cops are what started this whole messI wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.0 -
PJPOWER said:Meltdown99 said:PJPOWER said:oftenreading said:Those who are objecting to the protests are also "condoning violence"; it's just that it's police violence that they're condoning. Because it's a certainty that other methods have not been effective in combating police violence.
I say go for it! Burn it all down. Start over.
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HesCalledDyer said:PJPOWER said:Meltdown99 said:PJPOWER said:oftenreading said:Those who are objecting to the protests are also "condoning violence"; it's just that it's police violence that they're condoning. Because it's a certainty that other methods have not been effective in combating police violence.
I say go for it! Burn it all down. Start over.
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HesCalledDyer said:PJPOWER said:Meltdown99 said:PJPOWER said:oftenreading said:Those who are objecting to the protests are also "condoning violence"; it's just that it's police violence that they're condoning. Because it's a certainty that other methods have not been effective in combating police violence.
I say go for it! Burn it all down. Start over.
Somehow this will get interpreted that I think there shouldn’t be anger over the blatant racism exhibited by the sick cops.Post edited by PJPOWER on0 -
PJPOWER said:HesCalledDyer said:PJPOWER said:Meltdown99 said:PJPOWER said:oftenreading said:Those who are objecting to the protests are also "condoning violence"; it's just that it's police violence that they're condoning. Because it's a certainty that other methods have not been effective in combating police violence.
I say go for it! Burn it all down. Start over.
I think we need to metaphorically burn down racism and hate.As for forest fires- more prescribed burns, yes! Massive, out of control burns, no!"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Half a mile from us 😢
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Protestors are burning police cruisers in Cleveland.0 -
brianlux said:PJPOWER said:HesCalledDyer said:PJPOWER said:Meltdown99 said:PJPOWER said:oftenreading said:Those who are objecting to the protests are also "condoning violence"; it's just that it's police violence that they're condoning. Because it's a certainty that other methods have not been effective in combating police violence.
I say go for it! Burn it all down. Start over.
I think we need to metaphorically burn down racism and hate.As for forest fires- more prescribed burns, yes! Massive, out of control burns, no!0
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