George Floyd Protests
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https://www.wlwt.com/article/photos-protests-erupt-across-us-after-george-floyds-death/32710535
A protester puts on a gas mask in Los Angeles.
A protester puts on a gas mask in Los Angeles.
PHOTO: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
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Moved this from Porch, left redirect.
-Edward Abbey
"Plutocracies thrive in darkness."
-Dan Rather
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
-Edward Abbey
"Plutocracies thrive in darkness."
-Dan Rather
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/06/krist-novoselic-donald-trump-speech/
There are no kings inside the gates of eden
This yahoo has no idea what is going on. I'm sure trump would love to have him in his caibinet.
-Christopher Walken
you're=you are
your=showing ownership
The truth has a well known liberal bias.
-Stephen Colbert
-Edward Abbey
"Plutocracies thrive in darkness."
-Dan Rather
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I’m a resident of the Twin Cities. I live 4 blocks from the site of Philando Castillo’s murder, and very close to the area of St Paul that went up in flames last Thursday. I use to work out of one of the buildings in South Minneapolis that was partially destroyed. My kid’s daycare center was vandalized. And the police murdered another person from my community, again.
If if you want to make a difference, bug the hell out of your elected officials to make real changes to policing, education and economic policies. Vote for non-shitbag politicians. Support minority owned businesses, especially those in our neighborhoods. Also if your a white person know when to shut your mouth and listen to our communities of color, especially when it’s uncomfortable. Blacking out your social media accounts for one day is just lazy.
when things calm down, maybe I’ll share my thoughts/experiences of the past week.
I have found myself enjoying the social distancing away from even my friends who are trumpers. The supporters of deputy dipshit are insufferable.
Can he be forgiven for possible CTE?
We’ll never come together if we automatically disassociate with people we disagree with based on one post that isn’t that extreme.
Jonathan Toews
A lot of people may claim these riots and acts of destruction are a terrible response. I’ll be the first to admit that as a white male that was also my first reaction.
But who am I to tell someone that their pain is not real? Especially when it is at a boiling point and impossible to hold in anymore. It’s obviously coming from a place of truth. This reaction isn’t coming out of thin air.
I’m not condoning or approving the looting, but are we really going to sit here and say that peaceful protesting is the only answer? There has been plenty of time for that, and if it was the answer we would’ve given it our full attention long ago.
Listen to these two men debate. They are lost, they are in pain. They strived for a better future but as they get older they realize their efforts may be futile. They don’t know the answer of how to solve this problem for the next generation of black women and men. This breaks my heart.
I can’t pretend for a second that I know what it feels like to walk in a black man’s shoes. However, seeing the video of George Floyd’s death and the violent reaction across the country moved me to tears. It has pushed me to think, how much pain are black people and other minorities really feeling? What have Native American people dealt with in both Canada and US? What is it really like to grow up in their world? Where am I ignorant about the privileges that I may have that others don’t?
Compassion to me is at least trying to FEEL and UNDERSTAND what someone else is going through. For just a moment maybe I can try to see the world through their eyes. Covid has been rough but it has given us the opportunity to be much less preoccupied with our busy lives. We can no longer distract ourselves from the truth of what is going on.
My message isn’t for black people and what they should do going forward. My message is to white people to open our eyes and our hearts. That’s the only choice we have, otherwise this will continue.
Let’s choose to fight hate and fear with love and awareness. Ask not what can you do for me, but what can I do for you?Be the one to make the first move. In the end, love conquers all.
Wow! This is top notch. Krist Novaselic could learn a thing or two from this writing.
-Edward Abbey
"Plutocracies thrive in darkness."
-Dan Rather
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
And I can't really wrap my head around the defense (in general, not you Bootlegger specifically) of looting and the destruction of property etc. All I see is backed-to-the-wall clutching-at-straws fabricated arguments to not give a centimetre to "the other side" (of note though, I haven't digged so deep into this - just my observation from what I have taken in).
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I sincerely hope that real change in policing (de-militarisation), the justice system and the million other micro and macro threads of systemic racism that prop up western societal structures comes sooner rather than later. As you say, the way that happens is through voting and contacting elected representatives.
-Edward Abbey
"Plutocracies thrive in darkness."
-Dan Rather
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4njksFKyycY&app=desktop
We have already made big changes. Yes, bigger changes are needed. But I don’t remember MLK beating a woman unconscious with a 2x4 so he could loot her store in order to make his point.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
i think krist was a bigtime libertarian at one point. i am pretty concerned that he feels that trump knocked it out of the park with that speech. it was a speech that a strongman dictator would have been proud of. i expected better of krist for some reason. probably because he was one of my heroes growing up. i guess people change, or at least show you who they really are eventually.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."