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RE: US police brutality item
May 31, 2020 at 7:22 pm
Nothing to do with flatscreens. We have people protesting white supremacy in our institutions, and there are also people there who literally are white supremacists trying to start a race war.
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RE: US police brutality item
May 31, 2020 at 7:26 pm
Just saw a video clip of a cop knocking down an old man with a cane, using a shield.
Another cop helped the old man up.
First cop needs to be suspended pending an investigation.
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RE: US police brutality item
May 31, 2020 at 7:29 pm
(May 31, 2020 at 7:22 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Nothing to do with flatscreens. We have people protesting white supremacy in our institutions, and there are also people there who literally are white supremacists trying to start a race war.
Bullshit.
Just fucking bullshit.
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Watch a few hours of videos of people carting off everything that isn't nailed down.
Your rewriting history as it happens is ludicrous.
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RE: US police brutality item
May 31, 2020 at 7:36 pm
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2020 at 7:42 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Quote:The mayor and governor say outside agitators are hijacking peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd and literally fanning the flames of destruction. And experts say things will likely get worse in Minneapolis and in other cities seeing similar peaceful protests that turn violent like Los Angeles; Louisville, Kentucky; Des Moines, Iowa; Detroit, Atlanta; and Washington, D.C.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...291658002/
Oooor, you could just head over to ws land on the internets, to watch them organize in real time. I assume that you already have the appropriate links. 
Even Billy Barr is onboard, though...obviously claiming that antifa is to blame (one can only hope). Funny thing about antifa, they tend to show up when the fascists are out and about.
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RE: US police brutality item
May 31, 2020 at 7:46 pm
(May 31, 2020 at 7:29 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: (May 31, 2020 at 7:22 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Nothing to do with flatscreens. We have people protesting white supremacy in our institutions, and there are also people there who literally are white supremacists trying to start a race war.
Bullshit.
Just fucking bullshit.
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Watch a few hours of videos of people carting off everything that isn't nailed down.
Your rewriting history as it happens is ludicrous. IT's not bullshit.
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RE: US police brutality item
May 31, 2020 at 7:54 pm
I’m definitely not in favor of ignoring racism. I’m definitely for equality that is maintainable. I am also not in favor of looting and pillaging your own neighborhoods. As I said, I get the outrage. There are a lot of people making their voice heard and. Winning hearts, and that’s a good thing. There are cops and mayors joining the outcrying public.
Pretending a protest is about one person doesn’t address the systemic problem. Pretending it’s not about the systemic problem and using that to justify further violence doesn’t work either.
My point was that if it’s systemic than BLM can’t claim that it’s only Black voices that matter. If it’s systemic, take it to the system and make then feel the outrage. If the goal is equality stop shooting yourself in the foot by not practicing what you preach. I saw a protest. Where the black organizers thanked their white supporters but asked for space and moved them to the peripheral. That seems perfectly reasonable to me.
I’m not naive enough that I think the lines we all draw can change overnight and I’m not sure if they can. My only point in asking the questions was how do we devalue those lines so there can be less emotionalism and tribalism and more individual worth and communication.
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RE: US police brutality item
June 1, 2020 at 2:42 am
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For people who make the "businesses won't go there argument "
On condemning the protesters
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RE: US police brutality item
June 1, 2020 at 6:34 am
Ok, that was some food for thought.
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June 1, 2020 at 6:54 am
(June 1, 2020 at 6:34 am)Little lunch Wrote: Ok, that was some food for thought. I know Beau and Vaush are interesting . They always have insightful to say and it helps that they stray from mainstream leftism a bit . Gives them a unique view of things .
"Change was inevitable"
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RE: US police brutality item
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