(August 30, 2015 at 9:02 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote:(August 30, 2015 at 8:52 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Sports riots can't be equated to what happened in Baltimore.
Why not? they are both instances in which people rioted. Your saying that when rioters are white they are held to a stricter standard than when rioters are black, I just gave you instances in which rioters where white and they where not held to a double standard.
But did any single sports riot in the US do as much damage and last for as long as Baltimore? We have to compare apples to apples.
Perhaps you are right that the public would react the same way. But it hasn't happened yet for us to know one way or the other for sure. Nonetheless, this isn't my argument to make. Just trying to explain what I thought was the point Shi was trying to convey, but he hasn't come back on here to contribute anything, so I don't even know.
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