RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
July 9, 2016 at 6:36 am
(July 8, 2016 at 8:42 pm)paulpablo Wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMaVyAkQnJE
When you watch a video like this, of police brutality, hopefully the first thought that comes to mind isn't that the black lives matter, hopefully you have some sympathy for the white person in the video who has beaten to death with his head swollen up...
I know that's what you think BLM is about. Having sympathy for people.
What if I told you it's not about that? What if I told you that in order to argue my post didn't speak to the facts that motivate BLM, you would have to provide evidence that:
1. White people are targets of police violence as often as black people
2. The criminal justice system is notorious for failing to hold those police officers accountable for their actions
You made no attempt to do either. Which leaves me with the question: why on earth do you think I wouldn't have sympathy for any victim of police brutality, whatever their race? Don't you think that the suggestion is so ridiculous that it should clue you into the fact that you're strawmanning my position?
A Gemma is forever.
