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RE: how many of you think this is still about Mr Floyd?
June 24, 2020 at 9:17 am
(June 24, 2020 at 9:16 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: -from an australian, lol. That's just chefs kiss. True
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RE: how many of you think this is still about Mr Floyd?
June 24, 2020 at 9:27 am
This is the reason people are protesting
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Cops need to change.
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RE: how many of you think this is still about Mr Floyd?
June 24, 2020 at 9:30 am
It’s more a fact that law enforcement needs proper checks and balances.
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RE: how many of you think this is still about Mr Floyd?
June 24, 2020 at 9:40 am
Absolutely, but checks and balances for what? What are they doing?
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RE: how many of you think this is still about Mr Floyd?
June 24, 2020 at 9:42 am
Abusing their positions of power.
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RE: how many of you think this is still about Mr Floyd?
June 24, 2020 at 9:43 am
How, and to whom?
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RE: how many of you think this is still about Mr Floyd?
June 24, 2020 at 9:44 am
Pay attention to the news.
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RE: how many of you think this is still about Mr Floyd?
June 24, 2020 at 9:47 am
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I do, I gather that you do as well. It's a realization that ought to be simple and easy to put into words, as I'm sure it will be between us. The odd thing about it, exemplified by the neverending cascade of threads on this board and others, and also arguments between pundits on the news.....is that it seems alot more difficult for many of us to say than it will be for you or I.
This, too, is a thing that protest movements are highlighting. Not just the presence of this inequity, but our strange inability to name it without hedging and dissimulation. The police are abusive, and they're willing to abuse anyone, but for reasons of practicality and convenience, no one suffers their abuse as much as vulnerable and marginalized communities.
In the end, we'll hang together, or we'll be hung separately. E pluribus unum, and all of that. An offense against any one of us is an offense against us all, and should be treated accordingly. We recently devastated a large swath of the middle east because a handful of randos killed a few people in a big building. We know how to do this, we do it with enthusiasm, and yet...
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RE: how many of you think this is still about Mr Floyd?
June 24, 2020 at 9:49 am
There’s more culpability now that everyone has a cell phone and can film the actions of these corrupt police. Heck, even with video and photo evidence, we still had those higher up in the police force making up lies to cover for the wrongful actions of policemen. We need honest people in power, not corruption.
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RE: how many of you think this is still about Mr Floyd?
June 24, 2020 at 9:56 am
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Honest people are in power. The honesty of an individual person is not capable of demolishing systemic issues. More often, those systemic issues find cover and hide behind those honest people, propped up as arguments against institutional failure.
Changing the drapes does not fix a cracked foundation, wouldn't you agree?
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