OT 100% NOT the Official Off-Topic/Politics/Corona Thread
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I get heated like everyone else here, it's a weakness, i agree
because the issue is overblown, and is being used as an excuse for people to act like animals and ruin peoples lives. Its not ok, regardless of the color of your skin. Its just not.
When your logo is a giant target, you’re basically asking for it.
I like you, Nikki, but this is the stuff that paints a target on your back.
If you say so. But you're not going to change my mind. Police brutality and racial discrimination, whether it's concious or not, is a problem in america.
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If only we had stronger leadership in Washington the roots might not be happening. I wonder if the world is laughing at us for what's going on in Minneapolis.
Can either be fixed with destroying and stealing private property?
Do you think the looters in MN are noble for their actions?
it got worse after all these racists whities elected a black man as president. But many still believe he was such a great leader. Dude did nothing but set racial issues back decades and hes lauded for it as a hero. Truly the scum of the earth
I never said I disagreed with your point, nor did I try to change your mind.
You replied with a graph disputing his claim that actually in no way disputed his claim, then changed the argument. Often times that's where the heat comes from.
No reason to reply. I won't quote you or have a conversation with you itt going forward.
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but given the history of our nation the two things are going to go hand in hand. I get where you are coming from but try to see it from a different perspective
how many years do we have to pay for the sins of the white guys before us? I mean, holy shit, we live in a world where we have to apologize for our skin color. Ive never been racially negative towards anyone in my entire life. its been 250 years since the civil war, when does it end? Do we have to wait until white people are a minority for it to end?
The first black president set race relations back decades and is the scum of the earth. Truly galaxy level brain stuff from you Lefty.
Race relations have always been horrible, but due to the internet and everyone being a cameraman, they are out in the open for everyone to see now
A lot of people are still alive today that had to deal with segregation. It’s not like the oppression ended with the civil war. Nobody is making you apologize for being white...have you ever? I haven’t.
Those people aren't the ones acting a fool now, are they? Their lives have gotten better with time. This isnt something that's an overnight fix, but it will never get fixed with the mindsets we have today. White people contribute as much to it as blacks
Their lives may be socially better and financially better but they still have to teach their children and grandchildren to be afraid of the police.
Blake Griffin is the most athletic white guy ever.
They don't, they choose to
2 quick google searches showed me that blacks make up 13.4% of the population(2017) and 13.7% of the police force in America. Cops don't become cops because they want to harm or kill black people, but as long as its an accepted narrative, nothing will get better
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Trump is so deranged, he even tweeted the same message from the White House account(which also got flagged). lol. I mean, I can understand tweeting from your own personal account... but to have the official WH account tweeting "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" just seems unreal.
It's honestly the best entertainment on the internet for me at the moment. It's today's paradox: an ignorant know-it-all who is constantly wrong about the things they advocate for as experts in that field.
The following are simply facts:
1) There are 198 million White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, persons in the US
2) There are 44 million Black or African American alone, persons in the US
3) Looking at the FBI reports from 2016, 2017, & 2018, for violent crimes (murder and rape) AA commit 10,236 incidents/year & Wh commit 16,628 incidents/year
4) Therefore, using the assumption one individual committed only one crime (which we know is inaccurate; however, the average should be synonymous for both), per 100,000 citizens, 23.264 AA individuals commit a violent crime and 8.398 Wh individuals comit a violent crime.
5) Over the last three complete reporting cycles (2017,18,19), there are have been 1,226 White deaths & 667 African American Deaths by police officer
6) Therefore, per 100,000 individuals, 0.206 Wh are killed by police over the last three years and 0.505 AA are killed by police over the last three years.
7) Therefore, of the 23.264 AA/100k that commit violent crimes, 2.17% are shot by police. For Wh, of the 8.398 Wh/100k that commit violent crimes, 2.45%.
In summation, per violent crime and adjusting for population density, AA are 11.4% safer than their Wh counterparts committing the same crimes.
I can't speak to any atrocities that have gone on in our countries past as my exposure to the black community is limited to in laws and close friends rather than life experiences. However, I can point to facts that show statements like, "black americans are unfairly targeted, harmed and murdered," are not only patently false, but ignorantly proclaimed as fact.
That is all.
I do try eezy, and is our right to protest. I just don’t see how destroying personal property furthers the cause.
BTW, I think it was murder
Hit the protestors with a lil gratata and I bet they stop trying to burn shit to the ground
100% agreed. I think that's what people assume with this issue: you disagree that all police are bad; therefore, you think this/these police officer(s) is/are good. These guys will get charged with manslaughter, no doubt. In the line of duty, they exerted force far beyond necessary and caused a man to die. No other way around it.
Looting starts, shooting starts, is not meaning literal bullets (unless it really comes to that). It’s military force/reinforcement. Putting the NG boots on ground in Tri Cities is what they’re going to do and it’s going intimidate tf outta everyone. As soon as a civilian fires a shot (it’ll happen) the forces that be will fire back. Play stupid games like burning down businesses that have nothing to do with this deal, win stupid prizes. Kinda like a Chuckee Cheese for ruhturds.
Technically it has been 155 years although I know the number of years is not the point you were trying to make.
I don’t think so. I can understand where Doyle is coming from. The big issue is that cops keep getting away with it (regardless of race). This time may be different...I hope it is.
yep, math is hard. Thanks for the correction
My generalization is not a reflection on your opinion, just an observation. I honestly don't know how you can stop these one offs, though. Almost 3 Million people die a year in the US, a handful of hate crimes are awful and you never can condone them and/or stop trying to rid your society of them; but how do you completely alter protocols to read the minds of the prejudice people you may be hiring?
Worst part is this is only going to get worse. A very large part of what’s happening comes from a global monetary system that is completely broken. It gets far worse from here.
