Current Affairs George Floyd and Minneapolis Unrest
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Ihaters
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It's terrible this guy died, but in light of the current situation, these riots are f.ing stupid.
Approaching 7m cases of Covid and 400,000 deaths, yet thousands of people are defying lockdown and taking to the streets.
It's mental, not as mental as the ironically self defeating protests against lockdown mind you, but just as stupid imo.
Approaching 7m cases of Covid and 400,000 deaths, yet thousands of people are defying lockdown and taking to the streets.
It's mental, not as mental as the ironically self defeating protests against lockdown mind you, but just as stupid imo.
Ihaters
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Any one of those amazing hero protestors may of just been directly/indirectly responsible for killing several people.
I too am concerned about the coronavirus risk linked to the protests, posted about it multiple times including the post immediately after the one you quoted.
Blueclouds
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Its crazy and totally selfish. It's so.ironic that their protests about black lives matter but at the same time putting all lives at risk at the same time.
Blueclouds
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Can you imagine if the police went on strike in the us. It would end up like the purge.
Is protesting during a pandemic a good idea ?
It might go somehwere to showing their frustration and anger that they are willing to protest at this time.
That twitter thread goes someway to explaining why it is not as big as problem as some would make out
That twitter thread goes someway to explaining why it is not as big as problem as some would make out
What has that got to do with the nonsense you posted that i replied to?
You are asking me that to deflect how terrible that post you made was.
Let me remind you....
" Just find it strange that our tree hugging sandal wearers seem to pick and choose there protests which are usually political or currently news worthy. "
That's what you said.
What has the above got to do with whether people are protesting during a pandemic. You not once mentioned that in this thread nor did i reply to that type of talk from you.
You insulted left leaning folk and are changing directions because several people called you out.
To answer the question though. Sure it's not wise to protest during a pandemic especially if guidelines are being ignored. But There are places where people have tried to keep distance and wear masks. So many are trying. Some things to some people are worth protesting. What do you want them to wait for a year or so and let the cops still act out the way they have been doing?
Now again it's a bit nuts to go out in groups but these folk who are protesting felt very frustrated and wanted to be heard while the issue is hot. They want justice. how long should they wait to have the cops attitudes change? Tell me you seem to have the answers
Have you forgotten that you only brought up covid in the london thread and oddly talked about Dalian Atkinson in this thread?
That would be a massive effort on their parts.
It's not just one force. There are thousands of forces. Literally every state has many forces. Major metropolitan areas have their own force and sometimes can have up to two forces. Ports (Airports and Harbors) in large cities have their own force. Then most cities have their own force. Not forgetting the sheriffs, highway patrols, state police, park ranger and wildlife protection (yes they are deputized in some states). All sorts of police agencies.
Where i live there are 5 cities close together. 3 of them have their own forces and the other 2 use Sheriffs. There are also the highway patrol. Apart from the cities with the Sheriffs the others are independent of each other.
Some states have a variant to the FBI that work with closely with the cops like GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation).
It would take a lot and i mean a lot for every single force in every state to suddenly pick up and go on strike.
Oh and a lot of them can't go on strike as their state prohibits striking.
NilSatisOptimum
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Don't see any difference with the people who crammed themselves onto the beaches and various beauty areas in the recent sunny warm weather...
Well that's ok then, let's out more pressure on the n.h.s. and cause a few more deaths.
In the US, African American men have a 1/1000 chance of dying at the hands of police.
For those under 50 (which is a fair reflection of the demographic of those protesting) the risk of dying from Covid *if* they catch it is about 1/500. That number is based on confirmed cases so the chances are likely to be much lower than that but we’ll use 1/500 for the sake of argument. So let’s just say they have a 50/50 chance of catching the virus if they are outside and wearing a mask (which is probably way too high at the moment).
Effectively, for a young black man, the risk of dying at the hands of police isn’t a million miles away from them dying of covid.
Now you could argue that they might want to think a little more about other people, older people who are more vulnerable. But why should they? Evidence would suggest people don’t really care about them.
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