Current Affairs George Floyd and Minneapolis Unrest

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Pretty big move by NASCAR here, may seem like nothing to the average person but given the sports history and association with the flag it's a pretty big deal.

Shame it took so long but still...

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longers said:
Pretty big move by NASCAR here, may seem like nothing to the average person but given the sports history and association with the flag it's a pretty big deal.

Shame it took so long but still...

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I never understood these Confederate flag types. I hate that flag. Hated it for decades before all this stuff popped off. It's a shame it took this and not years, of black americans simply pointing out that it is offensive to them.

My dad went to college in South Carolina in the 70s. Was always called a Yankee, and got a bunch of crap.

I went to school in Texas, got less of it, but still got it as a New Yorker. I'd see the flag on trucks, people driving around with "sons of confederate veterans" license plate frames.

They always say this is our history. Pretend like they are more patriotic than everyone else. But they are representing the biggest rebellion against the union, a culture of the worst oppression. I just don't understand it. People were burning that flag at protests in my city, not usually a fan of flag burning of any kind. But I didn't mind it at all.

Everything that flag stands for is wrong. It's like doubling down on being on the wrong side of history
 
Yank said:
I never understood these Confederate flag types. I hate that flag. Hated it for decades before all this stuff popped off. It's a shame it took this and not years, of black americans simply pointing out that it is offensive to them.

My dad went to college in South Carolina in the 70s. Was always called a Yankee, and got a bunch of crap.

I went to school in Texas, got less of it, but still got it as a New Yorker. I'd see the flag on trucks, people driving around with "sons of confederate veterans" license plate frames.

They always say this is our history. Pretend like they are more patriotic than everyone else. But they are representing the biggest rebellion against the union, a culture of the worst oppression. I just don't understand it. People were burning that flag at protests in my city, not usually a fan of flag burning of any kind. But I didn't mind it at all.

Everything that flag stands for is wrong. It's like doubling down on being on the wrong side of history
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Mind sharing where you went to school in Texas?
 
Ruairi77 said:
seriously tho, I'm not sure what process happens that leads a whole heap of Irish Americans to end up like this fella.
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Careful now, there's SJW on here, I used the word bunch to describe people on here yesterday, and got criticised for it, I'm not too sure if they'd take kindly to using the word heap, you have to be very careful with your words these days too many taking too much offence to words.
 
Yank said:
I never understood these Confederate flag types. I hate that flag. Hated it for decades before all this stuff popped off. It's a shame it took this and not years, of black americans simply pointing out that it is offensive to them.

My dad went to college in South Carolina in the 70s. Was always called a Yankee, and got a bunch of crap.

I went to school in Texas, got less of it, but still got it as a New Yorker. I'd see the flag on trucks, people driving around with "sons of confederate veterans" license plate frames.

They always say this is our history. Pretend like they are more patriotic than everyone else. But they are representing the biggest rebellion against the union, a culture of the worst oppression. I just don't understand it. People were burning that flag at protests in my city, not usually a fan of flag burning of any kind. But I didn't mind it at all.

Everything that flag stands for is wrong. It's like doubling down on being on the wrong side of history
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It's obvious why - acceptable racism and race baiting
 
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Disgusting, though people shouldn't assume that things like this are only happening now - it happens on a fairly regular basis across the country, and has been doing since 1829. The people involved will and should get banged up.

All that has happened here is that someone has filmed it and a media desperate for some excuse to escape their own responsibility for the current situation are pushing it, as seen by how many people refer to the white cop being attacked by black men but rather viewer have pointed out that his colleague isnt white.
 
tsubaki said:
Disgusting, though people shouldn't assume that things like this are only happening now - it happens on a fairly regular basis across the country, and has been doing since 1829. The people involved will and should get banged up.

All that has happened here is that someone has filmed it and a media desperate for some excuse to escape their own responsibility for the current situation are pushing it, as seen by how many people refer to the white cop being attacked by black men but rather viewer have pointed out that his colleague isnt white.
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Are you saying it's not a racist attack due to the police woman?
 
Blueclouds said:
Are you saying it's not a racist attack due to the police woman?
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I am saying it looks a lot like an attack on a cop whilst he is trying to detain someone by other people who get involved. Its horrible, and should absolutely be punished by custodial sentences.

To say its racist though just because the cop is white and the suspects were black is kind of undermined by the fact the other cop - who was also assaulted - isn't white, surely?
 
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