Current Affairs George Floyd and Minneapolis Unrest

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Does violent crimes include slavery?
Rapes?
Lynching men on false accusations?
Firebombing churches?
Preventing men and women from voting based on the color of their skin?
Preventing people access to houses and loans because such were explicitly prohibited *by US law*?

Or are these not violent crimes?

He's clearly a WUM, mate

 

[TheBigEasy]

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences.

www.pnas.org

From reading that I can see that African Americans are twice as likely to be murdered by police, which is terrible. However they are also involved by a much higher ratio in murders and violent crimes so does this not relate.

Im not using this in relation with George floyd by the way as that, a long with countless other murder by the scumbags is an absolute travesty.

I'm just using to try and justify why it isn't a protest in defence of all races.

 

[TheBigEasy]

He's clearly a WUM, mate

What's a WUM?

Wind up merchant ?

 

[RAFUH]

I'll be honest I'm not going to read through 84 pages.

Yep. That will make folks want to engage you in a discussion.
Points for honesty though

 

[Jebus_lives]

What's wrong with that seriously, do they not?

Is the whole point not that it serves to highlight an exception to the rule?

 

[SerenityNigh]

He's clearly a WUM, mate

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lollol

 

[Tony101]

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Videos like that are annoying. I no what’s going on in America an what happened was disgusting. But all lives do matter wether your black white asian Latino what ever we all should be treated the same. it’s actually a sad world that we aren’t we are all humans at the end of the day.

 

[ste d' indica]

dandydan's been ban-dybanned? Smashin.

 

[ste d' indica]

Videos like that are annoying. I no what’s going on in America an what happened was disgusting. But all lives do matter wether your black white asian Latino what ever we all should be treated the same. it’s actually a sad world that we aren’t we are all humans at the end of the day.

That's really the point of the movement mate.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Videos like that are annoying. I no what’s going on in America an what happened was disgusting. But all lives do matter wether your black white asian Latino what ever we all should be treated the same. it’s actually a sad world that we aren’t we are all humans at the end of the day.

Black Lives Matter because what goes without saying is that it's obvious that white lives matter.

So there's no need for All Lives Matter.

Get it?

Think about it as Black Lives (Also) Matter

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Why must people continue to label and divide people? Im a big believer of how can we end racism and discrimination in general when we still continue to divide each other based on colour/religion/sexual orientation etc.

ALL LIVES MATTER

Sooner we all come together and end this petty "I identify as this" the better for humanity.

 

[Pettifogger]

I'm not sure if they are suggesting that; I haven't checked their website as of late. Bellingcat is viewed as independent and they have provided evidence that the far-right is involved. This doesn't meant that some antifa/anarchist pissants are not also involved--I'm certain they are (probably more anarchist than antifa, though). I'm just looking for evidence that antifa are systematically involved to the point where our president is tweeting about it. And I'm not finding that evidence.

I'm not going to fight you on this, but I read the Bellingcat piece (assuming it's the same one) and didn't see any evidence of actual involvement by the far-right. I did see the chatter and the social media portions, but nothing indicative of on the ground involvement. There was some other thing I read/watched about a boogaloo alt-right dude on the scene of one of the protests, but again, nothing about any participation.

I don't think the anarchist/antifa distinction makes sense really, because I don't think there is a real difference here in the states. NYPD counterterror has indicated they have pretty much the full layout/accounting/etc. of how supplies were placed, communication occurred, etc. so I assume we'll get better information ahead. And I'm guessing it won't be right-wingers, but we'll see I suppose.

 

[Blues Harp]

Why must people continue to label and divide people? Im a big believer of how can we end racism and discrimination in general when we still continue to divide each other based on colour/religion/sexual orientation etc.

ALL LIVES MATTER

Sooner we all come together and end this petty "I identify as this" the better for humanity.

Thats the point...yes all lives matter, but its an acknowlegement that black people are more actively discriminated against than white people...you ever faced discrimination because of the colour of your skin?

 

[Walken]

Im not after a row Sis, but I use it all the time, I will not let racists take away my language.

I think its a bit harsh to ban people, many of which have no idea that racist scum have take it from them.

I know you wrote it in caps, but I stumpled upon this message, so I was quite lucky I saw it, others might not be as lucky.

Anyway, as I say, im not trying to be an arsehole, just that for most of us it still very much means OK.

he knew what he was doing, he wasn't scuba diving

 

[coollino]

Why must people continue to label and divide people? Im a big believer of how can we end racism and discrimination in general when we still continue to divide each other based on colour/religion/sexual orientation etc.

ALL LIVES MATTER

Sooner we all come together and end this petty "I identify as this" the better for humanity.

But as, I assume a white male, you never really have to be aware of you identity as our indentity never really affects us.