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- Thread starter Mirah
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I get that you're talking triage, metaphorically -- but the metaphor you're using doesn't reflect the stats. A more accurate metaphor is that they've all got head trauma. In the house fire metaphor, it's the whole neighborhood -- so whose house should the firefighters not bother with?
Again, look at the stats -- bad cops victimize people without regard to race pretty much equally. The single out one race and say, "well, it only really matters when it happens to them" is, itself, a racist position.
I'm not religious, either, so it means less than nothing to me what a medieval fantasy novel based on some ancient cult formed around a delusional nutball has to say about it.
It doesn't fit the narrative, so it gets little local coverage. It sure as shit doesn't fuel a week long Outrage-A-Thon for NBCNMSNBCPUSA, so of course the perception is that it doesn't happen.
There's systemic racism, all right, but as is always true of systemic racism, it's the racism the targets of which are approved of, when it's acknowledged at all.
"White people have it comin' to 'em," is just another way to say, well, it's okay to do it to Those People.
And since I anticipate an Ancuckagon appearance in here where he'll assure us that mainstream media bias is a myth, contrast the media's treatment of the CHAZ occupation versus their treatment of the Bundy (and supporters) occupation of that Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. The media wanted the Bundy crowd to get the Waco treatment; CHAZ is just a "block party".
jack
The Legendary Troll King
I get where you're coming from. I was surprised by CHAD, but the alternative was total destruction. I was watching some live feeds and the cops were fucked in that situation. They were smart. It's amazing to see hippie (yippie) culture sprout suddenly from the ashes but that's what's happening in CHAZ. We might just let them try to figure this shit out. The stuff i've seen is interesting. Pretty low key with the cops banned and the mike live.
Starship Coyote
Coyote Rising
Were I Trump, I'd send in the 82nd and start knocking heads because this is sorta kinda insurrection and open rebellion on US soil.
But I imagine Trump has advisors cautioning him to chill the fuck down while all these protests are going on.
But I imagine Trump has advisors cautioning him to chill the fuck down while all these protests are going on.
Yep. This is bait. They're trying to get Trump to do exactly what you suggest so they can play the "Orange Man Dictator!" card. He's not falling for it.
