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Can I ask for a little empathy, please? EDIT: What do you think rewarding rioters with political concessions will do the future rational cost-benefit evaluatio
by Kalium 11y ago
Can I ask for a little empathy, please?
EDIT: What do you think rewarding rioters with political concessions will do the future rational cost-benefit evaluations of riots vs peaceful action?
- djcapelis 11y agoFor what, exactly? Someone else's windows being smashed? I've actually had my car window smashed. I assure you, it is a minor inconvenience compared to what black people often experience interacting with law enforcement. What exactly do you think you deserve empathy for? And how long have you lived in Oakland? Were you aware you moved to the city where the Black Panthers were founded or are you just thinking you have the right to complain just because you decided to move there?
- Kalium 11y agoI'm well aware of Oakland's history, thank you. I'm asking you to stop and feel empathy for someone whose personal well-being is at needless risk. Is that a thing you care about?
- djcapelis 11y agoYour personal well-being is not at needless risk by living in Oakland. And if you honestly feel that it is, you're the one who should move.
- Kalium 11y agoMy personal well-being is not at needless risk by living in Oakland. My personal well-being is at needless risk by riots occurring in close physical proximity to my location. My apologies for my lack of clarity.
- djcapelis 11y agoNo it is not. You continue to be more at risk of dying while crossing a street than you are by being near or even in a riot in Oaklamd. Your lack of clarity has nothing to do with quibbles over location and everything to do with assessment of risk. Also, if you dislike riots so much and dislike policies which you think might reward them, should San Francisco ban the Giants from competing in the World Series?
- Kalium 11y agoA matter on which we will simply have to disagree, it seems. And don't tempt me with the Giants.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoYou think that rioters are rational people who engage in cost-benefit evaluations before they riot?
- Kalium 11y agoI think people wouldn't make a habit of arguing that riots help solve injustice if it was very clear that riots solved nothing. I, personally, believe that people who think riots help solve social problems are more likely to riot than people who do not hold that belief.