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Your pseudoscientific dismissal of racist policing makes me ashamed to be a part of this community. The fact remains: the patterns of violence perpetrated by p
by perfmode 8y ago
Your pseudoscientific dismissal of racist policing makes me ashamed to be a part of this community.
The fact remains: the patterns of violence perpetrated by police indicate a distinct lack of regard for the value of the lives of people who are black.
It’s incredible how easily a police officer will beat, shoot, or kill a person of color.
And as a person of color myself, I find it alarming and gross when I read comments such as yours.
- stareatgoats 8y ago> Your pseudoscientific dismissal of racist policing Honest question: where did I dismiss racist policing, not to mention pseudoscientifically? I really can't find it. For the record, I agree with all your statements from "The fact remains" and forward up until the last sentence. To clarify FWIW: the problem is not race, it is racism. I find it problematic that the way this database is presented points rather to the former than the latter.
- perfmode 8y agoObserve the sheer number of sound rebuttals to your statements. The variety and depth of your identified misconceptions should compel you to question the body of axioms and ideas on top of which you confidently espouse such demonstrably problematic arguments.
- stareatgoats 8y agoSorry I don't buy that. I realize that race and racism are contentious topics, but we should really be able to discuss them rationally rooted in what is actually said, not based on assumptions, or by referring to number of objections etc. I grant you points for rhetoric elegance with that line though [0], but it would be even more helpful if you would exemplify that assumed body of axioms and ideas (after which I expect to prove you wrong). [0] "the body of axioms and ideas on top of which you confidently espouse such demonstrably problematic arguments"