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I find it funny that we expect black Americans to peacefully protest. "Please use this system of peaceful protest that hasn't worked for you since forever." LA

I find it funny that we expect black Americans to peacefully protest. "Please use this system of peaceful protest that hasn't worked for you since forever." LA was 92, we're almost 30 years to the year. Has anything changed? Do you tell HK protestors to write a letter to the CCP instead? It's such a double-standard.

virmundi 6y ago
Have the blacks voted out those in power and positions to change things? Nope. Democrats all the way. Hell, Biden said if you’re black and you vote anything other than Democrat, you ain’t black.
- dhagz 6y ago
  Let's look at demographics and voting districts in Minneapolis. I'm willing to bet there's at least a little gerrymandering to suppress the black vote. It's hard to stand together and make your voice heard when the system is being designed to do exactly the opposite.
  - virmundi 6y ago
    The parent was referring the LA riots.
    - cma 6y ago
      LA has a white majority. Felony prisoners aren’t allowed to vote, and are disproportionately black relative to the demographics and especially to the population affected by police brutality.
- nicwolff 6y ago
  No, he didn't. He said "If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black."
  - a_tractor 6y ago
    Is this your attempt at "defending the narrative"? Because what you just said... its actually worse? I mean, it doesn't get more literal than that. Why does Joe Biden get a pass on the "white guy arrogantly dictating what is and is not permissible for blacks"? I don't know if its possible to be more delusional or cognitively dissonant. I mean, wow. That's almost on the level of LBJ's "we''ll have those * voting Democrat for the next 100 years." Talk about a "great society."
- patagurbon 6y ago
  It's hardly fair to ask a minority to simply vote out their oppressors, they're a minority... For political parties it's a real stretch to blame the Democrats. There's a reason the black vote is heavily Democratic, because their programs actually do help minority communities. But it's difficult to do with a majority Republican Congress for most of two decades and a majority "conservative" SCOTUS. Now Democrats are far from perfect. But they are at least better than the alternatives.
badRNG 6y ago
I'd argue the situation has gotten significantly worse since '92. Post-9/11, especially in the early to mid '00s, there was this fetishization of the military and military aesthetic in American culture that had changed the public's appetite towards militarized police. It is important to consider that a significant portion of the public thinks "the troops" aren't going far enough to end the protests in Minneapolis.
- vkou 6y ago
  > It is important to consider that a significant portion of the public thinks "the troops" aren't going far enough to end the protests in Minneapolis. It should be noted that most mainland Chinese shared that same opinion, with respect to Hong Kong.
nightski 6y ago
Honestly I've been watching the protests and it's not black people rioting. It's a diverse group of black, Caucasian, and other minorities. In fact, I saw the arsonist that set the police department on fire and it was a Caucasian male. This is not a group of African Americans rioting in protest. It's a diverse bunch of a bad actors ruining a community. The protesters themselves seem rather peaceful.

virmundi 6y ago

Have the blacks voted out those in power and positions to change things? Nope. Democrats all the way. Hell, Biden said if you’re black and you vote anything other than Democrat, you ain’t black.

dhagz 6y ago
Let's look at demographics and voting districts in Minneapolis. I'm willing to bet there's at least a little gerrymandering to suppress the black vote. It's hard to stand together and make your voice heard when the system is being designed to do exactly the opposite.
- virmundi 6y ago
  The parent was referring the LA riots.
  - cma 6y ago
    LA has a white majority. Felony prisoners aren’t allowed to vote, and are disproportionately black relative to the demographics and especially to the population affected by police brutality.
nicwolff 6y ago
No, he didn't. He said "If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black."
- a_tractor 6y ago
  Is this your attempt at "defending the narrative"? Because what you just said... its actually worse? I mean, it doesn't get more literal than that. Why does Joe Biden get a pass on the "white guy arrogantly dictating what is and is not permissible for blacks"? I don't know if its possible to be more delusional or cognitively dissonant. I mean, wow. That's almost on the level of LBJ's "we''ll have those * voting Democrat for the next 100 years." Talk about a "great society."
patagurbon 6y ago
It's hardly fair to ask a minority to simply vote out their oppressors, they're a minority... For political parties it's a real stretch to blame the Democrats. There's a reason the black vote is heavily Democratic, because their programs actually do help minority communities. But it's difficult to do with a majority Republican Congress for most of two decades and a majority "conservative" SCOTUS. Now Democrats are far from perfect. But they are at least better than the alternatives.

badRNG 6y ago

I'd argue the situation has gotten significantly worse since '92. Post-9/11, especially in the early to mid '00s, there was this fetishization of the military and military aesthetic in American culture that had changed the public's appetite towards militarized police. It is important to consider that a significant portion of the public thinks "the troops" aren't going far enough to end the protests in Minneapolis.

vkou 6y ago
> It is important to consider that a significant portion of the public thinks "the troops" aren't going far enough to end the protests in Minneapolis. It should be noted that most mainland Chinese shared that same opinion, with respect to Hong Kong.

nightski 6y ago

Honestly I've been watching the protests and it's not black people rioting. It's a diverse group of black, Caucasian, and other minorities. In fact, I saw the arsonist that set the police department on fire and it was a Caucasian male. This is not a group of African Americans rioting in protest. It's a diverse bunch of a bad actors ruining a community. The protesters themselves seem rather peaceful.