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Police in the us hold an unbroken history from the runaway slave patrols: https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-and-origins-american-polici

by CamJN 6y ago

Police in the us hold an unbroken history from the runaway slave patrols: https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-and-origins-american-policing https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-a... they also feel that the public are dangerous and need to be suppressed: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/18/thin-blue-line-what-does-american-flag-wit-flag-maker-condemns-use-white-supremacists-charlottesvill/580694001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/18/th...

ASalazarMX 6y ago
Except when the public are idiots complaining against using facemasks to avoid spreading COVID, those are safe.
- aerostable_slug 6y ago
  Remind me how many stores were looted during those protests? How many cars were burned when the heavily armed bozos showed up to complain about common sense C19 measures? They are idiots, but oddly enough they don't seem to attract those who would damage, steal, or destroy other people's property.
  - ASalazarMX 6y ago
    You're right, they're just idiots that spread a pandemic, effectively taking more lives than the riots and looting would. Things would have to be extremely bad before the governments enacted a curfew because of the covidiots. But that's philosophy, the fact is that USA hasn't excised all its racist roots. Your own president sought to fuel civic unrest by tweeting "FREE MINNESOTA!" during the lockdowns, yet it warned that rioters could be shot in more recent tweets. You can say that his hypocrisy comes from following his agenda, yet the troubling issue is that it resonates well among the intended recipients, which are too many TBH.
- mlang23 6y ago
  Do you actually believe calling people "idiots" who do not share your opinion on a matter is a productive way of discussing things? No matter how you might think about the WHO, I'd like to remind you that it is only about 2 weeks ago that the WHO actually changed their opinion on facemasks, now claiming they do actually help. Given that apparently even well-known organisations and experts do not always agree on these (rather new) matters, do you seriously believe it is fair to call the common people that do not agree with your current interpretation "idiots"? Mind you, I am not arguing for or against facemasks. I can't help but notice that the tone you're using here is actually much more part of the problem then you might realize.

by CamJN 6y ago

ASalazarMX 6y ago

Except when the public are idiots complaining against using facemasks to avoid spreading COVID, those are safe.

aerostable_slug 6y ago
Remind me how many stores were looted during those protests? How many cars were burned when the heavily armed bozos showed up to complain about common sense C19 measures? They are idiots, but oddly enough they don't seem to attract those who would damage, steal, or destroy other people's property.
- ASalazarMX 6y ago
  You're right, they're just idiots that spread a pandemic, effectively taking more lives than the riots and looting would. Things would have to be extremely bad before the governments enacted a curfew because of the covidiots. But that's philosophy, the fact is that USA hasn't excised all its racist roots. Your own president sought to fuel civic unrest by tweeting "FREE MINNESOTA!" during the lockdowns, yet it warned that rioters could be shot in more recent tweets. You can say that his hypocrisy comes from following his agenda, yet the troubling issue is that it resonates well among the intended recipients, which are too many TBH.
mlang23 6y ago
Do you actually believe calling people "idiots" who do not share your opinion on a matter is a productive way of discussing things? No matter how you might think about the WHO, I'd like to remind you that it is only about 2 weeks ago that the WHO actually changed their opinion on facemasks, now claiming they do actually help. Given that apparently even well-known organisations and experts do not always agree on these (rather new) matters, do you seriously believe it is fair to call the common people that do not agree with your current interpretation "idiots"? Mind you, I am not arguing for or against facemasks. I can't help but notice that the tone you're using here is actually much more part of the problem then you might realize.