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Absolute nonsense. I was there, repeatedly. They shot first and either then made an announcement or never made one. Example: they announced a curfew via text a

Absolute nonsense. I was there, repeatedly. They shot first and either then made an announcement or never made one. Example: they announced a curfew via text a few minutes before it went into effect. Many didn't get this because they didn't have their phones with them. Tear gas and flashbangs had already been deployed with zero warnings from police. It is not helpful or okay to assert such falsehoods with confidence.

jessaustin 6y ago
Larry has been reading some very reputable stoke-the-racial-fear blogs!
- lawnchair_larry 6y ago
  That’s a pretty disgusting and shameful comment.
  - jessaustin 6y ago
    No, it's not. I did a search for the string "lawnchair_larry" on this, the second page (i.e. the low-quality page) of comments on this story. It shows up 15 times. Then I went to the third page (i.e. the really low-quality page), opened all the hidden "[more]" subthreads, searched again, and found the string another 10 times. (Nothing showed up on the first page!) You have a lot to say. I read quite a few of these excretions, and found nothing but prejudice, misinformation, conspiracy theories, and unwarranted fear. You should better educate yourself about the situation in this nation and you should be a better person. The fact that you feel more empathy for abusive white cops than for their minority victims is a fact about you, not about the world.
    - arkis22 6y ago
      shame on you for judging the quality of a post based on its page number on hacker news. it's like you couldn't be more shallow if you tried. if you call someone racist don't back down.
    - lawnchair_larry 6y ago
      Wow, those are some serious charges! Ok, I’ll bite. It’s racist, by the way, to point out the cops race. So that tells us a little about you. I challenge you to show me a single example of: 1) A conspiracy theory 2) Prejudice 3) Misinformation 4) Racism 5) Feeling more empathy for abusive cops (of any race) than their victims (of any race). All my info is either from primary sources, actual data, documentation, or first hand knowledge, not news or blogs, so no need to get cute with the snark. Try to have an adult discussion?
      - jessaustin 6y ago
        No one relevant agrees with your tired attempt to redefine the word "racist". By the way like 90% of all the white Americans I've ever met I certainly have done and said racist things. It isn't the end of the world, to admit that. Apologize and move on. Don't persist in error. I can't believe you've trolled me into this. Twenty minutes of my life, down the drain: 1) conspiracy theory https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278860 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278860 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278910 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278910 2) Prejudice https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24279521 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24279521 3) Misinformation https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24284118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24284118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24286768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24286768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283558 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283558 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278990 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278990 4) Racism 5) Feeling more empathy for abusive cops (of any race) than their victims (of any race). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24284044 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24284044 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283587 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283587 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278990 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278990 6) Unwarranted fear https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278910 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278910
arkis22 6y ago
You were in both portland and seattle? have you considered your correlation to madness? Is it a 100% correlation? I'm sorry, but are you saying protesters didn't have their phones on them? As opposed to literally every other protester who is filming every unfortunate human interaction at every protest?

jessaustin 6y ago

Larry has been reading some very reputable stoke-the-racial-fear blogs!

lawnchair_larry 6y ago
That’s a pretty disgusting and shameful comment.
- jessaustin 6y ago
  No, it's not. I did a search for the string "lawnchair_larry" on this, the second page (i.e. the low-quality page) of comments on this story. It shows up 15 times. Then I went to the third page (i.e. the really low-quality page), opened all the hidden "[more]" subthreads, searched again, and found the string another 10 times. (Nothing showed up on the first page!) You have a lot to say. I read quite a few of these excretions, and found nothing but prejudice, misinformation, conspiracy theories, and unwarranted fear. You should better educate yourself about the situation in this nation and you should be a better person. The fact that you feel more empathy for abusive white cops than for their minority victims is a fact about you, not about the world.
  - arkis22 6y ago
    shame on you for judging the quality of a post based on its page number on hacker news. it's like you couldn't be more shallow if you tried. if you call someone racist don't back down.
  - lawnchair_larry 6y ago
    Wow, those are some serious charges! Ok, I’ll bite. It’s racist, by the way, to point out the cops race. So that tells us a little about you. I challenge you to show me a single example of: 1) A conspiracy theory 2) Prejudice 3) Misinformation 4) Racism 5) Feeling more empathy for abusive cops (of any race) than their victims (of any race). All my info is either from primary sources, actual data, documentation, or first hand knowledge, not news or blogs, so no need to get cute with the snark. Try to have an adult discussion?
    - jessaustin 6y ago
      No one relevant agrees with your tired attempt to redefine the word "racist". By the way like 90% of all the white Americans I've ever met I certainly have done and said racist things. It isn't the end of the world, to admit that. Apologize and move on. Don't persist in error. I can't believe you've trolled me into this. Twenty minutes of my life, down the drain: 1) conspiracy theory https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278860 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278860 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278910 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278910 2) Prejudice https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24279521 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24279521 3) Misinformation https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24284118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24284118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24286768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24286768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278879 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283558 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283558 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278990 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278990 4) Racism 5) Feeling more empathy for abusive cops (of any race) than their victims (of any race). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24284044 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24284044 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283587 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24283587 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278990 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278990 6) Unwarranted fear https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278910 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24278910

arkis22 6y ago

You were in both portland and seattle? have you considered your correlation to madness? Is it a 100% correlation? I'm sorry, but are you saying protesters didn't have their phones on them? As opposed to literally every other protester who is filming every unfortunate human interaction at every protest?