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One act of injustice, or centuries of injustice?

CryptoPunk 6y ago
At what point does brutalizing innocent people become a justified response to injustice? The answer is at no point. Any way, from what I recall 350,000 white men died fighting for the Union, in a civil war to end an institution that had existed since the beginning of human culture, and that continued to be practiced all around the world into the 20th century until imperialist powers ended it.
- sosborn 6y ago
  I’m not justifying anything. I’m simply pointing out the absurd false equivalence.
  - CryptoPunk 6y ago
    I thought the riots were about the abuse inflicted upon George Floyd. Sorry for not being adequately sensitive. I think you're over-reacting a bit and it shows misplaced priorities.
    - bluntfang 6y ago
      >I thought the riots were about the abuse inflicted upon George Floyd. Ah yes the old "i can only remember 1 event at a time" defense
      - CryptoPunk 6y ago
        Your accusation lacks the generosity of a benefit of the doubt. It could be the fact that George Floyd's death triggered the movement, that his character figured centrally in it, and hashtags of his name were the primary symbol of it. But instead you take the typical high handed approach of the moral elitist movement.
        bluntfang 6y ago
        so many words, so much lack of substance. If I believe your claims were genuine I may have been more generous, but you're woefully ill equipped to have this discussion if you think this is only about George Floyd.
        CryptoPunk 6y ago
        What an incredibly smug, intolerant response. Your extreme belligerence and indignation is totally irresponsible.
        selykg 6y ago
        Don't bother engaging this guy. I've seen his posts repeatedly on here and he's just a troll as far as I can tell.
        CryptoPunk 6y ago
        People disagreeing with you is not what a troll means.
        bluntfang 6y ago
        oh you're that guy who got mad when I called you an asshole for being an asshole! I remember now!
        dang 6y ago
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        dang 6y ago
        You can't post like this here, nor https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25531266 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25531266, nor https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25550577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25550577. We ban accounts that do that. I'm not going to ban you right now because I don't see a long history of breaking the site guidelines, but please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use HN as intended— thoughtful, curious conversation, without swipes and attacks—from now on.

At what point does brutalizing innocent people become a justified response to injustice? The answer is at no point. Any way, from what I recall 350,000 white men died fighting for the Union, in a civil war to end an institution that had existed since the beginning of human culture, and that continued to be practiced all around the world into the 20th century until imperialist powers ended it.

sosborn 6y ago
I’m not justifying anything. I’m simply pointing out the absurd false equivalence.
- CryptoPunk 6y ago
  I thought the riots were about the abuse inflicted upon George Floyd. Sorry for not being adequately sensitive. I think you're over-reacting a bit and it shows misplaced priorities.
  - bluntfang 6y ago
    >I thought the riots were about the abuse inflicted upon George Floyd. Ah yes the old "i can only remember 1 event at a time" defense
    - CryptoPunk 6y ago
      Your accusation lacks the generosity of a benefit of the doubt. It could be the fact that George Floyd's death triggered the movement, that his character figured centrally in it, and hashtags of his name were the primary symbol of it. But instead you take the typical high handed approach of the moral elitist movement.
      - bluntfang 6y ago
        so many words, so much lack of substance. If I believe your claims were genuine I may have been more generous, but you're woefully ill equipped to have this discussion if you think this is only about George Floyd.
        CryptoPunk 6y ago
        What an incredibly smug, intolerant response. Your extreme belligerence and indignation is totally irresponsible.
        selykg 6y ago
        Don't bother engaging this guy. I've seen his posts repeatedly on here and he's just a troll as far as I can tell.
        CryptoPunk 6y ago
        People disagreeing with you is not what a troll means.
        bluntfang 6y ago
        oh you're that guy who got mad when I called you an asshole for being an asshole! I remember now!
        dang 6y ago
        We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the site guidelines with flamewar, personal attacks, and ideological battle, and ignoring our many requests to stop. Not cool. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        dang 6y ago
        You can't post like this here, nor https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25531266 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25531266, nor https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25550577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25550577. We ban accounts that do that. I'm not going to ban you right now because I don't see a long history of breaking the site guidelines, but please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use HN as intended— thoughtful, curious conversation, without swipes and attacks—from now on.