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Everything has hit max politicalization. Example serial killer arrested in Florida admits to multiple murders Somehow this story is now a look into whether th

Everything has hit max politicalization. Example serial killer arrested in Florida admits to multiple murders Somehow this story is now a look into whether the guilty party was a white supremacist and if this qualifies as a hate crime. Somehow a psycho serial killer story is now not good enough ... we need to dig deep and see if this shows a larger problem will white nation supremacists committing hate crimes against asians and other groups?

MikeUt 6y ago
Well it's only fair. After all, any time a black person murders a white person, the media also digs deep to see if this shows a larger problem of black people committing hate crimes against others, and if our society systemically encourages hate against whites.
- loopz 6y ago
  I suppose this is irony, but introspection is problematic in minorities, perpetuating a bad situation. Ie. you'll find much worse racism in most foreign countries. They just don't acknowledge it yet. It's not on the radar. Doesn't mean hostile behaviour is ever ok.
- yesco 6y ago
  Hate to be that guy, but you could you list some examples of this? I genuinely do not recall any time this has happened so even just a single example would be fine (from a mainstream news outlet).
- _-david-_ 6y ago
  This is sarcasm right?
- jariel 6y ago
  "any time a black person murders a white person, the media also digs deep to see if this shows a larger problem" This is not true. Black-on-White and more so Black-on-Black crime is very common, and nobody ever bothers to put that in context. If they did that, we'd see it on the news every day. In fact - on the local news, you do see faces of 'criminals' presented, and they are very unfortunately disproportionately African American, but they don't really contextualize it, you just see a stream of faces. It's just not true to suggest that the intersectional narrative being pushed has an 'opposite side' that operates in the same manner. The 'opposite' to the intersectional narrative is more or less 'Race is not a factor' - or perhaps 'Race is never a factor' which isn't necessarily positive because that's not the case clearly. In reality - the attempt to cherry pick every event of possible racial characterization into a narrative is a 'fundamental flaw' of 'one side' of the narrative today. The challenge for people wanting to demonstrate racism - is that you need 'examples' and so they make them. If the press ever actually did start to look at real facts of incarceration, conviction, crimes by race - it would be a very hard discussion for them, because it would be entirely out of narrative for everyone's 'side'. It would be nice to have a source of news that did that.
MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago
I'm astounded that the incident your referring to somehow snowballed into being against violence of asians. Like, seriously? He was a deranged psychopath. The fact that he was white and hated asians is irrelevant. No different then Ted Kascinsky, Vegas shooter, or the Columbine kids. If asians didn't exist, they would've targeted some other group. It doesn't matter. This whole "one for all" virtue signaling on social issues thing is just completely out of hand. Common sense would dictate among most people that yeah, cops shouldn't just murder black people. But if I say I disapprove of the way the movement is going I'm suddenly racist. Likewise with this same issue. This is ultimately why I've just shunned political issues almost entirely. Why I vote with dice rolls and whatnot. It's all a farce and None of it matters. It's people with nothing of value clinging to something they think that can make change, which can't/won't and theyre being led to believe it will. Not to mention devoting time and energy for free while wiser people exploit that fact to make money.
thatswrong0 6y ago
... this is the best example you could come up with about polarization?

MikeUt 6y ago

Well it's only fair. After all, any time a black person murders a white person, the media also digs deep to see if this shows a larger problem of black people committing hate crimes against others, and if our society systemically encourages hate against whites.

loopz 6y ago
I suppose this is irony, but introspection is problematic in minorities, perpetuating a bad situation. Ie. you'll find much worse racism in most foreign countries. They just don't acknowledge it yet. It's not on the radar. Doesn't mean hostile behaviour is ever ok.
yesco 6y ago
Hate to be that guy, but you could you list some examples of this? I genuinely do not recall any time this has happened so even just a single example would be fine (from a mainstream news outlet).
_-david-_ 6y ago
This is sarcasm right?
jariel 6y ago
"any time a black person murders a white person, the media also digs deep to see if this shows a larger problem" This is not true. Black-on-White and more so Black-on-Black crime is very common, and nobody ever bothers to put that in context. If they did that, we'd see it on the news every day. In fact - on the local news, you do see faces of 'criminals' presented, and they are very unfortunately disproportionately African American, but they don't really contextualize it, you just see a stream of faces. It's just not true to suggest that the intersectional narrative being pushed has an 'opposite side' that operates in the same manner. The 'opposite' to the intersectional narrative is more or less 'Race is not a factor' - or perhaps 'Race is never a factor' which isn't necessarily positive because that's not the case clearly. In reality - the attempt to cherry pick every event of possible racial characterization into a narrative is a 'fundamental flaw' of 'one side' of the narrative today. The challenge for people wanting to demonstrate racism - is that you need 'examples' and so they make them. If the press ever actually did start to look at real facts of incarceration, conviction, crimes by race - it would be a very hard discussion for them, because it would be entirely out of narrative for everyone's 'side'. It would be nice to have a source of news that did that.

MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago

I'm astounded that the incident your referring to somehow snowballed into being against violence of asians. Like, seriously? He was a deranged psychopath. The fact that he was white and hated asians is irrelevant. No different then Ted Kascinsky, Vegas shooter, or the Columbine kids. If asians didn't exist, they would've targeted some other group. It doesn't matter. This whole "one for all" virtue signaling on social issues thing is just completely out of hand. Common sense would dictate among most people that yeah, cops shouldn't just murder black people. But if I say I disapprove of the way the movement is going I'm suddenly racist. Likewise with this same issue. This is ultimately why I've just shunned political issues almost entirely. Why I vote with dice rolls and whatnot. It's all a farce and None of it matters. It's people with nothing of value clinging to something they think that can make change, which can't/won't and theyre being led to believe it will. Not to mention devoting time and energy for free while wiser people exploit that fact to make money.

thatswrong0 6y ago

... this is the best example you could come up with about polarization?