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>If these were white kids we'd publicly shame them, crack down on the worst offenders, and figure out a program to help the rest back on track. They're black so
by Arainach 4y ago
>If these were white kids we'd publicly shame them, crack down on the worst offenders, and figure out a program to help the rest back on track. They're black so we don't, and this is somehow less racist. I do not understand it.
Would we? This is merely grand theft auto, not rape or murder, so why would we treat them worse than Brock Turner or Kyle Rittenhouse? If they were white, why not give them a book deal?
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- defen 4y agoKyle Rittenhouse didn't commit any crimes. Brock Turner received public vitriol commensurate with his crimes; I think a better comparison would be with the hockey player who pushed an empty wheelchair down some stairs. It's indefensible but at the end of the day not the kind of thing that warrants an Internet Week of Hate. Certainly less bad than hundreds of acts of grand theft auto.
- Broken_Hippo 4y agoIt's indefensible but at the end of the day not the kind of thing that warrants an Internet Week of Hate. I'm sorry, but what? Brock Turner was convicted of sexual assault. He served 3 months, and likely gave someone else a lifetime of hurt because he couldn't control his sexual urges to the point he was willing to have sex with an unconscious person. He served 3 months. after being rich enough to post bail and hire decent lawyers. But somehow, he doesn't deserve hate and this is less bad than grand theft auto?
- neurobama 4y ago>He served 3 months. after being rich enough to post bail and hire decent lawyers. This became national news and the judge involved was recalled: https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-132/california-judge-recalled-for-sentence-in-sexual-assault-case/ https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-132/california-judge-... We'll all know Brock Turner's name and his crime for the rest of our lives. I believe this is an exception that proves the rule.
- defen 4y agoI said that Brock Turner got the amount of hate he deserved; I was talking about the guy who pushed an empty wheelchair down the stairs.
- Arainach 4y agoKyle Rittenhouse was not convicted by a Jury, something very different. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was toothless primarily because of its Jury trial clause, which guaranteed that no one violating civil rights would ever be convicted by a jury of their white peers. It's not "self defense" when you arm yourself and drive yourself intentionally into an are trying to create and/or find trouble.
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