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Fun thing: if this would have happened in east europe the offending country would be sanctioned, and the media in certain eu countries would be frothing at the

Fun thing: if this would have happened in east europe the offending country would be sanctioned, and the media in certain eu countries would be frothing at the mouth over how could such a country has been allowed to join the eu since of course this type of behaviour is imprinted in its culture, and possibly dna. How the perspective changes when it happens in a country with overwhelming power. Turns out human nature does involve corruption and immoral behaviour and it’s up to us to constantly weed it out as it can happen anywhere. But boy does a little bit of power help sway those that will use it as proof that it’s inherent to your ethnicity rather than human nature.

throwawaylinux 3y ago
It's not really the country, it's the politics and power that the media/propaganda machine it is aligned with. If this kind of thing happened in a rural town in a southern state, it would be the same thing. There would be documentaries and opinion pieces and talking heads on television wringing their hands and clutching their pearls. But because it's in the premiere leftist / globalist city and state with a majority-minority police forced headed by a black chief of police, is sanctioned by unions, and all overseen by the Democrat party, the facts are quietly mumbled over, followed by confidently unfounded assertions about how racist this is is insinuations that white supremacy and/or privilege must be behind it. See, at this point admitting anything else implies that their entire platform has been built on lies from stem to stern, or at the very least completely unproven and now failed claims. So they have no choice but to keep digging. Zero introspection. None of this can possibly be the result of any of their failures, it must be due to racism. And as we know from their litany of unfounded claims, only they are qualified to address. It's extremely convenient for them. And every year of failed policies that go by, the more they assert without evidence that racism has continued to become worse.
HWR_14 3y ago
It's bad whether it happens in Eastern Europe or in the US. No one (who doesn't benefit from it) in the US thinks this is a good thing. Meanwhile, this is a corruption thing, not a racist thing. Although corruption tends to invite racism, that's not the primary driver.
amon22 3y ago
The systematic destruction of all democratic institutions in "certain eastern EU countries" is not comparable or relevant here but OK.
- gumballindie 3y ago
  Destruction? There was nothing left to destroy after world war two as there wasn't much left standing. Let alone after the communist cancer that further plagued east europe. There’s only construction in that region and failing to acknowledge that is rather harmful. The toxic mindset of ostracisation, threats, sanctions, slander, and worse, the notion that certain choices are immutable traits of ones culture or folk is what pushes people towards pis, orban, aur, and others.

throwawaylinux 3y ago

It's not really the country, it's the politics and power that the media/propaganda machine it is aligned with. If this kind of thing happened in a rural town in a southern state, it would be the same thing. There would be documentaries and opinion pieces and talking heads on television wringing their hands and clutching their pearls. But because it's in the premiere leftist / globalist city and state with a majority-minority police forced headed by a black chief of police, is sanctioned by unions, and all overseen by the Democrat party, the facts are quietly mumbled over, followed by confidently unfounded assertions about how racist this is is insinuations that white supremacy and/or privilege must be behind it. See, at this point admitting anything else implies that their entire platform has been built on lies from stem to stern, or at the very least completely unproven and now failed claims. So they have no choice but to keep digging. Zero introspection. None of this can possibly be the result of any of their failures, it must be due to racism. And as we know from their litany of unfounded claims, only they are qualified to address. It's extremely convenient for them. And every year of failed policies that go by, the more they assert without evidence that racism has continued to become worse.

HWR_14 3y ago

It's bad whether it happens in Eastern Europe or in the US. No one (who doesn't benefit from it) in the US thinks this is a good thing. Meanwhile, this is a corruption thing, not a racist thing. Although corruption tends to invite racism, that's not the primary driver.

amon22 3y ago

The systematic destruction of all democratic institutions in "certain eastern EU countries" is not comparable or relevant here but OK.

gumballindie 3y ago
Destruction? There was nothing left to destroy after world war two as there wasn't much left standing. Let alone after the communist cancer that further plagued east europe. There’s only construction in that region and failing to acknowledge that is rather harmful. The toxic mindset of ostracisation, threats, sanctions, slander, and worse, the notion that certain choices are immutable traits of ones culture or folk is what pushes people towards pis, orban, aur, and others.