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Is the right now truthing out over the murder of George Floyd, an event captured in its entirety on video from multiple angles?

by jhp123 2y ago

archagon 2y ago
The regressive right sees Floyd as a “degenerate”; and in their eyes, nothing done to such a person (up to and including public execution) can be a crime.
- techpeach 2y ago
  It’s sad It felt like this one started out bipartisan and eventually devolved like everything else into the culture war. Not to get all conspiracy-y, but it does t feel like there’s a good reason to do this if you’re not trying to inflame tensions / further divide America.
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago
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  - archagon 2y ago
    I reserve the word "degenerate" for those who dehumanize others.
    - FirmwareBurner 2y ago
      What do you think matters more objectively, the definition from the Oxford Dictionary[1], or whatever definition you came up with in your own head in order to push your narrative? You also did not answer my second question. You sir are NOT arguing in good faith. [1] degenerate: having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.
rsynnott 2y ago
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” (This is a little unfair or at least over-broad, in that there are plenty of movements normally identified as conservative who don’t have this ethos; you wouldn’t catch Merkel indulging in it, say. But it’s not a terrible description of the new/21st century far/right movements.)
krapp 2y ago
The right has always considered the murder of George Floyd to be entirely justified. It has never been even remotely controversial for them. If anything, their only objection is that the police aren't killing more black people more often.
tim333 2y ago
I was curious what the argument is and it seems - the first I saw - that he was following methods he was trained on https://x.com/OwenGregorian/status/1876964172195352954 https://x.com/OwenGregorian/status/1876964172195352954
- jhp123 2y ago
  That's the best they can come up with? Floyd was already handcuffed. No matter, I'm sure Chauvin's innocence will be an established fact within the right-wing canon soon enough. Poor, persecuted Saint Chauvin, railroaded just like the late, great Hannibal Lecter.

Is the right now truthing out over the murder of George Floyd, an event captured in its entirety on video from multiple angles?

by jhp123 2y ago

Is the right now truthing out over the murder of George Floyd, an event captured in its entirety on video from multiple angles?

archagon 2y ago

The regressive right sees Floyd as a “degenerate”; and in their eyes, nothing done to such a person (up to and including public execution) can be a crime.

techpeach 2y ago
It’s sad It felt like this one started out bipartisan and eventually devolved like everything else into the culture war. Not to get all conspiracy-y, but it does t feel like there’s a good reason to do this if you’re not trying to inflame tensions / further divide America.
FirmwareBurner 2y ago
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- archagon 2y ago
  I reserve the word "degenerate" for those who dehumanize others.
  - FirmwareBurner 2y ago
    What do you think matters more objectively, the definition from the Oxford Dictionary[1], or whatever definition you came up with in your own head in order to push your narrative? You also did not answer my second question. You sir are NOT arguing in good faith. [1] degenerate: having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

rsynnott 2y ago

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” (This is a little unfair or at least over-broad, in that there are plenty of movements normally identified as conservative who don’t have this ethos; you wouldn’t catch Merkel indulging in it, say. But it’s not a terrible description of the new/21st century far/right movements.)

krapp 2y ago

The right has always considered the murder of George Floyd to be entirely justified. It has never been even remotely controversial for them. If anything, their only objection is that the police aren't killing more black people more often.

tim333 2y ago

I was curious what the argument is and it seems - the first I saw - that he was following methods he was trained on https://x.com/OwenGregorian/status/1876964172195352954 https://x.com/OwenGregorian/status/1876964172195352954

jhp123 2y ago
That's the best they can come up with? Floyd was already handcuffed. No matter, I'm sure Chauvin's innocence will be an established fact within the right-wing canon soon enough. Poor, persecuted Saint Chauvin, railroaded just like the late, great Hannibal Lecter.