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They didnt. They said that protesters demands should be met because theyre protesting a public health crisis and giving in to their demands will alleviate two public health issues.

He just doesnt understand their argument so he posts one sentence of it out of context because he thinks it makes him look smart.

"We don't want no more police."

What did she mean by this?

apparently the going theory is the criminals will police themselves...

I mean idk I just think people in general are stupid and our opinions will change soon enough. As soon as some white lady gets murdered these anti-police sentiments will die down.

I am pretty sure health expert never made the claim you made, but ok

"However, as public health advocates, we do not condemn these gatherings as risky for COVID-19 transmission.

Isnt it weird? Like, isnt all this gathering potentially insanely dangerous? Some people on this board not even 2 months ago were saying this thing is gonna wipe out mankind and decimate the world, now its like no one cares. Protest more important. Its ok to protest but not open up the economy when people are losing their job and businesses are closing everywhere. Theres no consistency to this at all.

Well said. I was thinking about this at work earlier. Has there been any outrage over these protests potentially being hotspots for corona?

First we shut down the economy and put tens of millions out of work. Now hundreds of thousands are packed together in the streets. I dont get it. People upset because they need to work to pay bills are told to stay home and theyre stupid for endangering lives, now those same people who were criticizing are gathering and protesting endangering lives. I dont get it

lol, remember when you were killing your grandmother if you went outside

now you'll get canceled if you don't gather in crowds of thousands

golden era baby

Not sure why people think defunding the police is a radical proposal
https://twitter.com/jourdayen/status/1268485485191745536?s=19

Speak of the devil

There's a lot more to deaths associated with bad policing than just the incidents in the field.

Can anyone argue against the premise that more lives would be saved if there was massive police reform that got people to stop protesting?

Ah, my mistake.

This is normally how I interpret "because".

Do you have a source to back up your claim that they scaled back on testing dramatically in the last couple of days?

For the lest four days, the numbers have looked like they did a month or more ago.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/alabama-coronavirus-cases.html

No idea why.

Conpelling comeback from the dude who didnt understand what their argument was until I thoroughly explained it multiple times. Youre free to your opinion on how much black lives matter

"Black lives matter, just not those lives." --leftist posters ITT

Will more non-voters show up?

I noticed the same people on here who were in favor of excessive and gratuitous lock down periods (e.g. everything closed except grocery stores until there's a vaccine, no leaving your house more than once a week for the next 18 months etc) are the same people cheering on and supporting the mass rioting

And that is related to a virus that has been wrecking the black community how exactly?

Because police killing American citizens is just as much a problem a covid19 killing Americans.

If nothing happens does it not prove the anti-quarantine people right?

Remember that time that Malcolm X lifted a stadium with his mind and dropped it so it surrounded the white house

"cops disproportionately targeting black people happens because they disproportionately target black people" is a really big brain take

Ah yes, its black peoples fault the police are biased against them

I kind of agree in this instance.

Cops have shown that they need more intensive shit to get through their thick heads.

I completely agree with this and sadly it feels like this is something that Bethesda has actually gotten worse at over time.

If I had it my way there would be very few to no factions that you would become the head of. It just feels illogical that someone who has done like 6 quest is now qualified to be the leader of any faction. Likewise the various factions would go back to having skill requirements. And being associated with some factions would bar you from others. Actually give reasons to run different characters or different builds.

And yeah races should have actual impact beyond racial bonuses. Being a Nord in Skyrim should be easier. Being a beast race or elf, particularly Altmer should be harder. Are you a Argoninan and want to go into Windhelm. Maybe you need to sneak about. Maybe you should learn some illusion magic to disguise yourself as a Nord. Even if you think that is too cumbersome, you should initially have to sneak to Ulfric and then have home give you and exemption because of services done for the Stormcloaks.

We're tired of the nonsense. A large and growing amount of Black Americans want their own nation.

They don't feel this system or the majority of whites will ever change and they're tired of living as "minorities". As a subjugated group of people subject to the wills of the greater society. The same conversations and issues of the 1960s are still happening today. 100 years longer of the same status is unacceptable for us

These riots are bigger than George Floyd and that's what the media and the "elite" class of Black socialites are not getting across to the masses. Blacks want a true and full and complete freedom.

Just that mentality that we must appease white people so that the white supremacists wont get mad and murder us is the main problem. That idea is old. How would you feel living like that 24/7. Would you truly feel free? Would you feel that this country truly has your back and truly works for you? Imagine from age 5 to 25 everything you learn in school is antithetical to your true culture, and does not represent your real history.

The same way many feel when those Confederate statues come down and when they see these Black Lives Matter signs everywhere is the same way we feel 24/7. Many whites feel their culture and history is being erased. I understand it, that's how we have lived all our lives here. We want better for ourselves and our future generations. If that cant be done here, then it has to be in a nation of our own. That's the true reason why this social unrest is happening.

People don't want handouts or welfare. They want capital so they can build a sustainable economic ecosystem of their own and be totally independent. Then once it's established there's no need for any handouts or assistance programs. Assistance programs aren't the solution

Black Americans aren't trying to live in fear. If anything that is reason why many call for separation because even the freedom of political expression is threatened with violence from racist groups. If we can't have a full and complete freedom in peace while "integrated". Then separation is a logical conclusion

Tell me, is it discrimination to discriminate against discrimination?

Way too broad; this applies to many things. This suggests that, as an example, all governments are fascist.

Is standing up to hate speech bullying? Is calling out racism and racists bullying? Do people have the right to boycott businesses or suggest people boycott businesses?

I won't defend the punching or the bike lock, but what about everything else?

The state is a contiguous entity. Claims against it don't expire. Just a few days ago the last Civil War pension was just paid out. Reparations isn't just about slavery but Jim Crow and the years of inequality. From the early 1900s to now Blacks lost 10+ million acres of land due to violent mob attacks forcing people to migrate from the South to the North. All of that has an impact. It would be for Black Wall Street. It would be for the MOVE bombing. (In 1985 Philadelphia bombed a Black community movement that focused on repatriation back to Africa) . It's for all our assassinated Civil Rights leaders. Martin Luther King. Malcolm X etc.

Reparations isn't stealing anything from anyone. Its giving us back what we rightfully our owed. And with it we can build communities for ourselves where we wouldn't need welfare, or any police from the main society, we could do it all for ourselves.

Statements show that some Americans care more about taxes than our lives and freedom. Tax money goes to Israel, the EU NATO etc. And nobody complained about it. The Marshall plan rebuilt Europe after WW2. Our people fought in that war. (My grandfather did). Europe for rebuilt. Japan got rebuilt, but after all the damage done to us people still tell us suck it up you get nothing. That's disrespectful and not right at all.

That's fucking horseshit, if anyone would be taxed the most, it'd be white Americans and they're the ones who benefited the most, by far, from slavery. I don't think that's racist in the least, to ask for everyone in America to chip in to pay blacks what they're owed.

There's no pool of white people's tax money. Everybody gets taxed.

Oh shit, that's a good point too. With most of the Democratic nominees for the 2020 election supporting reparations, I really think they're probably inevitable by this point, though idk if ol' Biden will actually bother with them. I don't even know if I want him to support them just because I feel like he'd half-ass the shit out of it. But it's fucking crazy how America has awarded reparations to Japanese-Americans and not African-Americans, no offense to the former.