Current Events > It's disgusting that people are rioting, they should have protested peacefully

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BatmanWTtP
05/29/20 11:18:12 AM
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Cleary then the police and government officials would have listened

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RemixRBG
05/29/20 11:19:47 AM
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Those sons of b####es - Donald Trump
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BudDupree48
05/29/20 11:22:13 AM
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That only made them angrier

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Veggeta X
05/29/20 11:25:47 AM
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Godnorgosh posted...
When liberals think supporting large shoe corporations that depend on sweatshop labor is a better and more effective form of protest against racial injustice than direct action against the perpetrators
That whataboutism

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kingdrake2
05/29/20 11:28:14 AM
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BudDupree48 posted...
That only made them angrier


the crowds anger erupted like the fucking sun. 170 businesses damaged/destroyed and almost toppled over an ambulance (why they did that to a vehicle that helps people) is beyond me.
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BatmanWTtP
05/29/20 11:28:35 AM
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Godnorgosh posted...
When liberals think supporting large shoe corporations that depend on sweatshop labor is a better and more effective form of protest against racial injustice than direct action against the perpetrators
You're right, liberals did learn direct action is better choice, now a city is on fire

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DrizztLink
05/29/20 11:31:36 AM
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Gladius_ posted...
the police station
Why are people not attacking the police station

The one building in town they know is fucking filled with guns

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ThyCorndog
05/29/20 11:31:40 AM
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you basically aren't supposed to protest at all according to some people, whether it's peacefully or not

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Webmaster4531
05/29/20 11:31:44 AM
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Godnorgosh posted...
When liberals think supporting large shoe corporations that depend on sweatshop labor is a better and more effective form of protest against racial injustice than direct action against the perpetrators
We're not the ones who bought new pairs of shoes to burn.
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UnfairRepresent
05/29/20 11:33:03 AM
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Black guy kneels

Outrage

White guy kneels on black guy's neck, killing him

Hey why are you all so angry?
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Antifar
05/29/20 11:33:04 AM
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DrizztLink posted...

Why are people not attacking the police station

The one building in town they know is fucking filled with guns

Also they burned that precinct down
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KFHEWUI
05/29/20 11:33:52 AM
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World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is a good starting point. Those of us who believe in this method can be voices of reason, sanity, and understanding amid the voices of violence, hatred, and emotion. We can very well set a mood of peace out of which a system of peace can be built.

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

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ZMythos
05/29/20 11:35:46 AM
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KFHEWUI posted...
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
They may be deplored, but they are there and should be understood. Urban riots are a special form of violence. They are not insurrections. The rioters are not seeking to seize territory or to attain control of institutions. They are mainly intended to shock the white community. They are a distorted form of social protest. The looting which is their principal feature serves many functions. It enables the most enraged and deprived Negro to take hold of consumer goods with the ease the white man does by using his purse. Often the Negro does not even want what he takes; he wants the experience of taking.

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Ving_Rhames
05/29/20 11:49:19 AM
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DrizztLink posted...
Why are people not attacking the police station

The one building in town they know is fucking filled with guns

They did. The police fled the station.

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DrizztLink
05/29/20 11:57:57 AM
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Webmaster4531
05/29/20 12:01:28 PM
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Godnorgosh posted...
You're right, you (the royal "you") just bought shoes from them as a form of counterprotest, then shamed rioters for being misguided and ineffective
Do you have any proof the increased sales weren't from idiots burning new shoes?
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VipaGTS
05/29/20 12:07:52 PM
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"no not like that!"

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Webmaster4531
05/29/20 12:12:12 PM
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Godnorgosh posted...
What kind of question is this? Obviously it's both.
It's a question asking for proof.
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coolboy11
05/29/20 12:22:12 PM
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they really treated Kaerpenick like a Taliban member for having the audacity to actually believe in the rights of protest in a "free" society
a lot of y'all view Black folk as a permanent underclass that you should be allowed to do whatever because "well they probably deserved it"

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pinky0926
05/29/20 12:22:45 PM
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You can protest as much as you like, as long as it's not violent. Violence is bad.

Or disruptive. Don't get in the way of things people need to do. Like Ambulances getting to hospital. Or people trying to enjoy football.

Or annoying. Colin Kaepernick isn't even a good football player anyway, so it's pretty obnoxious.

If y'all can just protest in a soundproof room with each other so that it causes not even the slightest ripple of discomfort for other people, that would be very American of you.

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Webmaster4531
05/29/20 12:37:15 PM
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Godnorgosh posted...
This should be obvious.
Like what a plural "you" is?

Godnorgosh posted...
If you're asking for proof that the counterprotest sales contributed as much as if not more than the sales from right-wing burners, I don't have that, but I never made that claim.
Well you can't blame liberals then.
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Webmaster4531
05/29/20 12:40:24 PM
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Godnorgosh posted...
Uh, yes I can. I can blame everyone who contributed.
You didn't mention conservatives at all in your original post.
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AllSasNoTiddies
05/29/20 12:43:37 PM
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Child: I'm not going to eat my dinner until you give me cake!

Parents: lol no

Child: What the hell? I'm not eating the dinner and they still won't give me cake...oh wait, I know what will work!

*child throws plate of dinner over his head*

This is what it looks like when people cry that the riots are justified because peaceful protest didn't work. Thanks for listening to my Ted Talk.
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Webmaster4531
05/29/20 12:44:34 PM
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AllSasNoTiddies posted...
Child: I'm not going to eat my dinner until you give me cake!

Parents: lol no

Child: What the hell? I'm not eating the dinner and they still won't give me cake...oh wait, I know what will work!

*child throws planet of dinner over his head*

This is what it looks like when people cry that the riots are justified because peaceful protest didn't work. Thanks for listening to my Ted Talk.
You're calling a black man a child for protesting? That's a huge dogwhistle.
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BLAKUboy
05/29/20 12:48:30 PM
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https://twitter.com/TheEpicDept/status/1266230250599526400

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Webmaster4531
05/29/20 12:49:28 PM
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Godnorgosh posted...
Conservatives aren't protesting racial injustice.
Obviously since a conservative President is running concentration camps.
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looked
05/29/20 12:49:34 PM
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Riots, looting, and terrorism are not protests. The rioters are disgusting.
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BatmanWTtP
05/29/20 12:55:04 PM
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looked posted...
Riots, looting, and terrorism are not protests. The rioters are disgusting.
Then America was founded on terrorism



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BLAKUboy
05/29/20 12:56:15 PM
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BatmanWTtP posted...
Then America was founded on terrorism
I mean, we factually were.

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pinky0926
05/29/20 12:59:04 PM
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AllSasNoTiddies posted...
Child: I'm not going to eat my dinner until you give me cake!

Parents: lol no

Child: What the hell? I'm not eating the dinner and they still won't give me cake...oh wait, I know what will work!

*child throws plate of dinner over his head*

This is what it looks like when people cry that the riots are justified because peaceful protest didn't work. Thanks for listening to my Ted Talk.


Nice analogy. Now change the scenario so that instead of a child having a tanty over not being given cake - you know, a situation the child does not have any right to be upset about - you have a more equitable example, such as a child being beaten by their parent.

See how dumb that is? Imagine blaming a child for reacting violently to child abuse. Thanks for tuning in to my ted talk.

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Ving_Rhames
05/29/20 1:00:11 PM
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lolife67
05/29/20 1:00:19 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
do you really think anyone is going to "listen" to rioters and looters who are targeting random stores and buildings and people who have absolutely nothing to do with the core grievances? do you think Trump is "listening" when he's calling in the National Guard and threatening to have them shoot anyone who is looting? we get it, you are saying that the peaceful protests didn't work, but that doesn't mean that indiscriminate rioting will.
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gatorsPENSbucs
05/29/20 1:00:53 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
That whataboutism
Check out the topic on the Eagles super bowl aftermath.

Also, I think the Boston tea party has been brought up a bunch .... something from almost 300 years ago

Youre absolutely right about the whataboutism, lets just keep it fair and call everyone out on it though

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Webmaster4531
05/29/20 1:01:02 PM
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Godnorgosh posted...
Correct, they are not even pretending to care about the concerns of poc.
How do you not know Colin Kaepernick is black?
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RustyFerret
05/29/20 1:05:05 PM
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I wonder what the covid numbers are going to be in Minneapolis now.

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Webmaster4531
05/29/20 1:05:33 PM
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Godnorgosh posted...
I do know that?
Well then you don't care about people of color.
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AllSasNoTiddies
05/29/20 1:08:31 PM
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pinky0926 posted...
See how dumb that is? Imagine blaming a child for reacting violently to child abuse. Thanks for tuning in to my ted talk.

You do realize that even in your scenario, the child reacting violently does nothing to help the situation at all. All it does is leave him without dinner.

Are you starting to get it yet?
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