Current Events > Ben and Jerry's, the ice cream company, weighs in on the Rittenhouse trial.

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white people can do no wrong on this planet.

BilalPowell posted...

Apparently Ben and Jerry went to an alternate universe where Rittenhouse was black and he got convicted.

XD

BilalPowell posted...

Apparently Ben and Jerry went to an alternate universe where Rittenhouse was black and he got convicted.

Strange alternate universe, how do you put a corpse on trail? Cause a black man in Rittenhouse's shoes would have been shot dead by police without a word.

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Umbreon posted...

Strange alternate universe, how do you put a corpse on trail? Cause a black man in Rittenhouse's shoes would have been shot dead by police without a word.

Theyll just ignore the piles of evidence like that. It didnt happen in this exact case in that exact way so therefore we cant point out obvious injustices from the past. This is why it keeps happening and we never grow as a nation. A large percentage of it refuses to learn from history and try to make things better.

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TheVipaGTS posted...

A large percentage of it refuses to learn from history and try to make things better.

In majority it's the desire for things to remain calm, quiet, and orderly. Order is very important to these people.

Which allows that violent minority to act without consequence, because to levy consequence would be to recognize the problem and name it

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sutree posted...

Most of the revealed evidence has supported the Rittenhouse defense against murder, which has gone against the preconceptions of a lot of libs/leftists, and instead of adjusting their views according to the evidence they need to convince people that this was a failure of justice.

Well to be fair I have seen quite a few people on here that are left who acknowledged the evidence and actually argued the points but yeah theyre in the minority it seems.

dioxxys posted...

Well to be fair I have seen quite a few people on here that are left who acknowledged the evidence and actually argued the points but yeah theyre in the minority it seems.

I dont think people would of been upset if the case felt fair from the jump, the judge seemed visibly bias from the jump.

The general issue especially in regards to race, is that he and other cases similar (Zimmerman) are basically able to antagonize other people and get off on a technically right self defense claim in a case that feels like BS from the jump.

That mercy or literal reading of the law, arent things everyone gets in their benefit in America.


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Couple of things. First of all, I can't stand it when companies take political stands. Their job is to make ice cream so they should stay in their lane. Second, even if what they said is true that doesn't mean Rittenhouse should be found guilty just because a black person might have been. If he was black he shouldn't be found guilty either.

A 3:1 reply to like ratio on a viral tweet is a clear indicator of a dipshit take.

Good ice cream though

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XxAxem_BlackxX posted...

Couple of things. First of all, I can't stand it when companies take political stands. Their job is to make ice cream so they should stay in their lane. Second, even if what they said is true that doesn't mean Rittenhouse should be found guilty just because a black person might have been. If he was black he shouldn't be found guilty either.

These people don't want justice. They want show trials based on race.

It's gross

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Little side note, Ben and Jerry gave one of those guys diabetes down the line from taste testing the product.

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XxAxem_BlackxX posted...

Couple of things. First of all, I can't stand it when companies take political stands. Their job is to make ice cream so they should stay in their lane. Second, even if what they said is true that doesn't mean Rittenhouse should be found guilty just because a black person might have been. If he was black he shouldn't be found guilty either.

This is my biggest problem with the complaints. Here's an example showcasing, should the jury find the kid not guilty (there's always a chance of the opposite), the system working as intended. You want the system to work as intended. Wanting it to break because you don't like X character's skin color or because of your own bias is counterproductive and is a crabs-in-a-bucket mentality.

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Sad_Face posted...

This is my biggest problem with the complaints. Here's an example showcasing, should the jury find the kid not guilty (there's always a chance of the opposite), the system working as intended. You want the system to work as intended. Wanting it to break because you don't like X character's skin color or because of your own bias is counterproductive and is a crabs-in-a-bucket mentality.

i dont think thats a fair way to look at it.

if the system continuously works one way for one group of people, and another way for another group.

The second group shouldnt just be happy one group isnt getting shitted on, you should demand equality in the justice system one way or another.

Not a single person here has argued against the statement that this case wouldnt feel like a pony show if the boy was a minority.

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Also I feel that if someone who supports Q-Anon says "the system is working as intended", then I feel the next question should be "what is the intent of the system", and then maybe asking yourself if the intent of the system is in fact what you thought it was. What you were taught it was.

And then you wonder if maybe that's not the intent of the system. Maybe the system actually had a different intent, and always did, and the system is working perfectly based on that intent.

This is what is meant when it is said these problems are "systemic".

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gamepimp12 posted...

i dont think thats a fair way to look at it.

if the system continuously works one way for one group of people, and another way for another group.

The second group shouldnt just be happy one group isnt getting s***ted on, you should demand equality in the justice system one way or another.

Not a single person here has argued against the statement that this case wouldnt feel like a pony show if the boy was a minority.

Equality to who? Do you want one group to be treated as harshly as the marginalized group or the marginalized group to be raised to be the level of respect the first group is given? Using this case as a platform to complain about injustice is crabs in a bucket mentality as you're criticizing that someone is getting their due justice.

And no one argues against the hypothetical scenario of reversed colors because it's irrelevant.

CyricZ posted...

Also I feel that if someone who supports Q-Anon says "the system is working as intended", then I feel the next question should be "what is the intent of the system", and then maybe asking yourself if the intent of the system is in fact what you thought it was. What you were taught it was.

Innocent until proven guilty. The intent of the system so as to protect innocents from being unjustly incarcerated. And as I've said before, crabs in the bucket mentality.

Also flinging ad hominem attacks is just petty. If you have a point to make, just make it.

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Sad_Face posted...

Equality to who? Do you want one group to be treated as harshly as the marginalized group or the marginalized group to be raised to be the level of respect the first group is given? Using this case as a platform to complain about injustice is crabs in a bucket mentality as you're criticizing that someone is getting their due justice.

And no one argues against the hypothetical scenario of reversed colors because it's irrelevant.

Innocent until proven guilty. The intent of the system so as to protect innocents from being unjustly incarcerated. And as I've said before, crabs in the bucket mentality.

Also flinging ad hominem attacks is just petty. If you have a point to make, just make it.

i feel like youre intentionally missing the point, if an historically marginalized group is watching someone get privileged with extremely beneficial odds in their favor, when they get upset you cant just tell them they should be grateful the systems working as intended. That 100% is a slap on the face and injustice in and of itself.


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gamepimp12 posted...

i feel like youre intentionally missing the point, if an historically marginalized group is watching someone get privileged with extremely beneficial odds in their favor, when they get upset you cant just tell them they should be grateful the systems working as intended. That 100% is a slap on the face and injustice in and of itself.

That's the thing, they are not watching someone receive privileged benefits. They're watching someone receive the due diligence EVERYONE is supposed to receive. If this was Brock Turner who got a slap on the wrist for something he knew was immoral and illegal, then yes, your point would stand. But this is not Brock Turner and this is exactly why I call your sentiments a crabs in a bucket mentality.

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Sad_Face posted...

Also flinging ad hominem attacks is just petty. If you have a point to make, just make it.

I made it. You're Q-Anon. I don't think there's much else to elaborate on.

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