BLM Protests Across The World

[Lily Adler]

So according to my father the Right are calling Jacob a pedophile.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I swear if he wasn't Hades.

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Disney's Hercules has really good musical numbers but it's not great otherwise.

There.

I said it.

 

[Holy Slapper]

As hockey fan from Finland, who doesn't have a favorite hockey team and mostly follows Finnish players, I'm PROUD of all these teams and players:



Also as a hockey fan I'm ashamed of the ratio of likes and dislikes on the the video and the type of posts I've seen on the biggest NA hockey board HFBoards.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

It's been twenty days since Oprah put these billboards up.

 

[Iceman]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Look at these cowards. Look at what happens when you expose them for the racists they are. They run, they hide, they simply go and hide to wait it out. Because they can.







All they want to talk about is how they are in the right and protect people, and are good.They cry about cop cars being "injured". About how some of their officers are going out there without protection, not acknowledging why they are even out there in the first place. Talking about well they want to target this building because it represents justice. For who?

I hate the phrase "peaceful protest". Because it is what racists love. You either get an ineffectual protests that does nothing, or you get people who say the are allies to the minorities of this country parroting the phrase to complain about the "bad ones". Now they don't say they are the bad ones and they may not feel that way about them. But god damn it, that is exactly what they are doing. Its the bad apple ****. I can't muster it in me anymore to care if someone looting because they just want to loot. Because the "allies" seem far more concerned with that to the point that you know the support isn't real. The people of color you see making these arguments by in large on television or the internet are either conservatives in general, Democratic political figures or those poor families being used as props by the trash to try and protect their "great city" and it's corrupt police force. You know, the one full of racists who they allowed to be policed by those racists. And they love it, because they know this all leads to the status quo. We still get people asking why someone who turn their backs to a cop or not comply no matter the reasoning or circumstance, even as people go on television tell them why over, and over, and over.

Watching the NBA coverage has broken me and made me realize just how much I hate certain people and institutions in this world. Because somehow on a sports network they understand that a car being on fire doesn't matter. That a building being burn to the ground doesn't matter. Because so many of these people are people of color who understand the constant fear and anxiety that leads to the anger. And their white counterparts know better then to even bring it up. It's so easy, not difficult at all and yet people still do it. They play the useful idiots.

I honestly don't know how much of the complaining about the protests I can handle anymore. It feels like people so obviously missing the point that they are being helpful to the racists who keep murdering people and you can make that clear, and they don't care. They have a point to make and that is what is most important to them. How many times does it need to happen for this to become clear and people realize yelling about a burning building cannot be their first, second, or tenth course of action right now? Their fellow human beings are beaten, broken, and scared and have been for so long and they want them to act in a manner in which they do not expect from those killing them or even themselves. I get that it is impossible for the majority of Americans understand what it is like to walk down the street and not know how people are going to react to you because of your skin color. To always have to be prepared and be at your best behavior so you simply don't die. And while I understand that is impossible for some to truly comprehend it, they have to start realizing what living in constant fear and anxiety for something you can't control feels like. Ignorance is no longer okay. Not when people are dying because every other cop in America is ready to kill us for nothing. The only reason agitators even work in these situations is because too many care about material bull****.

This isn't a question of optics or wanting people to present their case better. Because that's not the reality. Telling people change takes time while they are literally being harassed, beaten and murdered is insanity. They wouldn't expect it for themselves or their loved ones, they shouldn't expect it from others who have it so much worse in that regard. So why do they keep saying it like it is somehow reasonable? Every single time someone complains about the damn buildings and cars, this they arguing alongside that sheriff and those who enjoy the status quo. If that is where they want to be fine, but then they really shouldn't be surprised when those that live it or truly empathize look at them the way they do. It's their fault.

 

[CaptainWagner]

????

It's almost as if he didn't even know the man chasing him (after he had already murdered one person) was armed and just opened fire indiscriminately because that was what he came there to do. Kill protestors. The Right had already been saying to do it online. Then Trump drops "Looting Starts/Shooting Starts." Then the RNC makes the McCloskeys heroes. And now they've successfully radicalized a 17-year-old into committing a double homicide and are trying to make him a hero.

The constant bull**** willful ignorance we've seen directed towards protests from Day One is mind-numbing, depressing and coldly infuriating but it's expected. But this crap? This hurts on a different level. I seriously thought the Right wouldn't stoop this low, but they've broken through bedrock and opened up a whole new level of awfulness. And I'm so scared for everyone braving the streets to protest, because now that its begun, I have absolutely no doubt these aren't going to be the last victims.

 

[terry78]

They basically have given them a pass now.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

It's almost as if he didn't even know the man chasing him (after he had already murdered one person) was armed and just opened fire indiscriminately because that was what he came there to do. Kill protestors. The Right had already been saying to do it online. Then Trump drops "Looting Starts/Shooting Starts." Then the RNC makes the McCloskeys heroes. And now they've successfully radicalized a 17-year-old into committing a double homicide and are trying to make him a hero.

The constant bull**** willful ignorance we've seen directed towards protests from Day One is mind-numbing, depressing and coldly infuriating but it's expected. But this crap? This hurts on a different level. I seriously thought the Right wouldn't stoop this low, but they've broken through bedrock and opened up a whole new level of awfulness. And I'm so scared for everyone braving the streets to protest, because now that its begun, I have absolutely no doubt these aren't going to be the last victims.

No one owns a crap ton of guns to protect themselves. They own them to feel powerful and because they want to use them. And when the cops and political figures of the time are patting you on the back, that need and power trip just gets bigger and bigger.

The right didn't start doing this. They have been doing it for a very long time. We just get to see it in portrait mode now.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

So many wasted lives all over at this point.

The protest shooter in Kenosha is only 17 years old let's remember. I know we maybe can't process his humanity at this point much... But I do think it is a shame he made the choice to wrapped up in the political psychodrama on the Reactionary Right.

Here is footage of him before the shooting. Listen to him:



He's a wide eyed enthusiastic KID. Oddly, he seems to have his heart in the right place, relatively speaking. We can argue about his politics or how he views Racism, BLM police shootings, whatever, but he sounds engaged, aware, and he wants to "help". He talks about being armed but also how he has a First Aid kit.

Problem is, him and most folk taking to the streets armed to "send a message" or defend property shouldn't have been encouraged by various corners of society and media, old guard and online, to do this in the first place and LEOs shouldn't have so casually looked the other way about groups of armed people injecting themselves into an already explosive situation.

It still feels very hazy exactly what happened to have this kid shoot not one but three people and kill two.

Not only are the two people he shot dead but I have a feeling so is any chance he had of a normal life, possibly even a prison sentence.

And all because he made the choice with all the limits a 17 year old psych has to believe in all the Romanticized Reactionary and yes, Racist bull**** peddled non-stop by everyone from Alex Jones, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, Tucker Carlson, Jessie Watter, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Ben Shapiro, Laura Ingraham and the rest of the Bull**** Moutain All-Star team, and oh yes... The current sitting President of the U.S.

 

[InCali]

Again, who isn't to say that BLM protesters or whoever isn't doing that. There are plenty of these protesters who are doing clean ups of riots, speaking out against violence, doing what you said about blocking looters, etc. So if the protesters are doing that why does it need to be said that they need to police themselves. They are doing that.

Besides many, if not most, of the looters and rioters aren't "in their midsts". They're outside provocateurs or opportunists. They aren't apart of, among, or in the midsts of the BLM protesters. They're people who are either trying to shift the narrative and stoke the flames of the alt-right and detractors of the BLM protests. Or they don't care either way and are using the opportunity for their own gain. They're not a part of the BLM protests anymore than say a vulture picking the corpse of a lion is part of that lion's pride

When I say "in their midst", I'm speaking physically. Hell, maybe that's not even true, but it seemed to be in my area. I fully recognize that rioters does not equal protesters. What I'm saying to people who think destroying property is excuseable is that it is going to be used against the movement and it is going to help Trump. Strategically, it's bad. I personally don't care that much about property, but in a political environment, looks can equal reality.

 

[InCali]

BLM approval went from 61 approve and 36 disapprove to 48 each.

The gap between the public's perception of mostly peaceful and mostly violent is now closing.

 

[CaptainWagner]

BLM approval went from 61 approve and 36 disapprove to 48 each.

The gap between the public's perception of mostly peaceful and mostly violent is now closing.

Well, that is what happens when we have a peak consumerism culture that cares more about corporate property than justice. And also when we teach a white-washed version of history that covers up the truth of civil unrest and protests in relation to movements and how members of the public reacted to them. Oh, and also when the media only covers protests that turn violent, instead of the hundreds of purely peaceful protests happening every day.

 

[Holy Slapper]

So what are the chances the kid pleads guilty, admits he's done the wrong things and expresses genuine regret publicly?

 

[InCali]

Well, that is what happens when we have a peak consumerism culture that cares more about corporate property than justice. And also when we teach a white-washed version of history that covers up the truth of civil unrest and protests in relation to movements and how members of the public reacted to them. Oh, and also when the media only covers protests that turn violent, instead of the hundreds of purely peaceful protests happening every day.

This reminds me....is there a freedom of the press thread? I have some ideas I'd like to throw off people. This is a HUGE issue both here and elsewhere.

 

[InCali]

So what are the chances the kid pleads guilty, admits he's done the wrong things and expresses genuine regret publicly?

Almost as high as the chance that he's granted relative leniency.

 

[Detective Conan]

Whenever conservatives say white privilege doesn’t exist.

Just show them this.

 

[Sithborg]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

So many wasted lives all over at this point.

The protest shooter in Kenosha is only 17 years old let's remember. I know we maybe can't process his humanity at this point much... But I do think it is a shame he made the choice to wrapped up in the political psychodrama on the Reactionary Right.

Here is footage of him before the shooting. Listen to him:



He's a wide eyed enthusiastic KID. Oddly, he seems to have his heart in the right place, relatively speaking. We can argue about his politics or how he views Racism, BLM police shootings, whatever, but he sounds engaged, aware, and he wants to "help". He talks about being armed but also how he has a First Aid kit.

Problem is, him and most folk taking to the streets armed to "send a message" or defend property shouldn't have been encouraged by various corners of society and media, old guard and online, to do this in the first place and LEOs shouldn't have so casually looked the other way about groups of armed people injecting themselves into an already explosive situation.

It still feels very hazy exactly what happened to have this kid shoot not one but three people and kill two.

Not only are the two people he shot dead but I have a feeling so is any chance he had of a normal life, possibly even a prison sentence.

And all because he made the choice with all the limits a 17 year old psych has to believe in all the Romanticized Reactionary and yes, Racist bull**** peddled non-stop by everyone from Alex Jones, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, Tucker Carlson, Jessie Watter, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Ben Shapiro, Laura Ingraham and the rest of the Bull**** Moutain All-Star team, and oh yes... The current sitting President of the U.S.

He drove across state lines with a weapon to "protect property", knowing if he was called to action he'd be shooting another human being. 17 or not, this is a bad take.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Well, I guess it's all over then. Glad he is now free to walk out of the hospital. Oh wait...

 

[Sithborg]

 

[Schlosser85]

A GoFundMe will clear that up in about five minutes.

Or when the Mayor gets flack for his ridiculous action and voids it.

 

[InCali]

I know what I used to do with that kind of paper when I was in some of the more rural towns in Mexico.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Definitely Jersey.