Does "putting his face on murals" qualify as glorification for you?




Big disagree. From a purely logical point of view, "he didnt deserve to be killed" and "he doesnt deserve to be glorified" are two stances which dont contradict one another. That's just a fact...
One does not have to buy into a relativist narrative to reconcile these two stances since there is nothing to be reconciled to begin with.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jun 6 2020 04:34pm

>Protest is about black people dying by police.
>Black guy dies by police.
>Protest uses name and face of black guy who died by police.

Like...what?

I don't see murals as glorifying unless it's something that specifically has those tones. Like if he was placed on a horse or had some other significant symbolism not related to the fact that he was killed.

Like, unless there's some significance to the sunflower behind him I don't see this one as glorifying. It's got the names of other people who have been brutalized by the police, people rising up in the words, and "I can breathe now", which seems to only show him as a victim.




Here's a link to a bunch of murals. The most glorifying thing I see is him as an angel, which isn't really commemorating anything besides the fact that he died, since angel wings are common in western culture to show somebody who passed.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/world/gallery/george-floyd-murals-trnd/index.html

This post was edited by Thor123422 on Jun 6 2020 04:52pm

Imagine being the pregnant woman he bashed and robbed and seeing this.

If there are enough black people dying by the police all the time to justify these protests, it shouldnt be difficult to find a more sympathetic victim to rally behind than a guy who robbed a pregnant woman at gunpoint.


Furthermore, you still dont acknowledge that for a large chunk of the protesters and the political forces supporting them, these protests are not just about black people dying by police, they are about a broader pattern of "systemic racism" permeating all of society, which ups the ante quite a lot.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jun 6 2020 04:57pm

Protests often happen in the immediate response of an incident. George Floyd's death was recorded, posted online, and went viral.

And of fucking course I'm aware that the protests are about systemic racism. You're being so willfully daft.

Cool story bro.

You're arguing in a way that confirms what I'm saying.

Floyd isn't much of a sympathetic victim to you because he had a criminal history. How is that different from saying his death is less objectionable because he had a criminal history? You're trying to hide from what you actually believe, just like Candance Owens.

This post was edited by IceMage on Jun 6 2020 05:04pm

Yeah she wasn't a multiple time convicted felon so her suffering doesn't matter..

More that her suffering isn't relevant to the issue at hand, because police aren't judge jury and executioner, and he already served time for what he did 20 years ago.

This post was edited by Thor123422 on Jun 6 2020 05:09pm