I really have to give a bleak outlook for what the decade of the 2020s will look like based on all storm we've seen around this.
What really sticks out to me about the whole George Floyd escapade is just how virulently hostile people have been to facts, evidence, statistics, logic, etc that in any way might diminish or contradict their narrative. Its no longer enough to disregard opposing viewpoints, but to crucify those who speak out and ban their views, even if all they present is level headed rationality in the fact of collective hysteria. The trend towards this has been gradual, we've seen it escalate in the era of Trump with Russiaburgers and impeachment and every black lives matter cause celebre and Covid-19, but we really plunged off the cliff with George Floyd. I don't think that's something we're going to easily go back from. Social media and media titans and large businesses and local governments that all started firing people en masse for controversial statements or issuing proactive political statements or banning speech at such a faster pace than before, they're not going to turn around and push the overton window back where it was.
The fact is that today its no longer acceptable in society to do anything less than venerate and mourn for a man who quite possibly died of natural causes compounded with drug overdose after a lifetime of violent, recidivist crime. I expect they'll make a statue of him. The CEO of Crossfit was just forced to resign today for saying he's "not mourning for George Floyd", that seems to be the new standard.
At least Owens has a backbone. They can't really threaten her with anything they haven't already brought against her, I imagine its not her first wave of death threats.
https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1270472004064251904Quote
I’ve had time to reflect on my video about #GeorgeFloyd and you guys were right—I was very wrong.
He went to prison 9 times, not 7. I missed two earlier convictions for theft and drugs.
But he started a new chapter with meth & fentanyl—so let’s throw our hero 2 more funerals!
I want our children to be able to look back and honor the brave men who terrorized black America their entire lives, commited themselves to drug and armed robberies, and in the end, found Fentanyl, a substance 100 times more potent than morphine.
This post was edited by Goomshill on Jun 10 2020 12:55am