What is acceptable or not is dependent on our social contract. If you shred the contract then acceptability loses meaning. In your opinion it's not acceptable because the social contract is still working for you.

I think they either need to go full or not at all. Either go full "there's gonna be consequences for injustice" or stick entirely to imagery of Floyd and actively punish non-peaceful actors. There's no effective middle ground IMO.

do you ever get tired of perpetuating that lazy lie? because it sure doesn't look like it. in reality, the overwhelming majority of protests and protesters were peaceful:

https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ideas/black-lives-matter-protesters-were-overwhelmingly-peaceful-our-research-finds

the 'looting and arson' narrative is a fabricated one, pushed by mainstream media, either to generate viewership (centrist media) or to push a certain agenda (right wing media). the simple reality is that no matter how peaceful or respectful a protest against racial discrimination is, right wing bigots will find a way to be offended by it. you could choose one of the most respectful gestures, like kneeling for example, and the right would lose their mind over it.

does that mean i like people burning down or stealing shit? no, of course not, but to suggest that is what BLM is about, while deliberately ignoring their message (a message that has been ignored of decades btw), suggesting that a couple of violent asshats (many of them on the side of the police btw, and right wing instigators that demonstrably started riots to smear blm) made the movement lose its moral highground, is ridiculous. i refuse to believe that people are stupid enough to genuinely think that without CHOOSING to buy into that narrative over the facts. there hasn't been a movement for social justice that was NOT smeared in the exact same way by right wing hacks like yourself. not the civil rights movement, not the suffragettes... it's always the same lazy move...

Some protests in the middle of nowhere being peaceful do not magically erase the widespread looting, destruction and violence in several major cities across the country.

'Looting and arson' is not a 'fabricated' narrative. There is an abundance of video evidence.

Inconvenience for your deluded narrative does not make reality and truth go away.

idk what media you were watching but all i saw was non stop praise for the protests on main stream news outlets including cnn that continued positive coverage even while their atlanta headquarters was under attack


all the looting/arson pieces i found through random twitter posts

that user still thinks the 2nd and 3rd reichs won the world wars they started. pure delusion

focusing predominantly on violent imagery while giving it harmless subtitles is still focusing on the exception while ignoring the peaceful majority and the core message. it's corporate media, it's all about ratings. fire sells, conflict sells, blood sells - structural reform and facing inconvenient truths about systemic problems does not. either you believe anecdotal evidence obtained through filtered (narrative, ratings) sources, or you trust scientific findings.

and of course most of our right wing friends here deliberately missed the core message:

no matter how peaceful or respectful a protest is, right wing bigots will find a way to be offended by it. one could choose a simple and respectful gestures, like kneeling, and the right would lose their mind over it.

there hasn't been a movement for social justice that was not smeared in the exact same way, suggesting it's just violent thugs and disrespectful, ungrateful bastards, and therefore no one should not listen to their demands, if only they were more "civil" or "moral" one could maybe take their grievances seriously - ignoring the fact that for decades literally nothing happened. it's always the same lazy move...

Gookvirus isn't a racist term, cuck.




An abundance of evidence validating the concerns of both sides, and enough partisan people in each side to keep it going!

The struggle alone is enough to fill one's heart -- Camus

This post was edited by Skinned on Mar 30 2021 07:41pm

Defunding anything doesn't change it's inherent properties or problems.

Good thing I was here tonight...

Walmart has the ability to supply those goods at those prices, the smaller shops don't. By definition that means less purchasing power.

Larger firms offer more competitive salaries, generally, and outcompete for top talent. Smaller shops are not overpaying for their help. The dishwasher is getting minimum wage and the owner is pocketing the difference.

There are some problems that come along with mega-corps, but the alternative is not an idyllic 1950s style fantasy. Life in simple economic terms is much better, but the jobs available and the structure of employment and markets has changed quite a bit.

All that being said, smaller shops are making a comeback in many places, but they tend to be upscale and focused on out-competing on quality, not price. That's good. Taking away cheap food from the poor is bad. Most poor people don't work at Walmart, but they can shop there. Higher prices inherently reduces their quality of life.