Quote (Thor123422 @ Jun 13 2020 11:41am)
It's obvious that the meme, which was made over a decade later, is justifying the violence done to Floyd.
Yes, it would have been fine for the woman being assaulted to fight back, but that's not what the meme says. It says, with the modern context of the violence done to Floyd, "too bad she didn't have a gun". The implication here is obvious, Floyd shouldn't exist today because he was a criminal who should have died for what he did in the past and therefore we shouldn't be concerned with violence done to him. Your argument only makes sense if you go out of your way to ignore the context of authorship.
I understand what you're saying.
The guy also said,
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Mr Johnson posted a copy of an image that has been widely shared online.
It shows a photo of George Floyd with text saying: "The media and the left have made George Floyd into a martyr. But who was he really?"
It lists several previous convictions and alleges Mr Floyd was "high on meth getting ready to drive a car and possibly kill your kid" at the time of his arrest.
Mr Johnson added his own caption, stating: "This is no reason to condone his killing by the officer at all, which still needs to be investigated as a potential crime.
"It is a learning opportunity for people (and your kids) to teach that this type of criminal lifestyle never results in good things happening to you or those around you."
How did Riot Games respond?
On Wednesday, Riot Games placed Mr Johnson on leave to launch an investigation.
Should he have maybe not used that meme due to the last sentence with the gun and used something else to express his point? Probably.
Though I do agree with what the author of the post, Johnson, said.
As a whole, society has lost accountability and self-responsibility.
Crime will definitely lead you to an early death, and place you into a lot of bad situations that could have been avoided.
In this case, crime put him in the position with a bad cop - which bad cops need to be taken out of police forces. However, it could have easily placed him in a number of other bad situations as well.
This post was edited by GLYC123 on Jun 13 2020 01:45pm