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Old 06-09-2020, 07:37 AM
 
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If you judge black people by the looters and rioters you see on TV you are called a racist.
Then why is it OK to judge the entirety of police officers by the actions of a few bad ones?
In many/most cases the ones who are doing the judging are the same ones who are protesting being judged themselves based on prejudices.
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Old 06-09-2020, 07:44 AM
 
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because our current mass cultural hysteria says so.
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Old 06-09-2020, 08:08 AM
 
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Why is one pretty girl popular and another pretty girl isn't? Why is something in fashion one year and then totally absurd next year?

Cultural narrative and the human need for acceptance. That's why.

If you side with the cultural narrative, you belong to the cool kids clique. If you go against the cultural narrative, you're an unpopular dork.

Cultural narrative says judging all cops based on one cop's actions is cool, so everyone is trying to be cool. Cultural narrative says judging any black person for any reason is uncool, and nobody wants to be uncool.

Everything you need to know about life you learned on the 3rd grade playground.
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Old 06-09-2020, 08:14 AM
 
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If you judge black people by the looters and rioters you see on TV you are called a racist.
Then why is it OK to judge the entirety of police officers by the actions of a few bad ones?
In many/most cases the ones who are doing the judging are the same ones who are protesting being judged themselves based on prejudices.
Ok then tell us your race so we can have a crack at it.
Should I call all white folk the Unibomber?
How about Jeffery Dahmers? Do you freeze and eat people?

What type of serious response do you expect from that line of thinking?
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Old 06-09-2020, 08:14 AM
 
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Why is one pretty girl popular and another pretty girl isn't? Why is something in fashion one year and then totally absurd next year?

Cultural narrative and the human need for acceptance. That's why.

If you side with the cultural narrative, you belong to the cool kids clique. If you go against the cultural narrative, you're an unpopular dork.

Cultural narrative says judging all cops based on one cop's actions is cool, so everyone is trying to be cool. Cultural narrative says judging any black person for any reason is uncool, and nobody wants to be uncool.

Everything you need to know about life you learned on the 3rd grade playground.
simplistic yet basically accurate.
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Old 06-09-2020, 08:15 AM
 
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If you judge black people by the looters and rioters you see on TV you are called a racist.
Then why is it OK to judge the entirety of police officers by the actions of a few bad ones?
In many/most cases the ones who are doing the judging are the same ones who are protesting being judged themselves based on prejudices.
It isn't, as long as all groups are measured the same way.
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Old 06-09-2020, 08:17 AM
 
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Why is one pretty girl popular and another pretty girl isn't? Why is something in fashion one year and then totally absurd next year?

Cultural narrative and the human need for acceptance. That's why.

If you side with the cultural narrative, you belong to the cool kids clique. If you go against the cultural narrative, you're an unpopular dork.

Cultural narrative says judging all cops based on one cop's actions is cool, so everyone is trying to be cool. Cultural narrative says judging any black person for any reason is uncool, and nobody wants to be uncool.

Everything you need to know about life you learned on the 3rd grade playground.
This is so true! As an example, many of our "experts" who were so sure a few weeks ago that going the beach would kill people now say it's suddenly it's OK to have mass protests as along as you get to show you are part of the cool group.
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Old 06-09-2020, 08:23 AM
 
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Ok then tell us your race so we can have a crack at it.
Should I call all white folk the Unibomber?
How about Jeffery Dahmers? Do you freeze and eat people?
I never said it was correct in either case.
I think it IS wrong to judge a group by it's worst members and that goes for black people and the police.

You can't say it's wrong to judge black people by looting or leftists by Antifa and then turn around and judge the majority of police officers by the actions of a few bad ones.
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Old 06-09-2020, 08:25 AM
 
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You're supposed to judge groups by net outcomes.

Failing to do so means that every other group is burdened with those net outcomes indefinitely, no matter how horrific and un-reformable.

It also means that the net outcomes can be ignored for a dishonest political focus on one incident or issue. ie: "Defund Police".
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Old 06-09-2020, 08:27 AM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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If you judge black people by the looters and rioters you see on TV you are called a racist.
Then why is it OK to judge the entirety of police officers by the actions of a few bad ones?
In many/most cases the ones who are doing the judging are the same ones who are protesting being judged themselves based on prejudices.
B/c we're not out here lying on behalf of the looters to get them off. Do you see Al Sharpton (your favorite whipping boy) going on TV saying those looters actually bought those TVs and have receipts? No. That's why we freely label LEO as corrupt. Even if they aren't guilty, they are more than willing to lie to cover up for the guilty.
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