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View Poll Results: Well????
Yes 6 5.00%
No 114 95.00%
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Old 06-28-2020, 03:55 PM
 
Location: Old Dominion
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I thought you did. Most of the liberals I know do.
No I don’t believe in doing that. In fact, I get annoyed at all of the edited cell phone videos that come out making people look bad while ignoring the build up or context of the situation. Is “see something, say something” a thing that is associated with liberals?
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Old 06-28-2020, 04:01 PM
 
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It’s likely that the charges would’ve been less severe due to the huge publicity that the George Floyd case got. You’re right whites riot and they haven’t rioted for a “white” cause in a while. They have rioted for sports games though, but as far as rioting for a different cause that hasn’t happened in at least 40-50 years.
Whites are rioting along with blacks right now supposedly for the cause of "systemic racism (against blacks)". No one has dared advocate specifically for a white cause in 50 years and survived the blacklist.
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Old 06-28-2020, 04:01 PM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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No I don’t believe in doing that. In fact, I get annoyed at all of the edited cell phone videos that come out making people look bad while ignoring the build up or context of the situation. Is “see something, say something” a thing that is associated with liberals?
Where I am yes. It gives them cover for their closeted racism. They can say "the wrong people" now instead of "the darkies" or "coloreds" like they used to.
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Old 06-28-2020, 04:07 PM
 
Location: Corona del Mar, CA - Coronado, CA
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I think a better question is would some of you use his criminal past against him and have empathy for the police?
Why are people holding Robert E. Lee's past against him? Woodrow Wilson? Columbus?
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Old 06-28-2020, 04:08 PM
 
Location: Old Dominion
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Whites are rioting along with blacks right now supposedly for the cause of "systemic racism (against blacks)". No one has dared advocate specifically for a white cause in 50 years and survived the blacklist.
What white cause is there to advocate for right now?
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Old 06-28-2020, 04:11 PM
 
Location: Somewhere below Mason/Dixon
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You think poor white men aren’t subjected to police brutality?

If Floyd was a white woman it’s a different story, but poor men are fair game. There’s plenty footage of white protestors getting beat.
I agree. The law is tough on poor neighborhoods in general. You could say that this is far more of a socioeconomic issue than a race issue..
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Old 06-28-2020, 04:13 PM
 
Location: Old Dominion
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Where I am yes. It gives them cover for their closeted racism. They can say "the wrong people" now instead of "the darkies" or "coloreds" like they used to.
Well that sucks. Yea, I don't buy into that. I agree that a lot of liberals can be racist, hell the most liberal and progressive county near me is also the most segregated and least diverse county. If I see someone I don't know, I'm not calling the cops. If they try to harm me, I will handle it and then call the cops. In general, I don't see the point in calling the police if you see someone walking around your neighborhood, it is stupid. If I see an actual crime in progress, then that's a different story.
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Old 06-28-2020, 04:19 PM
 
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What white cause is there to advocate for right now?
Not being accused of being a racist at every turn and defamed, fired and even prosecuted for it. Actually being treated equal in employment opportunity. Not being disenfranchised and dispossessed of being the majority culture and group etc.
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Old 06-28-2020, 04:22 PM
 
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Well that sucks. Yea, I don't buy into that. I agree that a lot of liberals can be racist, hell the most liberal and progressive county near me is also the most segregated and least diverse county. If I see someone I don't know, I'm not calling the cops. If they try to harm me, I will handle it and then call the cops. In general, I don't see the point in calling the police if you see someone walking around your neighborhood, it is stupid. If I see an actual crime in progress, then that's a different story.
Just don't question or follow them. At best you might end up a "Karen" in the national media and be fired, at worst you might get prosecuted for self defense.
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Old 06-28-2020, 04:32 PM
 
Location: Chicago Area
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If George Floyd was white, I very much doubt he'd have had his neck kneeled on for nine minutes, so there's that.
Actually, almost the exact same thing happened in Dallas in 2016. Ever heard of Tony Timpa? Of course you haven't cuz he's white, am I right? It took three years of fighting with the Dallas PD to get the lapel camera footage released, so this is only recently widely available to the public. Timpa was kneeled on for 13 minutes, mocked and laughed at by the cops and finally died.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...cam-tony-timpa


https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo

The United States has an a-hole police problem, not a "police are hunting down and slaughtering blacks" problem.
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