Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time. --Frank Wilhoit
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a9543401.html
Heavily armed white guys illegally carrying weapons in a state without open carry?
Meh, go home bro, no violations of the law here.
I'm telling you, liberals need to start arming heavily before showing up to protests. Because apparently being a heavily armed protester means that cops are too afraid to assault you. At least if you're white.
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time. --Frank Wilhoit
Especially since the Bariatric Scooter Brigade couldn't stand a few weeks indoors or wearing a cheap disposable mask in public without having a fit.
Let's take a look at this image.
Looks intimidating, yeah? Bunch of grody looking white dudes with guns? Here's the thing, though. The folks you see in this image, as mentioned above, aren't the ones being oppressed - we know it, they know it. Or rather, they are aware of the privilege they possess in being able to brandish weapons on government property without fear of reprisal. Which is why they are brave enough to do it in the first place; they stand to lose relatively little.
But when it comes to actual situations where they would be required to potentially put themselves in danger of violent arrest? No. There's a reason these shitbags have to lynch, mug, perform mass shootings, and other acts wherein they possess the monopoly of force, and why beyond some bloody but ultimately meaningless tantrums they will climb down when presented with any serious resistance.
Cowardice, and selfishness. Neither are the pillars of any sort of lasting cause.
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
I think Dave Chappelle might be the man to listen to for those concerned about all of the mass shootings and wanting stricter gun control laws. Take his advice from his last special. All black people go out and start buying as many guns as they can. See how quickly things change.
Could you kindly try and make it look less like you are having a breakdown over this situation? Despite of brandishing weapons their protest is actually peaceful, not a single person was mauled or shot, not a single business or government facility has been looted or burnt down
Just, you know, lawmakers showing up to work with fucking bulletproof vests or being too afraid to show up.
And if police were as hands-off with these protesters as they were with those going on now, there wouldn't be issues.
See: The white guy, illegally open carrying, being turned away from protests by police rather than detained and arrested for illegal open carry of multiple firearms in Chicago.
It's almost like the police response is fucking different. Hell, in my quiet little town where most of the protesters were upper middle class folks (more women) who were middle aged/retired saw the cops going nuts. Peaceful all day, spilled out onto the highway a bit but remained peaceful, cops trapped the protesters on the highway between tear gas on the onramp/offramp, preventing them from leaving, and then started shooting rubber bullets at them, some of which hit cars taht were simply stuck on the freeway due to the protests and caused damage.
These protesters have a lot more to be angry about than not being able to get the 2-for-$20 sliders at Applebees after their quarterly haircut.
When the cops start treating both protesters the same, we can talk. But considering the absolute kid-gloves they handle those assholes with, while they're repeatedly assaulting media on-camera without provocation or pulling down the mask of a protester so they can spray them in the face with pepper spray point blank, despite the protester doing nothing aggressive.
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time. --Frank Wilhoit
Man it's almost as if the dudes brandishing weapons aren't actually threatening the dominant socioeconomic group in the same way as the peaceful protesters who are being shot at and gassed.
You're literally just proving that all the MAGA shit is white performance art, hun.
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
You're forgetting that this was a black man killed by police in America.
We are now at the stage where the media digs up even the most obscure or unverified shit on the victim and uses that as justification for the killing like "they were on a bad track, it was unavoidable due to their poor choices", as if that somehow excuses extrajudicial killing by police or the trend of police brutality.
It's super easy to spot the sheep and the racists because they tend to adhere to this cycle fairly religiously. Stimulus, response. Stimulus, response. No thought required.
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
That is a ludicrous strawmen argument you asked what the democrats did when they took power and what Trump has done to dismantle all that progress. Of course democrats bear some of the blame there's a long list of policies that can be criticized but the right stance has always been clear systematic racism doesn't exist black people just need to pull themselves up from them bootstraps.
That has been the republican motto for decades the party simply does not wish to tackle it that's why republicans poll badly with minorities. Because of that stance when they are in power they destroy anything that addresses those issues.
If you're digging up Floyd's past to try and justify his murder in the present, rather than operating off the facts of the actual incident in question, you're operating in bad faith and it's hard to think of what possible motive you could have other than straight-up, unadulterated racism.