Social Injustice

Discussion in 'The Thunderdome' started by cotton, Sep 9, 2016.

  1. NashVol11

    NashVol11 Well-Known Member

    BLM isn't saying white people kill black people too much, they're saying police officers are killing black people in racist ways. That may or may not be valid, but its validity (or lack thereof) really has nothing to do with black-on-black crime, IMO.
     
  2. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    Trump is right when he says we should walk in other people's shoes, see through their eyes. That's the way towards finding an end. Not holding out black on black crime as some sort of barrier to police treating black people differently.
     
  3. Tenacious D

    Tenacious D The law is of supreme importance, or no importance

    I'm against the police treating any citizen differently, for any reason, ever.
     
  4. Tenacious D

    Tenacious D The law is of supreme importance, or no importance

    Why don't we see these sort of protests in cases where blacks murder blacks?

    Isn't that the much, much larger problem? Do you see how self-aggrandizing that appears to most to be, IP?

    Where's the protesting outrage by BLM when dozens of black people witnesses black-on-black crime - including many murders - and refuse to work with prosecutors to bring the perpetrators to justice? That happens tens of thousands of times a day.

    They focus on police killing blacks, instead of blacks killing blacks, because the former accentuates the narrative of their victim status, and addressing the latter would come down to taking responsibility amongst themselves, and throughout their community. JMHO.

    And why is it that it's almost always retailers - particularly those that sell shoes, alcohol, guns and electronics - that seem to get looted in the riots? Are these stores somehow particularly guilty of police-on-black crime? If so, how? If not, then how to otherwise explain their penchant for looting retail, alcohol and liquor stores?

    How come you never see a protest of predominantly white people turn violent and destructive?

    If Trump was condemned for allegedly not being more forcefully opposed to violence at his rallies....why isn't BLM being held to the same standard, in their refusal to unequivocally renounce the violence routinely seen at these BLM protests? What about President Obama? Hillary Clinton?

    Are these fair question to ask?
     
  5. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    This has been asked a many times on this forum. There are gatherings, protests, etc concerning black on black violence. There are.

    Also, ten thousand times a day? Probably not.
     
  6. Tenacious D

    Tenacious D The law is of supreme importance, or no importance

    10,000 times a day that a prosecutor cannot aggressively pursue a case due to the unwillingness of black witnesses to cooperate and testify?

    10,000 is likely low.
     
  7. kidbourbon

    kidbourbon Well-Known Member

    10,000 times a day is a smidgeon excessive, but it does happen. There is a cultural thing against "snitching".
     
  8. kidbourbon

    kidbourbon Well-Known Member

    Certainly not
     

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