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  • JollyJ Jolly

    @jon-nyc said in New George Floyd video:

    For the record I never didn’t think that.

    I always thought we should take these protests seriously but not literally.

    Bud, you don't count.

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    Catseye3
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    #15

    @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

    Bud, you don't count.

    He'd better count.

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

      For the record I never didn’t think that.

      I always thought we should take these protests seriously but not literally.

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      Horace
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      #16

      @jon-nyc said in New George Floyd video:

      For the record I never didn’t think that.

      I always thought we should take these protests seriously but not literally.

      I fail to see how you can shrug away the fact that 99% of the emotional energy of the protests was based on a fictitious narrative. And no, you didn't say that, and I deeply apologize for the straw man. But please develop this notion of taking the protests seriously while not taking the fictitious part of the narrative literally.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • Catseye3C Catseye3

        @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

        Bud, you don't count.

        He'd better count.

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        Horace
        wrote on last edited by
        #17

        @Catseye3 said in New George Floyd video:

        @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

        Bud, you don't count.

        He'd better count.

        He can barely count.

        Education is extremely important.

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        • JollyJ Jolly

          We've all been pummeled with the "fact" this was a racist event. Protests. Riots. Cats and dogs mating in the streets.

          So now, it turns out that the cop probably would have been an asshole to anybody in Floyd's condition. Because he could.

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          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on last edited by
          #18

          @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

          We've all been pummeled with the "fact" this was a racist event. Protests. Riots. Cats and dogs mating in the streets.

          So now, it turns out that the cop probably would have been an asshole to anybody in Floyd's condition. Because he could.

          You're using a single caricature to describe "the protests," which I'll admit is advantageous for your agenda but isn't at all helpful with objectivity. (And by the way, you're moving the goalposts: I thought these protests weren't protests at all? I thought they were just an excuse to riot? If you're going to be single-minded about all the incidents nationwide then you need to pick one: excuse for anarchists to riot, or a ginned up anti-racism campaign.)

          There's the incident itself, and the demonstrations. As far as the demonstrations go, you have (1) people wanting real change in the policing infrastructure in many states and cities, (2) the woke, and (3) rioters.

          2 and 3 I think we both agree aren't worth taking seriously, and it's why I'm not against statue destroyers being rounded up by police. As for (1), their position is not informed only and exclusively by George Floyd. They've been harping on this for a long, long time. So you're going to have to do better than explaining away one incident if you want to discredit their position.

          Anyway, that's a very rough sketch of the actual landscape we're dealing with. If you're going to lump it all together because you dislike them all equally then we're going to get nowhere.

          Please love yourself.

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            Horace
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            #19

            I think circa 100% of the people on the streets would have characterized their emotional response as against institutionalized racism rather than against police misconduct regardless of race. And rightly so. I mean, as reasons go, it is more plausible to react that way to this racism narrative than it would be to a notion that police misconduct is a super important issue for all of us which transcends skin color. Which puts the racism narrative squarely in the sights of those who wonder whether there's a huge problem here that merits the reaction.

            Education is extremely important.

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              Mik
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              #20

              Short of cancelling Kindergarten Cop, no one has been able to coherently explain to me where systemic/institutional racism exists, what it actually consists of nor what exactly we should do about it.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                jon-nyc
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                #21

                I think the idea is if enough of us white folk self-flagellate with Robin D’Angelo’s book it’ll fix the schools in Philly.

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  In other words, magical thinking.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    Horace
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                    #23

                    McWhorter made the point on that recent podcast that never before in human history has a disadvantaged sub-culture risen due to the surrounding advantaged culture going out of their way to patronize them.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                      Mik
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                      #24

                      Great observation.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                        @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

                        We've all been pummeled with the "fact" this was a racist event. Protests. Riots. Cats and dogs mating in the streets.

                        So now, it turns out that the cop probably would have been an asshole to anybody in Floyd's condition. Because he could.

                        You're using a single caricature to describe "the protests," which I'll admit is advantageous for your agenda but isn't at all helpful with objectivity. (And by the way, you're moving the goalposts: I thought these protests weren't protests at all? I thought they were just an excuse to riot? If you're going to be single-minded about all the incidents nationwide then you need to pick one: excuse for anarchists to riot, or a ginned up anti-racism campaign.)

                        There's the incident itself, and the demonstrations. As far as the demonstrations go, you have (1) people wanting real change in the policing infrastructure in many states and cities, (2) the woke, and (3) rioters.

                        2 and 3 I think we both agree aren't worth taking seriously, and it's why I'm not against statue destroyers being rounded up by police. As for (1), their position is not informed only and exclusively by George Floyd. They've been harping on this for a long, long time. So you're going to have to do better than explaining away one incident if you want to discredit their position.

                        Anyway, that's a very rough sketch of the actual landscape we're dealing with. If you're going to lump it all together because you dislike them all equally then we're going to get nowhere.

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                        Jolly
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                        #25

                        @Aqua-Letifer said in New George Floyd video:

                        @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

                        We've all been pummeled with the "fact" this was a racist event. Protests. Riots. Cats and dogs mating in the streets.

                        So now, it turns out that the cop probably would have been an asshole to anybody in Floyd's condition. Because he could.

                        You're using a single caricature to describe "the protests," which I'll admit is advantageous for your agenda but isn't at all helpful with objectivity. (And by the way, you're moving the goalposts: I thought these protests weren't protests at all? I thought they were just an excuse to riot? If you're going to be single-minded about all the incidents nationwide then you need to pick one: excuse for anarchists to riot, or a ginned up anti-racism campaign.)

                        There's the incident itself, and the demonstrations. As far as the demonstrations go, you have (1) people wanting real change in the policing infrastructure in many states and cities, (2) the woke, and (3) rioters.

                        2 and 3 I think we both agree aren't worth taking seriously, and it's why I'm not against statue destroyers being rounded up by police. As for (1), their position is not informed only and exclusively by George Floyd. They've been harping on this for a long, long time. So you're going to have to do better than explaining away one incident if you want to discredit their position.

                        Anyway, that's a very rough sketch of the actual landscape we're dealing with. If you're going to lump it all together because you dislike them all equally then we're going to get nowhere.

                        Note the word riots in my post. They may have started out as protests, but they devolved into riots very quickly.

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          I think the idea is if enough of us white folk self-flagellate with Robin D’Angelo’s book it’ll fix the schools in Philly.

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                          Jolly
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #26

                          @jon-nyc said in New George Floyd video:

                          I think the idea is if enough of us white folk self-flagellate with Robin D’Angelo’s book it’ll fix the schools in Philly.

                          Most white folk don't even know who D'Angelo is. Most black folk either.

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            jon-nycJ Online
                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #27

                            Are you trying to tell me that the schools in Philly won’t be fixed this year?

                            Only non-witches get due process.

                            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                            • Catseye3C Catseye3

                              @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

                              Bud, you don't count.

                              He'd better count.

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                              Jolly
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #28

                              @Catseye3 said in New George Floyd video:

                              @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

                              Bud, you don't count.

                              He'd better count.

                              Why should he? Jon is white, upper middle class to lower upper class, socially liberal, but financially centrist and he will sometimes surprise you with a conservative opinion on an issue. He's not the poster boy for "woke" at all.

                              In the world of"Woke", he doesn't count.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              • JollyJ Jolly

                                @Catseye3 said in New George Floyd video:

                                @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

                                Bud, you don't count.

                                He'd better count.

                                Why should he? Jon is white, upper middle class to lower upper class, socially liberal, but financially centrist and he will sometimes surprise you with a conservative opinion on an issue. He's not the poster boy for "woke" at all.

                                In the world of"Woke", he doesn't count.

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                                Catseye3
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                                #29

                                @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

                                Why should he? In the world of"Woke", he doesn't count.

                                If you want to go belly up before the woke barrage, feel free. I say Jon had better count because he has a functioning brain, and the more dysfunctional things get, the more vital he and others like him will become. Forget his politics, his race, his class and everything else. None of that matters in this business. What we will need is his vision.

                                Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                  Horace
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #30

                                  That’s a lot of pressure to put on jon.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #31

                                    I've been told jon functions well, when he builds up pressure.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #32

                                      Aqua’s sister can’t keep her mouth shut.

                                      But then we ALL knew that.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      • JollyJ Jolly

                                        @Aqua-Letifer said in New George Floyd video:

                                        @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

                                        We've all been pummeled with the "fact" this was a racist event. Protests. Riots. Cats and dogs mating in the streets.

                                        So now, it turns out that the cop probably would have been an asshole to anybody in Floyd's condition. Because he could.

                                        You're using a single caricature to describe "the protests," which I'll admit is advantageous for your agenda but isn't at all helpful with objectivity. (And by the way, you're moving the goalposts: I thought these protests weren't protests at all? I thought they were just an excuse to riot? If you're going to be single-minded about all the incidents nationwide then you need to pick one: excuse for anarchists to riot, or a ginned up anti-racism campaign.)

                                        There's the incident itself, and the demonstrations. As far as the demonstrations go, you have (1) people wanting real change in the policing infrastructure in many states and cities, (2) the woke, and (3) rioters.

                                        2 and 3 I think we both agree aren't worth taking seriously, and it's why I'm not against statue destroyers being rounded up by police. As for (1), their position is not informed only and exclusively by George Floyd. They've been harping on this for a long, long time. So you're going to have to do better than explaining away one incident if you want to discredit their position.

                                        Anyway, that's a very rough sketch of the actual landscape we're dealing with. If you're going to lump it all together because you dislike them all equally then we're going to get nowhere.

                                        Note the word riots in my post. They may have started out as protests, but they devolved into riots very quickly.

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                                        Aqua Letifer
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                                        #33

                                        @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

                                        Note the word riots in my post. They may have started out as protests, but they devolved into riots very quickly.

                                        George previously commented that he doesn't care how many of the protesters are demonstrating peacefully, because to him the rioting negates that.

                                        That's a fair position. Saying though that all of the peaceful protesters just disappeared and none of that exists anymore is completely untrue. If you believe that then you're only listening to your preferred echo chamber.

                                        Please love yourself.

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                                        • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                                          @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

                                          Note the word riots in my post. They may have started out as protests, but they devolved into riots very quickly.

                                          George previously commented that he doesn't care how many of the protesters are demonstrating peacefully, because to him the rioting negates that.

                                          That's a fair position. Saying though that all of the peaceful protesters just disappeared and none of that exists anymore is completely untrue. If you believe that then you're only listening to your preferred echo chamber.

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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #34

                                          @Aqua-Letifer said in New George Floyd video:

                                          @Jolly said in New George Floyd video:

                                          Note the word riots in my post. They may have started out as protests, but they devolved into riots very quickly.

                                          George previously commented that he doesn't care how many of the protesters are demonstrating peacefully, because to him the rioting negates that.

                                          That's a fair position. Saying though that all of the peaceful protesters just disappeared and none of that exists anymore is completely untrue. If you believe that then you're only listening to your preferred echo chamber.

                                          Don't need an echo chamber, just a set of Mark I eyeballs...You're bending over backwards so far to be fair, you're letting the hogs stampede through the lot gate.

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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