Not a riot
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wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 15:20 last edited by
Speaking of "Not a riot" someone counted the way words are used on the MSM news (can't find the reference now)
MSNBC:
"Protest" - 52
"Riot" - 0NBC:
"Protest" - 41
"Riot" - 0FOX:
"Protest" - 21
"Riot" - 23Draw your own conclusions.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:
@Jolly said in Not a riot:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:
They are, actually. And they've a great program, which is a big part of why they seldom make the news. We've far better than average police officers here.
You're too old, though. And you're unqualified.
I am too old. But I don't need a job. Besides, I've already had bullets coming through the windows of my workplace. I've been attacked with a knife in the hallway.
Time for you to have a little excitement. Would be great background for a book...
I'm good. Burnout's a big problem in the profession and it's not my thing anyway.
My son is city PD. Graveyard for 4 years straight. "south" side of town. He got burned out long ago. Still plugging away though. Must be the jarhead in him. He does have a young family to support. He runs when he's off. For miles. He'll be 35 in two days and that means he will take off, early on his birthday morning, and run 35 miles that day. His shift and area will change one day, but he doesn't fight it. He accepts what they assigned and hasn't gotten into trouble yet in his four short years. But he is withdrawn. He has dealt with too much too often and has just basically given up hope for mankind. But I'm so dammed proud of him.
But anyways, the reason for the reply is to ponder the possibilities of "drone" cops that are utilized when needed. Robocops! Is it the future?wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 15:21 last edited by@nobodyssock said in Not a riot:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:
@Jolly said in Not a riot:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:
They are, actually. And they've a great program, which is a big part of why they seldom make the news. We've far better than average police officers here.
You're too old, though. And you're unqualified.
I am too old. But I don't need a job. Besides, I've already had bullets coming through the windows of my workplace. I've been attacked with a knife in the hallway.
Time for you to have a little excitement. Would be great background for a book...
I'm good. Burnout's a big problem in the profession and it's not my thing anyway.
My son is city PD. Graveyard for 4 years straight. "south" side of town. He got burned out long ago. Still plugging away though. Must be the jarhead in him. He does have a young family to support. He runs when he's off. For miles. He'll be 35 in two days and that means he will take off, early on his birthday morning, and run 35 miles that day. His shift and area will change one day, but he doesn't fight it. He accepts what they assigned and hasn't gotten into trouble yet in his four short years. But he is withdrawn. He has dealt with too much too often and has just basically given up hope for mankind. But I'm so dammed proud of him.
I used to run like that. Well, sort of; 35 miles is metal as fuck. I did 11-13 a day, every day, no breaks. Also skipped a lot of rope and did kettles.
You do 35 miles a day, you're either a total mileage junkie (and I know a few like that) or you've got something else going on. Good on your son. It's an impossibly difficult job at the best of times.
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Speaking of "Not a riot" someone counted the way words are used on the MSM news (can't find the reference now)
MSNBC:
"Protest" - 52
"Riot" - 0NBC:
"Protest" - 41
"Riot" - 0FOX:
"Protest" - 21
"Riot" - 23Draw your own conclusions.
wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 15:22 last edited by@George-K said in Not a riot:
Speaking of "Not a riot" someone counted the way words are used on the MSM news (can't find the reference now)
MSNBC:
"Protest" - 52
"Riot" - 0NBC:
"Protest" - 41
"Riot" - 0FOX:
"Protest" - 21
"Riot" - 23Draw your own conclusions.
Why are you trying to categorize it as either/or? You do know that the crowds at night are very different from the daytime, right?
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wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 15:41 last edited by jon-nyc 6 Mar 2020, 15:41
It’s informative, assuming they didn’t cherry pick the times.
Or exclude CBS and ABC because it ran counter to the point they wanted to make.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 15:48 last edited by
Informative in the sense that it confirms predictions any reasonable person would make about the relative usage of the two words in left- vs right-leaning news sources.
I suspect people's inner dialogues are shifting right, even if left-leaning news sources aren't.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 16:05 last edited by
My inner dialogues aren't shifting anywhere of the sort, although I must admit I hear the word 'Canada' a lot more than I used to.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 16:06 last edited by Mik 6 Mar 2020, 16:14
I don't know. There are marches being organized out here in the burbs, in a heavily GOP county. Now whether that is solidarity or trying to prevent it from coming here I do not know.
My take on it is the demonstrations are running out of steam. At least they are here.
Now we see if it had any positive effect.
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I don't know. There are marches being organized out here in the burbs, in a heavily GOP county. Now whether that is solidarity or trying to prevent it from coming here I do not know.
My take on it is the demonstrations are running out of steam. At least they are here.
Now we see if it had any positive effect.
wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 16:11 last edited by@Mik said in Not a riot:
Now we see if it had any positive effect.
No we don't. We have no reasonable measures to judge by.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 16:14 last edited by
Copper, how did you hijack Horace's ID?
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wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 16:14 last edited by
“Number of viral videos of cops killing black people” is the one that matters in practice.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 16:15 last edited by
I think it needs to be expanded to deaths in police custody period.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 16:16 last edited by
@Mik said in Not a riot:
Copper, how did you hijack Horace's ID?
I think Copper makes some very good points when he posts stuff like that.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 16:16 last edited by
Yeah, that would be the reasonable metric. But ask anyone protesting whether that number for blacks has been rising or falling, and I bet you’ll get an answer worse than chance.
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“Number of viral videos of cops killing black people” is the one that matters in practice.
wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 16:17 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Not a riot:
“Number of viral videos of cops killing black people” is the one that matters in practice.
Yes which makes the pool of data overwhelmed by random noise and of little significance to what it is supposedly correlated with.
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I don't know. There are marches being organized out here in the burbs, in a heavily GOP county. Now whether that is solidarity or trying to prevent it from coming here I do not know.
My take on it is the demonstrations are running out of steam. At least they are here.
Now we see if it had any positive effect.
wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 16:19 last edited by@Mik said in Not a riot:
My take on it is the demonstrations are running out of steam. At least they are here.
Not here. There were over twice as many demonstrators out by Lafayette yesterday as there were two days ago. Maybe today it'll die down some.
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Lara Logan posted this on Twitter: Note the contradictions............(sorry if you all have seen this before)
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wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 16:58 last edited by
The protests will run out of steam because:
- The weather is getting hotter and more rainy
- They don't have a finish line to run towards, eventually folks will give up
Again, lemmings seeking catharsis.
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It’s not a riot! It’s a shopping spree.
Big discounts on Dodge Charger Hellcats, everybody! https://www.musclecarsandtrucks.com/dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-muscle-cars-stolen-george-floyd-riots-san-leandro-california/
wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 17:28 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Not a riot:
It’s not a riot! It’s a shopping spree.
Big discounts on Dodge Charger Hellcats, everybody! https://www.musclecarsandtrucks.com/dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-muscle-cars-stolen-george-floyd-riots-san-leandro-california/
Have to tell my DIL. She just thought she got a good price on hers.
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The protests will run out of steam because:
- The weather is getting hotter and more rainy
- They don't have a finish line to run towards, eventually folks will give up
Again, lemmings seeking catharsis.
wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 17:28 last edited by Aqua Letifer 6 Mar 2020, 19:06@89th said in Not a riot:
The protests will run out of steam
That the protests will not last forever is the most self-evident thing about them.
Again, lemmings seeking catharsis.
@89th Are you fucking serious? All of them? Just like that, we're going to judge everybody involved?
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It’s informative, assuming they didn’t cherry pick the times.
Or exclude CBS and ABC because it ran counter to the point they wanted to make.
wrote on 3 Jun 2020, 17:32 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Not a riot:
It’s informative, assuming they didn’t cherry pick the times.
Or exclude CBS and ABC because it ran counter to the point they wanted to make.
To make a guess, I think they probably took the two extremes. If that be the case, NBC is lying through their teeth.