Wed May 27, 2020, 04:20 AM
Soph0571 (9,685 posts)
Compare and Contrast as White Racist Privilege as Policy Kills (Again).Link to tweet This is weird. A couple weeks back, I saw dudes with MAGA-wear and carrying heavy artillery storm the state house in my hometown of Lansing. Not a single canister of tear gas was deployed.
Link to tweet Can't quite put my finger on why heavily armed Trump supporters are allowed to stop traffic and storm state houses out of dislike for public safety measures, but unarmed people protesting police murders are met with tear gas and stun grenades, can someone help me
Not surprising. But at this point I just wish they could try and pretend to be at least slightly subtle about their white supremacist privilege. That would just be polite... As an added bonus - the police are using tear gas during a respiratory virus pandemic. What genius thought that through? BAME communities disproportionately affected by this virus - that attacks the lungs - lets gas them... Good grief
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Soph0571 | May 2020 | OP |
betsuni | May 2020 | #1 | |
Solly Mack | May 2020 | #2 | |
Cha | May 2020 | #3 | |
safeinOhio | May 2020 | #4 | |
Kaiserguy | May 2020 | #5 | |
3Hotdogs | May 2020 | #12 | |
safeinOhio | May 2020 | #13 | |
malaise | May 2020 | #6 | |
Name removed | May 2020 | #7 | |
RandiFan1290 | May 2020 | #8 | |
Soph0571 | May 2020 | #10 | |
RandiFan1290 | May 2020 | #17 | |
Lonestarblue | May 2020 | #9 | |
Alacritous Crier | May 2020 | #11 | |
ouija | May 2020 | #14 | |
Hermit-The-Prog | May 2020 | #15 | |
Soph0571 | May 2020 | #18 | |
brer cat | May 2020 | #16 |
Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2020, 04:44 AM
Cha (282,298 posts)
3. It's just too sad what's going on here.
Thank you for these tweets pointing out the contrast, Soph.
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Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2020, 05:00 AM
safeinOhio (29,324 posts)
4. We can learn from it.
All ways take big guns to demos. New bans would pop up the next day.
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Response to safeinOhio (Reply #4)
Wed May 27, 2020, 05:14 AM
Kaiserguy (740 posts)
5. If your white
and Reich-Wing even without guns you would be safe. They just bring the guns to show that they are very small men and need help to feel big
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Response to safeinOhio (Reply #4)
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:32 AM
3Hotdogs (9,722 posts)
12. That's what the Panthers learned.
California had some version of open carry. Cops were brutalizing blacks. Panthers began following cop cars. Panthers carried shotguns and got out of their cars when cops interacted with civilians.
Charges of police brutality ceased. Governor Ronnie Raygun responded by having the state legislature ban open carry. |
Response to 3Hotdogs (Reply #12)
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:40 AM
safeinOhio (29,324 posts)
13. That's what I was thinking.
First ban on open carry was by St. Ronnie.
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Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2020, 05:15 AM
malaise (252,719 posts)
6. I'll take institutional racism for a true daily double Alex
Duh!
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Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
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Response to Name removed (Reply #7)
Wed May 27, 2020, 05:35 AM
RandiFan1290 (6,126 posts)
8. Welcome Back to DU
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Response to RandiFan1290 (Reply #8)
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:20 AM
Soph0571 (9,685 posts)
10. Which troll was it
I just saw the comment and reported it... figured it was a rerun of a previous incarnation of nasty
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Response to Soph0571 (Reply #10)
Wed May 27, 2020, 07:40 AM
RandiFan1290 (6,126 posts)
17. One of many
returning trolls
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Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:12 AM
Lonestarblue (7,119 posts)
9. KKK lovers have infiltrated police departments around the country.
The FBI warned about more than a decade ago. When Democrats are in control again, we need the DOJ to tackle white supremacists. They especially need to be kicked out of police departments.
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Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:22 AM
Alacritous Crier (3,372 posts)
11. K&R
Response to Alacritous Crier (Reply #11)
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:48 AM
ouija (381 posts)
14. Great points
Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Wed May 27, 2020, 07:03 AM
Hermit-The-Prog (26,540 posts)
15. "What genius thought that through?" What makes you think they didn't?
It's pretty obvious they want to inflict harm on certain people. They're very selective.
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Response to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #15)
Wed May 27, 2020, 07:45 AM
Soph0571 (9,685 posts)
18. Yeah that is the scariest thing about it...
The fact that that may be the point
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