Thu Jun 11, 2020, 12:08 AM

The scab is pretty well ripped off.

No more glossing over the bullshit that we've become used to over the past 50 years or so. This isn't going away.

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The scab is pretty well ripped off. (Original post)	OAITW r.2.0	Jun 2020	OP
Hopefully. But I remember the same words after the Watts riots. After Chicago '68. After	BamaRefugee	Jun 2020	#1
I hear you, I'm only 67.25, but this change is growing exponentially.	OAITW r.2.0	Jun 2020	#2
Never had a trump before	Rural_Progressive	Jun 2020	#11
I'm cautious. But in my 54 years I've never seen protests that 70% of Americans support	GulfCoast66	Jun 2020	#3
Multiply that by 240MM cellphone camera's.	OAITW r.2.0	Jun 2020	#5
The cameras are today's printing press	malaise	Jun 2020	#12
Served under Reagan, Bush and Clinton	Calma	Jun 2020	#4
Tell us more. How did you serve and who are these boys?	OAITW r.2.0	Jun 2020	#6
USMC	Calma	Jun 2020	#7
Cool story...not sure when you served, but what do you think the	OAITW r.2.0	Jun 2020	#8
Only the pain of a well ripped-off band-aid (cover-up) will expose the oozing pus of "Not-Carings'	sanatanadharma	Jun 2020	#9
God sent two Angels/helpers to change things as we know it. Steve Jobs and George Floyd. nt	bonniebgood	Jun 2020	#10

Response to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 12:16 AM

BamaRefugee (3,413 posts)

1. Hopefully. But I remember the same words after the Watts riots. After Chicago '68. After

Rodney King riots. After...ahhh never mind, just hoping it really happens, I’m 68 and want to see it before I die!

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Response to BamaRefugee (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 12:23 AM

OAITW r.2.0 (19,107 posts)

2. I hear you, I'm only 67.25, but this change is growing exponentially.

Legislation is going to make police unions transparent in every Blue state. And the Red States will have to follow. I am seeing greater and faster change than I saw in the 70s/80s. I thank Bill Clinton and Al Gore for making social media possible. Lotsa bullshit on the internet, but when people come together to drive the change, technology and social media are leading the way. People are capturing the reality on every police-state transgression and the fascists can't spin the totality of events quick enough.

Wait another 4 months and enjoy the change!

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Response to BamaRefugee (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 07:49 PM

Rural_Progressive (1,021 posts)

11. Never had a trump before

I think having our noses rubbed in our very own sh*t has been a wake-up call for many.

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Response to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 12:40 AM

GulfCoast66 (11,949 posts)

3. I'm cautious. But in my 54 years I've never seen protests that 70% of Americans support

It seems different.

I’m thinking the cameras make the difference. They did when Bull Conners did his thing.

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Response to GulfCoast66 (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 12:48 AM

OAITW r.2.0 (19,107 posts)

5. Multiply that by 240MM cellphone camera's.

Selma was a sea-change, but it only captured a small sliver of the total brutality. Lots more video is changing people's minds in real time.

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Response to GulfCoast66 (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 07:57 PM

malaise (256,893 posts)

12. The cameras are today's printing press

Big big difference

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Response to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 12:40 AM

Calma (51 posts)

4. Served under Reagan, Bush and Clinton

I served 12 years under Republican Presidents. Those boys like white man rule. Wonder what will happen when there is a Democratic President and the Marine Corps supports conservatives? Never quite understood how that works. After all they are the Presidents own. They do not want a welfare state in the US, but forget that it is of the people, for the people, by the people, . I know the young adults are just choosing the lesser evil.

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Response to Calma (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 12:53 AM

OAITW r.2.0 (19,107 posts)

6. Tell us more. How did you serve and who are these boys?

Wecome to DU!

Seems like we had a Democratic President recently who could make 3 pointers in front of our troops. I think they really like him and trusted his judgement. Did you see something different?

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Response to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 01:39 AM

Calma (51 posts)