This fall there will be a national referendum on the incumbent; — 180 Proof
And yet, already, the protesters’ legitimate grievances are being subsumed by political leaders and others questioning whether they are registering their anger appropriately. This is also a pattern in these moments: the demonstrations, so visible and visceral in the news coverage, become the story. The structural problems being protested start to fade into the background.
...Yet if the anger and frustration from centuries of racial oppression causes a peaceful protest to become “violent” — and most of the reported attacks have been directed against property, not people, though one man was tragically killed in Detroit — suddenly that other kind of violence becomes the dominant story so far as political leaders are concerned, a disruption to the natural order that must be corrected. The systemic racism that has led to so many black lives being cut short becomes secondary.
But it shouldn’t, because that’s the real problem America must grapple with. Otherwise, sooner or later, this will all happen again.
"I won't flame anyone.
I think this is the end of america.
i think america will be balkanized. i understand sometimes people have very strong emotions and feel the need to get revenge. Personally in my case i dont think it would serve a purpose. i hope you all have a great life. i wish you all the best and i believe i'll see some if not all of you all on the other side.
sorry for all my dickishness."
in my opinion this is the end of america. — christian2017
something akin to the Balkan peninsula. but i could be wrong. — christian2017
Fuck you assholes who justify this shit. — Marchesk
assuming there is a heaven i want to be killed. but i'm not committing suicide. Leviathan and sharks exist so that no one has to commit suicide. — christian2017
What i meant when i used the term was that skydiving, fighting a shark with a pair of garden shears and fighting sharks is the reason why noone should ever commit suicide. I would imagine alot of ancient hunter gatherers felt the same way. — christian2017
I'm for protesters arming themselves for the same reason I'm for them using video cameras; it forces a lethally armed police force with a history of brutality against minorities in situations like these to be able to be held accountable. Cops are not minority communities' friends, they show up in force whenever those communities start looking like they're trying to gain more political autonomy. — fdrake
During the previous struggle for independence from 1919-1921 though (which independence was won only for the South), what did demonstrably and unequivocally work was organized targeted violence against elite figures in the British army (with operations led primarily by the revolutionary leader, Michael Collins). When the big boys couldn't sleep soundly in their beds, they came to the table. Cut the snake off at the head and it shall slither to you. — Baden
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