My thoughts about what going on in America

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by stan1990, Jun 9, 2020.

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  1. stan1990

    stan1990 Active Member

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    Police brutality is a global problem. A few days ago, a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd by pressuring his knee on Floyd nick for 8 minutes while he was handcuffed. The protests erupted in America and all over the world.


    I have a few thoughts to express about this issue. And anybody feels offended, accept my apology in advance. First, this global protest movement is well-coordinated and funded, it isn't the act of amateurs but experts. Second, some of the protesters are moving from city to city in a coordinated move to spread chaos. Third, this protest isn't peaceful. Finally, the only demand of the protesters is to reform the police department.


    I don't see a point in burning or removing the confederate flag or slave trader statue. I was expecting these riots in the U.S sooner or later. Everybody remembers events in Charlottesville’s town over the Robert Lee statue. I was reading that Lee wasn't in line with slavery or dividing the U.S and that he freed the few slaves he inherited. Whether you like it or not, Robert Lee is one of the most brilliant American generals and his life is part of American history.


    They went back to the same nonsense by sinking some slave trader statues in Bristol, UK. What is next? The government changed its mind about Brexit or reform the NHS system? In the U.S, Black people are robbing other black people businesses. Robbers, Demagogue and Anarchists using the protests to do all kinds of crazy stuff that comes on their mind in the absence of law and order. Then some angry clowns are angry about the decision of Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard and the army to restore order. What do you expect? Set down and watch looters steal and burn public and private property.


    Now the same people who protest the murder of George Floyd will elect the same local and federal officials that contribute to the problem by refusing to reform police departments and demilitarize the police. What is wrong here? The answer is in the absence of consciousness. Does Canadian discover now that their police are using brutal force? Why Canadian people don't march against the rich people's privileges and tax evasion habits? George Floyd was a perfect setup to divert the attention of the American people from the Coronavirus crisis, corruption, lobbyist influence on the political underground, tax evasion and offshore banking. I believed in the protests that before handle and focus on such issues, not these. Their views are shallow and demands are marginal.


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    God & Country Well-Known Member

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    Police brutality is the result of frustration, demoralization and cynicism. The global riots had nothing to do with what happened to one black man, they were carefully orchestrated events designed to perpetuate division. Division is always the most expedient cover for all things political. Our problems are manufactured by those political entities to maintain that division.
     
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    Perhaps President trump should step up and speak up against division. Why hasn't he tried to unite this country?
     
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    Even if PRESIDENT Trump parted the Red Sea and led us to the Holy Land the haters would still say Orange Man bad.
     
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    President Trump got in on the ground floor of the situation by speaking about how horrible the George Floyd murder is and saying the cops who did it should be punished. How much more uniting can you get?? The left is just mad because he doesn't lick their collective XXsses.
     
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    This is very well-stated. For some reason unclear to me, people are very short-sighted and will get distracted by the "latest" news to talk about. The reality is we are all Americans and, at the end of the day, we need to find a way to get along. This constant division and uproar (over the latest crisis) is tiresome and unproductive.
     
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    I agree with you. Good comment.
     
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    I agree with you. He didn't do much efforts with that. His statements and tweets is the opposite of uniting America. He should step-up for real.
     
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    All the battle is in the media. He shoot statements here and there. He should take it easy. This crisis is different. His enemies weren't successful to remove him political way. Now, they are using the resorting to the streets and riots.
     
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    He should open other files of police brutality that they got away with their actions. He should step up and show real leadership. How is it allowed that terrorist Antifa, BLM and Black Panthers to take parts of Seattle and declare it autonomous zone?
     
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    Excellent comment. You are right.
     
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    He has on several occasions. He gets falsely accused if dig whistling to racist by know nothing leftists every time never mind that he has been far less racially divisive than his predecessor who never saw a potential racially charged incident that he didn't try to make worse.
     
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    I think alot of this and how widespread it's become is an indictment of the US and global economy. In most cases of unrest you'll find high levels of economic uncertainty
     
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    repeated
     
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    The thing is that if you view these movements on a micro level, many participants weren't experiencing any economic hardship
     
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    Lol...Give it a try and let's see.
    Your orange dotard spent most of his boring rally defending his ability to walk and drink water and tried to blame everyone else for his failures.
    Maybe if he acted like he cares about our country, people would have a different opinion of him.
    My question to you is, why would you want such an unfit character to be the leader of our country?
     
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    Lol...Yeah, and so what? There were whites marching with blacks, too, even though they don't have to deal with being black in America. It's a concept called solidarity.
    I can see why it befuddles the ' you're on your own' crowd.
     
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    In which case I recommend that you bring that up in the Conspiracy Theory forum in the basement where I am sure there will be many who will agree with your dearth of FACTUAL EVIDENCE to support that asinine conspiracy theory.

    Agreed, but that violence is ALL coming from the RACIST police officers and the RACIST Boogaloo Bois as opposed to the peaceful protesters.

    https://www.courthousenews.com/minn...arrested-looters-to-white-supremacist-groups/

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cops-admit-slashing-tires-in-protests_n_5edea604c5b6a88e811fa4f0

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/virg...t-drove-protesters_n_5ede8f8ec5b67bba73f2e10f

     
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    So you have one example?
     
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    There are examples NATIONWIDE but I only included a few to substantiate my position.

    Here is a summary of the different RACIST factions committing these acts of violence.

    https://www.adl.org/blog/extremists-weigh-in-on-nationwide-protests

     
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    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    "A handful of white supremacists have shown up at Black Lives Matter rallies around the country."
    "nuff said.
     
  22. TheImmortal

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    So to summarize... you have ONE person distributing literature.

    You have a sign on the neck of a statue.

    And some guy yelling something at a camera at a protest.

    Seriously for a moment. Do you HONESTLY believe that all of this unrest was all fomented by white supremacists?
     
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    Puerile STRAWMAN all you got? :eek:

    The PEACEFUL PROTESTS are the RESULT of RACIST police KILLINGS!

    The VIOLENCE that the peaceful protests comes from the RACIST white supremacists and Boogaloo Bois!

    The Confederate flag is a SYMBOL of racist white supremacy and flies ALONGSIDE the Nazi Swastika flag at their rallies.

    That is what these peaceful protests are all about.

    The RACISTS are EXPLOITING them for their own NEFARIOUS agenda.

    The VIDEO EVIDENCE of them doing this has been documented NATIONWIDE.

    No amount of NAYSAYING can refute that factual evidence.
     
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    That’s just delusional. There are literally thousands of videos of angry black looters and rioters.
     
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    Right back at you because there are thousands of videos of angry WHITE looters and rioters.
     

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