George Floyd Protests

Liked this eloquent piece of writing on racism.

I won't watch eighteen minutes of drivel from Candace Owens, no.

If you want to debate like an adult, find and post a footnoted article from a reputable source rather than an overextended rant from a widely-discredited partisan hack. It's not reasonable to expect anyone to sit through a video that's almost twenty minutes long. Rather than a video, try posting something people can read.

Thanks.

I don't think this forum is for spreading prejudiced ideologies and false news, no.

Your sources have already been revealed to be prejudiced themselves and to be quoting misleading statistics entirely out of context to back up arguments those statistics do not support. So no, you are not simply providing the facts.

The fact that you either can't or choose not to recognise that, and to see how prejudiced your views are, is really alarming.

She literally says that the police officer is wrong and needs to be punished for taking a human life in an unnecessary way. And that there is no question about that.

She also says that last year 19 unarmed white men were killed by the police versus 9 unarmed black men,while 53% of police encounters was with black men and that they also did not deserve it. She says that when you swing guns at the police you deserve it.

So you can stop sticking with your chosen fake narrative now. She did not say what you claim she said. Do not make that up. Thank you.

Dave25

Being killed as you say is not as clear cut but being shot and injured is and nearly every statistic in the US shows the odds of being considered a miscreant is greatly increased by the darkness of your skin.

“evidence of a significant bias in the killing of unarmed black Americans relative to unarmed white Americans, in that the probability of being black, unarmed, and shot by police is about 3.49 times the probability of being white, unarmed, and shot by police on average

“The only thing that was significant in predicting whether someone shot and killed by police was unarmed was whether or not they were black. . . . Crime variables did not matter in terms of predicting whether the person killed was unarmed.”


I have also found it interesting today that there is more outrage about the toppling of a statue than there is for the 20,000 people who died whilst being transported and the thousands that were inhumanely branded and treated as livestock in that persons hands in the media and the use of the word thuggery was not used passively.

I think Daniel would take great offence at what he posted being lobbed in with what "people like you and Candace" say. And it also shows me that you clearly don't even understand the post.

But I've just done what I've told myself not to do and that is engage with people that have absolutely no interest in learning or understanding. You've been peddling your reverse-racism narrative on this forum so often that as soon as I see your name pop up in a thread that goes anywhere political, I have to brace myself before reading it because I expect to find it offensive. And I'm not easily offended.

 So I presume you also agree with her that George Soros is funding the protesters since you think so highly of her?

Dave25

Do you agreee with this statement:

'the colour of ones skin has an impact on ones ability to live free anywhere in the USA'

For some people it does, for others it does not. And claiming the victim role in cases where it is not fair makes it worse.

Black people in the USA can become anything they want, and the ones that worked for it have. Just like any other person.
This unites.

Then there's the group that desires pity, even in situations where it's completely unfounded, which makes companies scared so they demand privileges. This creates a gap and makes sure these people will not be seen as equals because they don't see and present themselves as equals. It's a downward spiral. 

Nobody denies there is and will always be racism. Uniting and standing strong solves this. Not milking the victim role and point fingers.

Let's applaud the low number of black unarmed criminals killed by police together. And protest against the alarmingly high number of white unarmed killed criminals, because what is actually happening there? This is not about the ones who swing guns at the police.

Stay stable and sane everybody.

Let's not applaud ANY unarmed criminals being killed by the police, because to do so is abhorrent.

Almost as abhorrent: manipulating statistics to promote a racist agenda.

Exactly, and to attempt to manipulate the statistics in it to show otherwise is deeply racist, morally repulsive, and utterly disgusting.