06-03-2020, 05:28 AMjRuutu Wrote: What police did to that man was terrible and a crime against humanity, but does that give so many people the right to do whatever they want? Was it the local store's fault, how are the new sneakers, phones, televisions,  and other items stolen from stores going to make any kind of difference? You have new sneakers, maybe a new TV - now what?

How many times have people protested peacefully FOR THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE? Yet none of these peaceful protests have resulted in any sort of changes to or addressing of the systemic injustices people of color face in the US.

06-03-2020, 05:28 AMjRuutu Wrote: I´m not donating to BLM or any other group. I´m not donating to a cause that helps those cities/stores to rebuild. Why? I want you to pay for it. I want those people who riot and break shit to deal with the consequences of police, firemen, and teachers getting laid off. I want you to sit there and wonder why there are no jobs in the area. I want those who sympathize with the riots to pay for it. That is what you deserve, you took a massive shit right where you eat and soon everything really stinks. 

What about the people who uphold white supremacy taking a massive shit where they eat and never having to face any repercussions for it, instead handing the repercussions down to the people they hide behind law to discriminate against? This is what people rioting and protesting are shitting on. With that being said, do you really think these protests are irrational - to resist an oppressor is wrong or irrational?

06-03-2020, 05:28 AMjRuutu Wrote: Black lives matter, but at what point you look into the mirror as a community and as a group, at what point you start keeping your own in check and hold them equally responsible for the negativity coming towards your community/group instead of blaming the society about everything? At what point you take responsibility for your actions?

This is a very vague criticism of all black people. You need to be more specific about this because right now, this absolutely reeks of racism - vague attacks on the black community that appear to be based on stereotypes.

06-03-2020, 05:28 AMjRuutu Wrote: A lot of people glorify the criminal lifestyle, many think being real or tough means doing criminal activities. How many violent street altercations are started because someone felt disrespected about some silly thing, next they are ready to bash someone's face in for that? If you look at it from the police perspective, their job is to stop or even prevent crime. If you live in a bad neighborhood - is it that surprising if the police are all over you frequently? Does that mean police have the right to do whatever they want? Absolutely not.

What the fuck are you on about now? Why should George Floyd being accused of using a counterfeit bill or Breonna Taylor sleeping at her home have to answer for people who they don't even associate with? Just because they have the same skin color?

06-03-2020, 05:28 AMjRuutu Wrote: These riots however have nothing to do with police brutality or racism. Just selfish individuals doing something crazy because they ´can´.  When hopefully some point in the future these riots end, and fighting is over. I will sit here and wait for the news about people struggling to find jobs in the areas that got hit hardest by the riots, and I´m going to laugh my ass off. Lets hope the black lives matter organization is there to rebuild as well.

They have EVERYTHING to do with police brutality and racism. If you don't understand the riots, just imagine having zero choice but to grow up and live in a country built upon the slave labor of your ancestors, that refused to even recognize that all humans, regardless of color, deserve equal rights (in theory because it's still not happened in practice) until less than 60 years ago, that, since making the grand gesture of civil rights has implemented targeted policies to keep people of color in a disadvantaged position by designing a justice system that treats black people and white people differently (https://www.poverty-action.org/study/dis...ial-system), failing to adequately fund public schools in nonwhite school districts to the tune of $23 billion less in funding despite serving about the same number of students (https://edbuild.org/content/23-billion), and a system where black men are 2.5 times as likely to be killed by police as white men (https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/08/p...ta/595528/).

Yet all that ever happens is some lip service is provided by the powers that implemented and enforce these inequalities that exist to this very day, that have culminated in the wrongful deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, And Ahmaud Arbery just in the last three months. And these are just the ones we heard about. Realistically, what progress has been made? Yes, it's more of a talking point now but where is the policy? When will murderers who hide behind uniforms be punished appropriately? These are questions that are starting to feel like they have no real answer.

And that is why we are seeing riots, looting, and burning. Because nothing is changing with peaceful protests. These riots, no matter how hard people may try to portray them as such, are NOT irrational. Again and again, a fundamentally racist institution - the United States Government - refuses to clean up and address the real issues and offers, at best, empty platitudes. Honestly, people will continue to lash out against the system until actual changes are made.

But to suggest that the protests and riots have nothing to do with racism and police brutality means you have zero understanding about this. I would say you should have kept your mouth shut but it's good that you did this - because you are exposing yourself as a racist piece of shit and people who are keeping quiet and may share some or all of your views can see the responses and mayyyyyybe have a change of heart or start to understand the situation a bit better.