America riots after Police kill unarmed Black Man

[Brunswick-upon-Raritan]

Coincidentally, this year was the 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre.

T-minus 6 years to the revolution.

[Snakeden]

To rephrase: in much of the rest of the world, the dems and the republicans would be considered a single party on the right side of the spectrum. It is just that in the USA 90% of the spectrum is ignored; so they seem to be on opposite sides there. Kinda like saying violet and purple are very different colours; which is true - but if one looks at a spectrum that also contains yellow, green, red etc. they seem much more alike.

I remember seeing this image earlier in the year, so I'll post it here. Hasn't been updated since February, but it'll give some sort of idea, at least.

Years are arbitrary demarcations of time. The only things that obey years are the seasons.

As someone living in the southern US, I'd like to note that even the seasons have a wobbly grasp on it.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Years are arbitrary demarcations of time. The only things that obey years are the seasons.

As someone living in the southern US, I'd like to note that even the seasons have a wobbly grasp on it.

The subtropics. Not quite as crazy as the tropics.

There's the November elections you can foresee. But nothing else "on the calendar" and no reason that disasters should happen in 2020. What you're suffering from is fatalism, it's an understandable reaction to bad times but it's not actually true. Things could more easily get better than worse!

[Gormwood]

In light of George Floyd’s death, ex-NFL exec admits what we knew all along: Protests ended Colin Kaepernick’s career

You know those moments where you could have an "I told you so" to someone/the world but you can't bring yourself to take it because it'd feel so bad?

Yeah.

All the people who bitched about Karpernick kneeling during the anthem are probably too busy trying to protect their properties right now to register the irony they tempted.

[San Lumen]

https://twitter.com/LamontLockridge/sta ... 99584?s=20

Someone set fire to Nashville city hall last night. This shit needs to stop now

[Brunswick-upon-Raritan]

As someone living in the southern US, I'd like to note that even the seasons have a wobbly grasp on it.

The subtropics. Not quite as crazy as the tropics.

There's the November elections you can foresee. But nothing else "on the calendar" and no reason that disasters should happen in 2020. What you're suffering from is fatalism, it's an understandable reaction to bad times but it's not actually true. Things could more easily get better than worse!

In a bad hurricane season, the Atlantic seaboard is very much the tropics.

[N7eternia]

You know those moments where you could have an "I told you so" to someone/the world but you can't bring yourself to take it because it'd feel so bad?

Yeah.

All the people who bitched about Karpernick kneeling during the anthem are probably too busy trying to protect their properties right now to register the irony they tempted.

Exactly

[Shrillland]

The subtropics. Not quite as crazy as the tropics.

There's the November elections you can foresee. But nothing else "on the calendar" and no reason that disasters should happen in 2020. What you're suffering from is fatalism, it's an understandable reaction to bad times but it's not actually true. Things could more easily get better than worse!

In a bad hurricane season, the Atlantic seaboard is very much the tropics.

...which is just what we're supposed to have, Busiest since '05 apparently.

[Heloin]

Watching the local news at work, the Mayor Lenny Curry and the JSO are lying bastards.

[Geneviev]

Certain factions within the party are not as nice and progressive as they might like you to believe.

People in Philly are trying to tear down the statue of a cop Democrat mayor who once ran on a "vote white" ticket. He was mayor in 1980.

I will never understand this country. How was that acceptable?

[Gormwood]

People in Philly are trying to tear down the statue of a cop Democrat mayor who once ran on a "vote white" ticket. He was mayor in 1980.

I will never understand this country. How was that acceptable?

The same country that had Confederate monuments until recently?

[Brunswick-upon-Raritan]

In a bad hurricane season, the Atlantic seaboard is very much the tropics.

...which is just what we're supposed to have, Busiest since '05 apparently.

*storm warning sirens begin*

@realDonaldTrump: "NOAA models are a HOAX, do NOT evacuate, DEFEND YOUR HOMES FROM THE LOOTERS!"

[Rojava Free State]

To rephrase: in much of the rest of the world, the dems and the republicans would be considered a single party on the right side of the spectrum. It is just that in the USA 90% of the spectrum is ignored; so they seem to be on opposite sides there. Kinda like saying violet and purple are very different colours; which is true - but if one looks at a spectrum that also contains yellow, green, red etc. they seem much more alike.

I remember seeing this image earlier in the year, so I'll post it here. Hasn't been updated since February, but it'll give some sort of idea, at least.

Years are arbitrary demarcations of time. The only things that obey years are the seasons.

As someone living in the southern US, I'd like to note that even the seasons have a wobbly grasp on it.

I think I hear the tankies screaming.

[Australian rePublic]

Yep.

I feel bad for all the actual peaceful protesters who must be facepalming hard rn.

Not really. As mentioned earlier in the thread Trevor Noah of the daily show asked the loaded counter question how the protesters would benefit from NOT rioting.
Because decades of peaceful protests still mean a jogger can be hunted down and killed, a cop will sit on your neck until you die "because he can" and a woman in a park will not hesitate to try to ruin your life with a false accusation.

Rioting does nothing to benefit them. Not rioting does nothing to benefit them. The only ones who benefit from them not rioting is us; so why should they give a fuck ?

Ignorance in the highest. For one thing, if these rioters set businesses on fire, they'll exasserbate Covid's economic damage, which will lead to widespread poverty. Secondly, they're not helping their anti-brutality cause by being violent. Most people will see it as a contradiction. Adding to that, by setting black people's houses on fire, you're contradicting your anti-violence against black people cause

I mean, those "police office" who did that to George, the poor victim, were violent thugs. Some of those violent thugs will probably get away with it, and that churns my stomach just thinking about it.

Whether or not he's a criminal, the very fact thug police officers can tourture a non-violent human being to death. Granted, they probably didn't intend to kill him, but thsy did intend to to tourture. It wasn't an accidental slip of the hand or anything which lead to a tragic conclusion. His death whether or not intentional, was caused by malice. The very fact that those thug police officers faced no consequences for their thuggery shits all over American ideals. The very fact that these thug police officers got away with it shits all over everything that Americans have fought for, and everything that makes America a good country.

However, by retalating with violence and thuggery, especially over 1000 miles away from where the incident occured, isn't gonna win any over to your cause, and you'd be lucky if it doesn't turn anyone away from your cause.

[Rojava Free State]

You know those moments where you could have an "I told you so" to someone/the world but you can't bring yourself to take it because it'd feel so bad?

Yeah.

All the people who bitched about Karpernick kneeling during the anthem are probably too busy trying to protect their properties right now to register the irony they tempted.

I love how people tried to force a man to stand for the anthem "in the name of freedom." If that ain't ironic.

[Brunswick-upon-Raritan]

I remember seeing this image earlier in the year, so I'll post it here. Hasn't been updated since February, but it'll give some sort of idea, at least.

(Image)

As someone living in the southern US, I'd like to note that even the seasons have a wobbly grasp on it.

I think I hear the tankies screaming.

I don't think tankies want any of that pie

[Agarntrop]

To rephrase: in much of the rest of the world, the dems and the republicans would be considered a single party on the right side of the spectrum. It is just that in the USA 90% of the spectrum is ignored; so they seem to be on opposite sides there. Kinda like saying violet and purple are very different colours; which is true - but if one looks at a spectrum that also contains yellow, green, red etc. they seem much more alike.

I remember seeing this image earlier in the year, so I'll post it here. Hasn't been updated since February, but it'll give some sort of idea, at least.

Years are arbitrary demarcations of time. The only things that obey years are the seasons.

As someone living in the southern US, I'd like to note that even the seasons have a wobbly grasp on it.

neglecting that the political compass is so horribly innacurate it nearly verges on propaganda

[Rojava Free State]

...which is just what we're supposed to have, Busiest since '05 apparently.

*storm warning sirens begin*

@realDonaldTrump: "NOAA models are a HOAX, do NOT evacuate, DEFEND YOUR HOMES FROM THE LOOTERS!"

Also Trump: How was I supposed to know these people would lose their lives? You think I can predict the weather?

[Heloin]

I will never understand this country. How was that acceptable?

The same country that had Confederate monuments until recently?

The same country that still has Confederate monuments.

[Rojava Free State]

I think I hear the tankies screaming.

I don't think tankies want any of that pie

The red corner has literally zero people unlike every other corner of the spectrum lol.

[Rojava Free State]

Certain factions within the party are not as nice and progressive as they might like you to believe.

People in Philly are trying to tear down the statue of a cop Democrat mayor who once ran on a "vote white" ticket. He was mayor in 1980.

That statue better meet the ground.

[Gormwood]

The same country that had Confederate monuments until recently?

The same country that still has Confederate monuments.

Some of them came down.

[Gormwood]

*storm warning sirens begin*

@realDonaldTrump: "NOAA models are a HOAX, do NOT evacuate, DEFEND YOUR HOMES FROM THE LOOTERS!"

Also Trump: How was I supposed to know these people would lose their lives? You think I can predict the weather?

"They were all Deep State Democrats anyways."

[Brunswick-upon-Raritan]

I don't think tankies want any of that pie

The red corner has literally zero people unlike every other corner of the spectrum lol.

Capitalist-free since 1917

[Heloin]

The same country that still has Confederate monuments.

Some of them came down.

The key word there is some.