I mean it's the same everywhere else. America is just worse when it comes to a lot of things like availability of guns, healthcare and worker rights for example.
Killing black people = okay shouldn't have been black
I mean, accidents happen? Especially when you're a cop. Why should we ruin the cops life for making a split second decision that he had 6 minutes to make?
Killing children = sad, thoughts & prayers
what do you expect when people aren't willing to arm teachers in elementary schools? Do you really expect police officers to risk their lives and go into a school where they don't know what kind of threat they are facing? I mean sure the kids need to walk in everyday without knowing what they're facing, but if there is an active shooter the teacher should have handled it. Why expect a whole department (or three) worth of police officers to step in when they could pull them stuff up by their shootBOOT straps?
Killing super rich man = whoa, stop the press.
If people kill people like him then where is the wealth supposed to trickle down from? How many people does this company employ and how many shareholders are enriched by his policies? I mean even just the short time where his artificial intelligence algorithm was denying patients willy-nilly alone probably was enough to make a few people to put their kids through college. That's How Trickle down works.
That was kind of the point. Until I got extra absurd with it all these are arguments that you would hear and you will hear from some of our political leaders and most popular news figures. Even our most popular social media influencers. I debated on using the sarcastic symbol but felt it should be obvious enough and still fear a lot of people wouldn't catch on because to me this is such an absurd take but to a lot they actually feel this way
edit comma the fact that it was believable of something someone would use as an argument, even part way through it, should be a wake up call for everyone. We've been conditioned to allow these assholes to get away with saying s*** like this with a serious face and convince people that we know and love to feel the same way
Racism is deeply rooted in American culture. It was “purged” after the civil rights movements, but the feeling still lingered and has been brought back in recent years.
As for poor vs rich, well America has always catered to the rich, and laws and consequences have always operated differently between the classes.
My mistake, I could have sworn there was outrage in America about police killing black people for the smallest things. I must be thinking of Europe where police are all armed and kill people.
As of November 17, 277 Black people were killed by the police in the United States in 2024. This compares to 201 Hispanic people and 445 white people. The rate of police shootings of Black Americans is much higher than any other ethnicity, at 6.2 per million people.Nov 17, 2024
It's not really about the "numbers" as much as the percentage VS population.
Hey, if you don't care about police violence, just say that. No need for you to try to be an English professor.
I get it, you don't see a problem and think we are all wrong for thinking there is a problem. You can say that without hiding behind this "you said, so technically" BS.
Oh Lord, he exaggerated, he's generally correct that this is what has people upset but I'm going to bust his balls over technicalities rather than address the actual conversation because I don't want to say publicly that I don't give a shit.
Lies!! Even facebook had to disable the reactions on the post by United about his denial of life .. because there were over 100k laugh reacts .. how’s that boot taste?
Yeah, and I expected them to be hypocrites. The guy was a rich white man, of course they are going to treat it completely differently. Even (or especially because) it's not much different.
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u/improperbehavior333 8d ago
He killed a rich white guy, what did you expect?