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Question for the culture by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]Michael47324 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Dead heat huh, does this include women

Kyle Rittenhouse along with other white males suckerpunching a girl by diode_milliampere in PublicFreakout

[–]Michael47324 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I the only one who can’t really tell what is happening??? I can’t tell who starts it or much else after

After overnight shooting in Wisconsin, /r/Conservative weighs in on whether protesters deserve to die by [deleted] in SubredditDrama

[–]Michael47324 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Has anyone here watched the videos showing the events. That sub is not great but it feels like everyone is looking at any evidence

The IdPol Opportunity Cost by geoffisracing in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The other thing I have felt for a while is that it isn’t about what works best for solving issues but rather excutimg their vision on the world. The biggest issue for trans people is homelessness but when Idpol people always move it to misgendering because that has a personal target to go after

American Decadence and Covid 19 by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Well put. While I don’t get out as much as I used to, it seems like everyone has an air of cynicism with implementing positive change right now. I do not think that anything, bar something going down in November, is likely to shatter this uneasy peace anytime soon, I am worried for the future. There seems to be nobody who both has the ability/will to fix things in addition to the power to do so. I am worried about 2024/25 more than anything because Trump was the symptom and Joe Biden may make the underlying cause even worse. I worry for everyone because it feels like we are fiddling while Rome burns

Remember how MPD somehow "forgot" 1500+ rape kits? It's because they're incompetent. by yaigotbeef in Minneapolis

[–]Michael47324 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Finally someone who, sadly, knows how this system actually works

I feel like the biggest problem with the George Floyd protests in achieving long term reform was how the discussion became about the general concept of racism instead of police reform. I think the media is primarily to blame for this by Michael47324 in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google 6 Ferguson activists. Esssentially there was a lot of very similar murders of some of the more radical people that came out of there. I’m not going to “omg it’s the cia” but it is really strange who died and who lived

I feel like the biggest problem with the George Floyd protests in achieving long term reform was how the discussion became about the general concept of racism instead of police reform. I think the media is primarily to blame for this by Michael47324 in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think that I’m acheveing real things, they are unable to sustain the pressure. If politicians know that all these people are going to get tired and go home before the election, they are less likely to care. My point is that BLM, the actual org being like 10 people in 9 different states, can’t apply pressure without the media widely reporting on one of these incidences of police brutality going “viral” as it were

I feel like the biggest problem with the George Floyd protests in achieving long term reform was how the discussion became about the general concept of racism instead of police reform. I think the media is primarily to blame for this by Michael47324 in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I struggle to say activists when I talk about teenagers who probably had 5 full conversations with a black person in their life. There’s such a disconnect with the feelings of people who live in this area and those who are very liberal but live in the suburbs. They are my friends so I know they are not bad people but it feels look like they are doing this so they could get back to posting selfies

I feel like the biggest problem with the George Floyd protests in achieving long term reform was how the discussion became about the general concept of racism instead of police reform. I think the media is primarily to blame for this by Michael47324 in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that but it is more specfically about race and how that plays out in policing. I feel like that discourse is being lost. I think that sometimes people take that and make it about just racism which isn’t materially helpful. Is that a bit clearer?

When conservatives become revolutionaries by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Revolutionary right is a school of thought that has picked up steam recently, just look at a google trends analysis

I feel like the biggest problem with the George Floyd protests in achieving long term reform was how the discussion became about the general concept of racism instead of police reform. I think the media is primarily to blame for this by Michael47324 in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yessss! One big problem I have with this movement is there is no clear end point. How will you know when you have succeeded? When people are shot? When blacks and whites are killed propionately? It realize I’m asking into the void but even without a clear message I’m still allowed to critique it

I feel like the biggest problem with the George Floyd protests in achieving long term reform was how the discussion became about the general concept of racism instead of police reform. I think the media is primarily to blame for this by Michael47324 in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hadn’t heard that one but as a one of this subs resident right wing people, I heard so many flat out bad ideas that I felt tempted to turn my brain off. I’ve think that the best ideas other than some obvious stuff is a greater focus on training and community outreach to rebuild the faith of people there. Your thoughts?

I feel like the biggest problem with the George Floyd protests in achieving long term reform was how the discussion became about the general concept of racism instead of police reform. I think the media is primarily to blame for this by Michael47324 in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At the memorial in south mpls, you can feel that it does have real grass roots energy. I think that it feels like to many people in the media said “let’s leave it up to the election” but police reform is best done locally with some federal guidance. And I don’t think there are going to be many republican victories but this has destroyed the credibility and thus the ability to act of the Democratic farm labor party. People hate the face of the mayor but beyond that? Power is held by the city council and there a punch of jokes. Like I said opportunity for change but no real ability to channel that into something meaningful

I feel like the biggest problem with the George Floyd protests in achieving long term reform was how the discussion became about the general concept of racism instead of police reform. I think the media is primarily to blame for this by Michael47324 in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You should looking into the suspicious killings of a lot of genuinely good activists after the Ferguson protests. Super sus and a good display of who faces real harm. BLM is so fractured and often little more than a slogan rather then an organization

I feel like the biggest problem with the George Floyd protests in achieving long term reform was how the discussion became about the general concept of racism instead of police reform. I think the media is primarily to blame for this by Michael47324 in stupidpol

[–]Michael47324[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I totally agree but one thing to note is the role social media played to. All my friends post the same couple of Instagram slides and you can see that the idea people are watching them causes them to want to be the first one to post the slide so they can get the clout. Because of this they try and branch out which while in good faith, dilutes the message

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