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Facebook Employees Slam Zuckerberg over Militia Groups and QAnon After Kenosha

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Re: Facebook Employees Slam Zuckerberg over Militia Groups and QAnon After Kenosha

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What about deplatforming BLM, which seems to be the major driver for this unrest and criminal activity? As can be seen clearly in the video, the 17 year old was running away and defending himself against multiple attackers, some of whom were themselves armed.

Are you talking about the armed teenager who drove 12 miles across state lines and put his armed self in a dangerous situation willingly? Not sure you get to call it self-defense at that time

What's the significance of 12 miles here?

Re: Facebook Employees Slam Zuckerberg over Militia Groups and QAnon After Kenosha

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What about deplatforming BLM, which seems to be the major driver for this unrest and criminal activity? As can be seen clearly in the video, the 17 year old was running away and defending himself against multiple attackers, some of whom were themselves armed.

BLM isn't the driver for unrest. On-going (For decades) criminal behaviour by police forces is the driver for unrest. People don't go out to protest, to get shot by less-lethal bullets, to get gassed, to have flashbangs thrown at them because they are bored. They do it because they are tired and angry, and because their cause is just.

This is blatantly wrong propaganda. The number of police murders of all races over the last 40 years doesn't sum up to the number of black on black murders committed in just one year.

Most crime in the US is committed by 6% of the population, black males. More cops are killed by black men per year then they kill but no one cries for them even when the cop is black, the hypocrisy and stupidity of BLM is staggering.

Re: Facebook Employees Slam Zuckerberg over Militia Groups and QAnon After Kenosha

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Could we stop trying to make Facebook responsible for every damn thing that happens?

Can we try to make Facebook responsible for every damn thing that happens on their platform?

The problem is that excessive blaming will foster high levels of risk aversion, as seen in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24304275

Re: Facebook Employees Slam Zuckerberg over Militia Groups and QAnon After Kenosha

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What about deplatforming BLM, which seems to be the major driver for this unrest and criminal activity? As can be seen clearly in the video, the 17 year old was running away and defending himself against multiple attackers, some of whom were themselves armed.

Are you talking about the armed teenager who drove 12 miles across state lines and put his armed self in a dangerous situation willingly? Not sure you get to call it self-defense at that time

Thanks for posting this. I didn't know it was ONLY 12 miles that he drove. Based on the news I thought he went a lot farther.

In regards to the "state lines" ... it's funny when people actually care about "borders".

Re: Facebook Employees Slam Zuckerberg over Militia Groups and QAnon After Kenosha

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What about deplatforming BLM, which seems to be the major driver for this unrest and criminal activity? As can be seen clearly in the video, the 17 year old was running away and defending himself against multiple attackers, some of whom were themselves armed.

I enjoy seeing these political threads here on HN. It's good for this place to finally have a look in the mirror and see what's there.

It's disheartening to see so much racism among the community here.

Re: Facebook Employees Slam Zuckerberg over Militia Groups and QAnon After Kenosha

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you talking about the armed teenager who drove 12 miles across state lines and put his armed self in a dangerous situation willingly? Not sure you get to call it self-defense at that time

What's the significance of 12 miles here?

He's not living on scene defending his property. A lot of places in the US privilege that scenario for self-defence when otherwise your actions would be prosecuted. If you take a rifle and drive to a trouble spot you could be construed as looking for trouble.
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