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Post by SpicyLemonZest »

TeaDrunk wrote: post #203
SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Vague and menacing threats are admittedly thuggish behavior, but I think it's hard to argue that it's more thuggish than burning down a police station.

I believe there’s a suitable MLK speech in which it explains property violence in response to human violence is an attempt to push the majority to action using loss of property when it is clear loss of life means nothing. Given that it’s clear literal loss of life meant very little to people but property damage gets multiple multiple news coverage and POTUS coverage etc etc. it’s hard to consider burning down a polic…

If the protesters decide it's your neighborhood that needs to be burned down next, would you be okay with that?

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Post by happytoexplain »

skocznymroczny wrote: post #212
ndespres wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

By calling for the military to shoot protesting citizens? Come on.

How is looting stores and destroying public property a proper way to protest?

The severity of the looting relates to how justified the use of violence against it is. It obviously does not relate to how justified the glorification of that violence is.

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Post by mantas »

x86_64Ubuntu wrote: post #204
smitty1e wrote: post #181

Should we just step back and laugh? What is funnier than people on both sides of an argument taking themselves way too seriously, and engaging in a bunch of troll-on-troll action?

So people not liking the head of the country talking about having people shot by the military is "taking themselves way too seriously"? Only one side is bringing death and lethal action into the discussion, not sure why you mentioned "both sides".

What should police do to stop looting? Loot looters' homes to stay at equal level of violence?

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Post by chlodwig »

ikeyany wrote: post #192

People are wondering "How far does this go? How can Twitter say this is not cool, but allow something like violent movies or games? Where's the line?" The leader of the United States encouraging law enforcement and the military to shoot American citizens for looting, that's the line.

Do you think it is morally wrong for a store owner to protect his store using guns? Do you think it was morally wrong for the Koreans to sit on their rooftops with guns to protect their stores from looters during the LA riots ( https://warisboring.com/the-legacy-of-the-roof-koreans-28-ye...)?

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Post by umvi »

mdszy wrote: post #211
Covzire wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really don't understand what part of Trump's tweet is "glorifying" violence, can anyone help me out on the rationale?

"when the looting starts, the shooting starts." Just read that a few times until you get it through your head.

rubber bullets? Everything need not be interpreted with such lethal intent.

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Post by AshleyGrant »

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #188
darkerside wrote: post #184

As President, or any public figure, you are responsible not only for the intention of your words, but also every feasible interpretation of your words, as well as the impacts of your words, regardless of intention. I say this not to imply that Trump didn't know that this statement could be taken in multiple ways, but to remind people that even if it can it doesn't matter. It's tragic this has happened, and also tragi…

Vague and menacing threats are admittedly thuggish behavior, but I think it's hard to argue that it's more thuggish than burning down a police station.

Well of course it isn't "more thuggish." The use of "thug" was done on purpose. It is a known racist dog whistle. Trump's racist followers know exactly what he means when he says "These THUGS are..." They replace that with the n word. It's just as a society we don't allow them to say the n word any more, so they've replaced it with a myriad of dog whistles.

What I'm saying is that, in their minds, every single person in that mob is a "thug," and everything they're doing is (in your words) "thuggish."

But the mob of white folks in Charlottesville? Nothing thuggish there. That's just white folks protesting against being oppressed by minorities.

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Post by illuminated »

ikeyany wrote: post #192

People are wondering "How far does this go? How can Twitter say this is not cool, but allow something like violent movies or games? Where's the line?" The leader of the United States encouraging law enforcement and the military to shoot American citizens for looting, that's the line.

I believe the person in question has crossed the line long time ago.

And Twitter should improve their fact-checking and restricting algorithms and apply it all the time.

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Post by [deleted] »

chlodwig wrote: post #225
ikeyany wrote: post #192

People are wondering "How far does this go? How can Twitter say this is not cool, but allow something like violent movies or games? Where's the line?" The leader of the United States encouraging law enforcement and the military to shoot American citizens for looting, that's the line.

Do you think it is morally wrong for a store owner to protect his store using guns? Do you think it was morally wrong for the Koreans to sit on their rooftops with guns to protect their stores from looters during the LA riots ( https://warisboring.com/the-legacy-of-the-roof-koreans-28-ye... )?

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