Baltimore riots aka Ukraine Thread: Maryland Edition

[Christemo]

Yeah they should all just say 'pretty please!'

Cause that totally worked in every other case of people fighting their oppressors.

Yeah and nearly killing 6 police officers and injuring another 9 is surely gonna make the law enforcement people get lax, or less racist.

Battle the evils of the white man and all that.

[2Bad]

Yeah they should all just say 'pretty please!'

Cause that totally worked in every other case of people fighting their oppressors.

And you think unrelated people rampaging through Baltimore attacking other unrelated people is somehow a better example of justice?

[Polly]

Well, not by burning down the city and looting.

Not really an answer.

[Spinach]

I'm going to ignore the condescending tone of this line, but if you're so ready for the riots, surely you must at least on some level understand why they're happening.
And if you do, I'm puzzled as to how ready you are to dismiss the protests while not sparing a single word about why such violence ever came to be.

I'm not being condescending, it's just the sad truth. And I'm not dismissing the "protests," I'm condemning them. We all know why this violence has risen up, I don't need to spare any words about a topic that we're all quite familiar with, but it still isn't justified.

And pray tell, how would you serve justice in this case? How do you propose they settle their grievances?

Step 1: Don't burn the fucking city to the ground.

[2Bad]

Not really an answer.

No it's the only answer. Do not support anarchy.

[Polly]

And you think unrelated people rampaging through Baltimore attacking other unrelated people is somehow a better example of justice?

No.

It is a symptom of centuries of severe injustice.

But sure, a few dozen black rioters are the greatest evil here.

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No it's the only answer. Do not support anarchy.

No, I should support a racist and violent system that caused this, right?

[2Bad]

No.

It is a symptom of centuries of severe injustice.

But sure, a few dozen black rioters are the greatest evil here.

Yes actually, if you are a rampaging mob then you are a greater danger to society than one murderer.

[Spinach]

Yes actually, if you are a rampaging mob then you are a greater danger to society than one murderer.

Aaaand there's the simple truth of the matter.

[Christemo]

No, I should support a racist and violent system that caused this, right?

No you should help that system better itself instead of supporting criminals and idiots and a lot of other people not worth anything burning down retirement homes.

[Polly]

I'm not being condescending, it's just the sad truth. And I'm not dismissing the "protests," I'm condemning them. We all know why this violence has risen up, I don't need to spare any words about a topic that we're all quite familiar with, but it still isn't justified.

I suppose that the whole teaparty business and the war and all the violence back in the 1770s wasn't justified either.

Step 1: Don't burn the fucking city to the ground.

Yeah cause you people were all so sympathetic to the completely peaceful protests in Ferguson last year.

[Christemo]

"The white man is evil" said the white man, as he kept being a white man

[Mcjon01]

Not really an answer.

It sort of sounds like you're saying the random violence and looting should only stop if somebody can think of a step-by-step plan to end racism in the United States for people to do instead.

[Christemo]

Yeah cause you people were all so sympathetic to the completely peaceful protests in Ferguson last year.

And people will be SOOOOOOOOOoo sympathetic to the people who burned retirement homes down.

[Polly]

Yes actually, if you are a rampaging mob then you are a greater danger to society than one murderer.

The thing is that it isn't just one murderer.

It's thousands of murderers with law on their side killing 500 or more people each year. Mostly racial minorities, disabled, and transgender people.

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And people will be SOOOOOOOOOoo sympathetic to the people who burned retirement homes down.

Thank you for missing the point.

[Mcjon01]

Yeah cause you people were all so sympathetic to the completely peaceful protests in Ferguson last year.

Yes, that's how I remember it actually.

[Polly]

It sort of sounds like you're saying the random violence and looting should only stop if somebody can think of a step-by-step plan to end racism in the United States for people to do instead.

Well with such a mindset among the people perpetuating that very system, random violence will not only not stop but will probably get worse and worse.

[Christemo]

Thank you for missing the point.

If the point is that you think looting and murdering like a fucking mongol horde is justified by something then I didn't want to get it.

[Kirby]

Huh. Tell me, how does this random violence and burning and shit help anybody, or benefit anyone?

[Polly]

If the point is that you think looting and murdering like a fucking mongol horde is justified by something then I didn't want to get it.

The point was that history shows as that opressed people are damned if they did, damned if they don't.

[Christemo]

Huh. Tell me, how does this random violence and burning and shit help anybody, or benefit anyone?

I mean some looter might've gotten himself a sweet 60' TV but thats about it.