I think the issue is that they were executed in a situation where they posed no danger to the officer. This would be frightening for any legal citizen. Please stop picking apart peoples reasons for being against this, we need unity now more than ever and all this logic does is force a useless purity test that gets us no where.
Many POC are executed in situations where they pose no danger. Please don’t downplay the systemic racism present in the policing industry, we need to stand against this behaviour now more than ever.
And at this point anyone using the term “purity test” should be ignored. It’s a term purely used to downplay systemic abuses of marginalised groups.
That’s kind of derailing. Nobody is downplaying that (except the racists who are are perpetuating the problem, but they’re okay with this too). Most people here have probably also been speaking out against all the violence against POC.
If someone commented on a post about a POC being murdered by cops/ICE, and said “but what about the white people they killed,” you would call that derailing. And that’s exactly what you’re doing here.
You’re downplaying the tragedy that is the implicit topic of this current post, which is the woman who was recently murdered by ICE in Minneapolis. You apparently don’t care about this event, because the victim was white, and you’re arguing that we should ignore it simply because she wasn’t a POC.
we need to stand against this behavior now more than ever.
Yes, exactly, so why are you taking issue with people doing just that?
Yes they are and I yelled about that too and you have no way of knowing who here did and didn’t. Yes the system is corrupt but the people you speak with here aren’t the system, we are individuals.
I think the issue is that they were executed in a situation where they posed no danger to the officer. This would be frightening for any legal citizen. Please stop picking apart peoples reasons for being against this, we need unity now more than ever and all this logic does is force a useless purity test that gets us no where.
Thank you.
It’s depressing that this is so far down the thread, and has so few up votes.
If Americans don’t pull together and work in a coordinated way they’ll never defeat the faccist takeover of their country.
Many POC are executed in situations where they pose no danger. Please don’t downplay the systemic racism present in the policing industry, we need to stand against this behaviour now more than ever.
And at this point anyone using the term “purity test” should be ignored. It’s a term purely used to downplay systemic abuses of marginalised groups.
That’s kind of derailing. Nobody is downplaying that (except the racists who are are perpetuating the problem, but they’re okay with this too). Most people here have probably also been speaking out against all the violence against POC.
If someone commented on a post about a POC being murdered by cops/ICE, and said “but what about the white people they killed,” you would call that derailing. And that’s exactly what you’re doing here.
You’re downplaying the tragedy that is the implicit topic of this current post, which is the woman who was recently murdered by ICE in Minneapolis. You apparently don’t care about this event, because the victim was white, and you’re arguing that we should ignore it simply because she wasn’t a POC.
Yes, exactly, so why are you taking issue with people doing just that?
There needs to be a word beyond shortsighted that defines individuals who let perfect be the enemy of good.
The above commenter was simply trying to say that anyone who uses the term “purity test” has failed their purity test…
I understood your joke, I’m sorry you got downvoted
It’s alright, it happens. At least you picked up on it…
Yes they are and I yelled about that too and you have no way of knowing who here did and didn’t. Yes the system is corrupt but the people you speak with here aren’t the system, we are individuals.