• Deceptichum@quokk.au
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    3 days ago

    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.

    • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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      3 days ago

      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?

    • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      There needs to be a word beyond shortsighted that defines individuals who let perfect be the enemy of good.

    • Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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      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.