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I think there is merit in this ....

Americans folks chatting in our office this morning are asking exactly this - whats driving it all.
The folks I am talking to are employed, middle class and among a bunch of races and nationalities.

Looking at this from a purely South African perspective - its black and white ... and its easy to draw a comparison between the racial tensions in SA and what we perceive to be those in the USA.

Looking at it from a US perspective, well, its way past the George Floyd issue, and is now - who, how and what is being profited from all of this?
I think there is more than one agenda at play.
Even on this thread, opinion has given way to snappy finger pointing and heal biting. Playing the OP over playing the issue at hand for some personal satisfaction.

To your comment - I am literally being spammed with news flashes every 10 minutes, and of course, the complimentary before the 0.99c special for our online tabloid offer....

So, yeah, I think part of the fuel to this is tabloid profits.

November 3, 2020.
 
Jesus imagine a mod or 2 could keep the fake news and conspiracy BS in check ...... Why are some banned/warned but others can driveby shytepost at whim :rolleyes:
 
Nothing quite confirms your "white ally" status like attempting to destroy a black man's property. You know to defeat systemic racism and all that

Former Cleveland Cavaliers guard JR Smith took to social media this weekend after apparently beating up a rioter who broke his truck window in Los Angeles.

The free agent acknowledged that there’s video of the beatdown, (which can be viewed below), and emphasized that he chased down the rioter after he allegedly attacked his truck. “This ain’t no hate crime,” he says in the video, making a reference to the rioter being white.


“Before y’all see this s*** somewhere else, one of these little mother f***ing white boys didn’t know where he was going, broke my f***ing window in my truck,” he says, “broke my s***.”

 
Don't sweep it under the carpet don't pretend it does not happen, don't vilify people like Colin Kapernick for peacefully protesting and to bring attention to the problem then when this happens you want to pretend peaceful protest works.

Don't let things like Ahmaud Arbery getting gunned down for being black in Georgia. Enabling people to do that.
This.

Instead of bleating about how Kapernick was a "traitor", maybe people should have listened more.

The amount of conservatives, such as Pence or Larhen who are asking why can't protestors protest peacefully, while having screeched and fussed and fumed at Colin's peaceful protest is the least surprising element of this disaster.
 
This.

Instead of bleating about how Kapernick was a "traitor", maybe people should have listened more.

The amount of conservatives, such as Pence or Larhen who are asking why can't protestors protest peacefully, while having screeched and fussed and fumed at Colin's peaceful protest is the least surprising element of this disaster.

Are you really going to pretend that only one side does this?
 
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