Biden helps avert railway strike.

[Silvanus]

The amount of Rs that sincerely wanted to overturn the election, you can count on one hand. And I doubt any of them outside of possibly Trump wanted to do it in an unlawful manner.

Argument to incredulity, then.

You mean voters didn't follow simple voting instructions and the law was followed?

No, but your willingness to accept valid votes being discounted in order to benefit one particular party is noted.

 

[Buyetyen]

Just saying the BLM protests caused more actual harm but nobody here b!tches about that, do they?

Probably because they didn't. You make shit up, dude. Don't make shit up.

 

[Phoenixmgs]

Argument to incredulity, then.



No, but your willingness to accept valid votes being discounted in order to benefit one particular party is noted.

I don't care what party the votes are for, I despise both parties, follow basic instructions and your vote will be counted.

Probably because they didn't. You make shit up, dude. Don't make shit up.

Why don't you look at the crime stats for crime riddled areas and how they are now as high or higher than the 90s in many areas? BLM actually caused the people that the protesters were trying to help be worse off. My local police academy had to cancel the last 2 because there's not enough applicants and it's not even close to a bad area. Police that have a shooting in which they did nothing wrong are being pulled from the streets because they are too "risky".

 

[twistedmic]

Probably because they didn't. You make shit up, dude. Don't make shit up.

The riots stemming from the BLM movement did cause damage and people were killed.

 

[Buyetyen]

Why don't you look at the crime stats for crime riddled areas and how they are now as high or higher than the 90s in many areas? BLM actually caused the people that the protesters were trying to help be worse off. My local police academy had to cancel the last 2 because there's not enough applicants and it's not even close to a bad area. Police that have a shooting in which they did nothing wrong are being pulled from the streets because they are too "risky".

Yawn. Heard it a million times before. Go launder your conical hood.

Also, cops are unpopular, you say? Can't possibly imagine why.

The riots stemming from the BLM movement did cause damage and people were killed.

So we're a degree of separation out, but it's still their fault. And hey, a riot is the voice of the unheard. Maybe ask yourself why riots started in the first place.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Police that have a shooting in which they did nothing wrong are being pulled from the streets because they are too "risky".

So, you agree that people being unfairly discriminated against is wrong, hey? Extend that thought just a little, keep the emphasis on police shootings.

 

[twistedmic]

Maybe ask yourself why riots started in the first place.

Some of them were started due to misinformation being spread.

Like the riot that started after a murder suspect killed himself to avoid getting arrested. Misinformation was spread that the cops shot an unarmed black man.

Or the Kenosha riot that start after Jacob Blake was shot. Misinformation was spread that he was unarmed and there to celebrate his son’s birthday/break up a fight when he was really armed with a knife and trying to take children he did not have custody of while violating a restraining order.

The Ferguson riots were sparked when it was claimed Micheal Brown was on his knees with his hands raised. Evidence showed that he had assaulted the cop that shot him, had tried to take the cop’s gun and was shot while charging the cop.

 

[Buyetyen]

Some of them were started due to misinformation being spread.

Like the riot that started after a murder suspect killed himself to avoid getting arrested. Misinformation was spread that the cops shot an unarmed black man.

Or the Kenosha riot that start after Jacob Blake was shot. Misinformation was spread that he was unarmed and there to celebrate his son’s birthday/break up a fight when he was really armed with a knife and trying to take children he did not have custody of while violating a restraining order.

The Ferguson riots were sparked when it was claimed Micheal Brown was on his knees with his hands raised. Evidence showed that he had assaulted the cop that shot him, had tried to take the cop’s gun and was shot while charging the cop.

Pardon me if I don't take the cops' word for it on any of those counts.

 

[twistedmic]

Pardon me if I don't take the cops' word for it on any of those counts.

Whose word would you take?

 

[Buyetyen]

Whose word would you take?

Not a cop's, is all I'm saying.

 

[twistedmic]

Not a cop's, is all I'm saying.

Would you trust surveillance footage for the suicide?

Or Jacob Blake admitting he was armed at the time?

Or the ME in the case of Michael Brown?

Or do you disregard anything that supports the cop’s side?

 

[Buyetyen]

Would you trust surveillance footage for the suicide?

Or Jacob Blake admitting he was armed at the time?

Or the ME in the case of Michael Brown?

Or do you disregard anything that supports the cop’s side?

Can't speak to the first 2, but I know what the narrative was in the Michael Brown case and if I recall the ME found bullet entry wounds in his back.

Can we please do away with the myth that black people can charge into a hail of bullets before going down?

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

Again, surely if the US is/was on the verge of fascism, there's some proof of it...

Lmao, there's plenty, you're just too lefty progressive to see it.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

I've been home sick for over a week now because of COVID. I can't imagine someone in management thinking that anyone this sick working is anything but a net drain on company resources.

It's truly shocking to me that some people pride themselves on never taking a sick day. Oh you come into work when you're sick? So you get paid to get nothing done, make everyone else miserable, and spread your disease to your coworkers? What a fucking flex.

It's sad as hell that the forced resolution of this strike is getting 1 extra sick day.

 

[twistedmic]

Can't speak to the first 2, but I know what the narrative was in the Michael Brown case and if I recall the ME found bullet entry wounds in his back.

Can we please do away with the myth that black people can charge into a hail of bullets before going down?

A little bit of looking shows all of the entry wounds were fired into his front. None in his back.
He got hit in the head twice with one going in through the top of his skull, consistent with his head being tilted forward at the time.

And I was unaware that black people were the only ones that could stay up after multiple gunshot wounds. I thought people of all races were capable of that, especially people built line linebackers.

 

[Buyetyen]

A little bit of looking shows all of the entry wounds were fired into his front. None in his back.
He got hit in the head twice with one going in through the top of his skull, consistent with his head being tilted forward at the time.

Got some links for me?

And I was unaware that black people were the only ones that could stay up after multiple gunshot wounds. I thought people of all races were capable of that, especially people built line linebackers.

Oh, so you're either not familiar with that trope or just not self-aware enough. One is better than the other. Cops have a history of claiming that they had to mag dump into a suspect because they were being charged. Almost exclusively happens when the person is black, too, for some reason.

EDIT: Looked it up, stand corrected on the entry wounds. That said, I'm still not on the cop's side. If you need 6 bullets to stop a suspect, then you're a shitty cop.

Further, I find it depressing that cops kill so many people, I can't keep the stories straight anymore.

 

[thebobmaster]

Got some links for me?



Oh, so you're either not familiar with that trope or just not self-aware enough. One is better than the other. Cops have a history of claiming that they had to mag dump into a suspect because they were being charged. Almost exclusively happens when the person is black, too, for some reason.

EDIT: Looked it up, stand corrected on the entry wounds. That said, I'm still not on the cop's side. If you need 6 bullets to stop a suspect, then you're a shitty cop.

Further, I find it depressing that cops kill so many people, I can't keep the stories straight anymore.

6 bullets is not that much. Cops, and soldiers for that matter, are trained to fire at threats until they aren't a threat anymore. You don't fire, wait to see if they go down, fire, wait, fire...oh, shit, they tanked the bullets and got me. Add in the adrenaline of the moment...

 

[Gordon_4]

Got some links for me?



Oh, so you're either not familiar with that trope or just not self-aware enough. One is better than the other. Cops have a history of claiming that they had to mag dump into a suspect because they were being charged. Almost exclusively happens when the person is black, too, for some reason.

EDIT: Looked it up, stand corrected on the entry wounds. That said, I'm still not on the cop's side. If you need 6 bullets to stop a suspect, then you're a shitty cop.

Further, I find it depressing that cops kill so many people, I can't keep the stories straight anymore.

In so much as American police have much to be desired in most categories, six bullets of 9mm (or .40S&W) against someone who is built like a brick shithouse and running on adrenaline is surprisingly few shots since police pistol of choice in most places, the Glock 17/22 has a magazine capacity of like 15 to 18 rounds, model and ammunition depending. I mean they may have mag dumped but that’s a sub-50% accuracy rating and a lot of stray shots to account for.

 

[Thaluikhain]

That said, I'm still not on the cop's side. If you need 6 bullets to stop a suspect, then you're a shitty cop.

Once the decision to fire is made, the aim is to end the threat right now by the use of as many bullets as necessary, which results in as many bullets as possible until the threat ends.

Now, absolutely there's a massive problem with police shootings, but it's the decision to shoot at all, rather the decision to shoot again after X shots that's the problem.

 

[Silvanus]

I don't care what party the votes are for, I despise both parties, follow basic instructions and your vote will be counted.

So you consider minor technical errors-- which don't affect the validity of the vote at all-- reason to disenfranchise people.

Then yeah, you're just supporting the Republican disenfranchisement effort. Don't pretend it's not happening. Just honestly state you support it.