Atlanta Shooting

[Irving]

So you're comparing a large scale terrorist act (9/11) as being statisticallly insignificant, so long you get to cherry-pick the comparison metrics, to a police brutality trigger event that is being bandied happily about by the left and the msm to foment unrest, all while other instances of (for the sake of this protest) blacks being murdered, whites being murdered and police of all colors are being murdered and given practically ZERO attention by the left and msm?


Statistical insignificance aside, what you should have a problem with is that a single event is being used to turn almost the entire world upside down, with no regard for the final cost, while other egregious actions happening IN THE SAME TIME FRAME are almost totally ignored unless they can be used/spun to further the agenda. And that, is DECIDEDLY NOT insignificant, IMO.

No, you're projecting what I think now. You suggested I was saying something was statistically insignificant, and I was agreeing, but taking a side bar to explain that I don't like that argument, and explain why. I'm not comparing 9/11 to anything and it shouldn't be part of the discussion.

There are so many moving parts to what's going on right now that it's almost not worth in engaging in debate about it because everyone can find a niche aspect to be dissatisfied with. I'm not happy with the way the media is doing what the media always does. I'm not happy that social media is now a tool for the news, individual people, and corporations alike to project one virtue signal or another that they think will drum up the most likes, views, discussions, etc. I don't like that suburban white kids that likely can't even relate to why the black community would be mad are using this as an excuse to riot and get away with general destruction that has no message, no direction, no objective, no anything other than the desire to go cause trouble. I don't like how people who aren't out protesting, tend to just brush everything off with simple expressions that are no more thoughtful than commenting on the weather. "Don't commit crimes and there won't be any trouble." If things were that simple, none of this would be happening.

I'm sure there are ten other directions to go from here, but in short, I don't like any of it. One thing that we can all agree on, is that even I'm sick of making a bunch of knee-jerk comments and firing up debates. Like another member said to me, some of these threads are like pushing on a sore tooth in your mouth. You know you shouldn't do it, and the result is never good, but you keep doing it. I'll try to ratchet back my snark when I read something I disagree with, since I know there are 50 other people standing ready at their keyboards ready to point out dumb stuff I say.

[crays]

52 actually...

[Irving]

Is that what the group PM is up to now?


Cheers.

[crays]

There's a group PM??? Maybe my numbers are low...

[Gman]

From 2016:

[MrPrena]

There's a group PM??? Maybe my numbers are low...

Is that what the group PM is up to now?


Cheers.

Yup. Some forums would call it the circle or known as gossip circle.

[hollohas]

Also, break a law = killed without trial, isn't America. Well, it's not supposed to be anyway.

It doesn't. But assaulting police officers, stealing their weapons and then firing said weapons at them usually does.

[fitz19d]

We are all breaking the laws all the time. Sometimes, even if you aren't, the police pull you over and make up a reason to contact you. When you're black, that happens more often. So a nice sentiment, but it doesn't fit reality.

No statistics back you up. Really loathsome sentiment.

[Bailey Guns]

The numbers put out there by Ms McDonald are pretty hard to reconcile with the narrative that the problem is cops killing blacks indiscriminately.

Blacks are killing blacks indiscriminately. Something in black culture is the problem. Not the police. But few people want to hear that because it neutralizes the popular narrative and takes away the excuse for bad behavior by blacks. The benefits to being a victim are far greater than they are being the cause of the problem.

I actually wish cops nationwide would stop working for a week or two. Park the cars. Stay home.

[Bailey Guns]

No statistics back you up. Really loathsome sentiment.

Yep. Lotta that going around these days.