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[–]HeyImSancho 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

I would also just like to say, "ALL LIVES do MATTER"

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Sure. Most lives aren't threatened by the police.

If the police were disproportionately murdering other unarmed demographics then they'd be included.

That's the whole point.

[–]HeyImSancho 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Sure. Most lives aren't threatened by the police.

If the police were disproportionately murdering other unarmed demographics then they'd be included.

That's the whole point.

What are you saying, only black lives matter? If so, to myself the idea seems like a cliche against humanity on the whole, and anything ever working itself out. We can discuss demographic breakdowns, we can discuss a lot of figures, but one stands out in my mind, the black male has a disproportionately higher tendency to commit violent crime by statistic. Should this fact be hidden?

While black lives do matter, and all lives matter, crime matters more, and can cause massive societal unrest; which we're somewhat starting to see now. People don't have much, and the little property they have, including their bodies are important to each individually, and respectively.

It's not my fault, it's not anyone's fault that the statistics point toward black males. Jesse Lee Patterson, of "The Fallen State" addresses this often on his program; hence the name. Instead of laying blame at the next groups feet, all groups need to take responsibility for their own people. Yet in our current paradigm, the old saying of, 'a Jew made my coffee cold' is if ever applicable, outdated today. Today it really is 'that damn white man did it all!', and from there as seen on tv, it's 'okay' to lay hands on them, and beat them. Cozy, huh?

What I was conveying in my original post is that all lives matter, and making that exclusive to anyone group being better than the next in any way is wrong; at least in my opinion. The idea of this university president being forced(the tide is clear that if she hadn't, then she'd be gone) to apologize, "Oh I'm sorry, silly me for thinking all life is precious, I apologize, 'black lives matter'!!!", is exclusively repugnant to all life.

The continuance of this tide I saw recently where the FBI was called in to investigate someone posting signs reading, 'it's okay to be white'.... The FBI??? What if the sign read, 'it's not okay to be white', would that be okay? I think it would be considering the amount of racist groups that are allowed to gather on public property to protest, and exclude white people...

The link to the FBI investigation is below. If we're from different ideological backgrounds on this topic, please be thorough so I can grasp your view.

https://summit.news/2019/11/05/the-fbi-is-now-investigating-its-okay-to-be-white-posters/

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

While black lives do matter, and all lives matter, crime matters more

Really? "Crime matters more"???

Who's crime? Low level drug offences, or the murder of unarmed civilians.
The overwhelming majority of these civilian murders are the result of police escalations of minor offenses.

Do you think the police should be allowed to act as executioners when they're frightened.

You think they should bypass the court system? If they're scared then call for additional backup.

Arresting the suspect can always wait.
If they get away, then that's preferable to an execution.
Arrests shouldn't be prioritized over public safety.

[–]HeyImSancho 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Really? "Crime matters more"???

Who's crime? Low level drug offences, or the murder of unarmed civilians.

The overwhelming majority of these civilian murders are the result of police escalations of minor offenses.

Do you think the police should be allowed to act as executioners when they're frightened.

You think they should bypass the court system? If they're scared then call for additional backup.

Arresting the suspect can always wait.

If they get away, then that's preferable to an execution.

Arrests shouldn't be prioritized over public safety.

I didn't say I support police; usually I actually hyphenate the word like so, po-lice, or for real emphasis, po-'lice'; indicating their parasitic nature on the whole. Overall, my sentiment on the whole is not all are bad, and even some good, but I live by the rule of 'don't talk to the po-lice', and I also in that rare occasion I come across them, treat them like a wounded animal, as I know they're dangerous.

Having that said, and to what got you rolling, 'crime matters more'. I said that in reference to lives, but why? Have you ever seen the stupid shit people will do to prevent crime to themselves, or retribution from there? Hell, in Arizona, the gun culture there, even has people shooting running bank robbers, just cause they wanted to help out. Crime does create a sense of dishevel, or chaos that doesn't stop unless it's kept in check; people, man lives get hurt when crime goes rampant.