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[–]Oneda[S] 20 insightful - 6 fun20 insightful - 5 fun21 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

Actual News Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8373657/Shocking-moment-Dallas-rioters-hurl-ROCKS-store-owner-tried-defend-shop-sword.html

First of all, for those who don't know, a man named George Floyd, a black man, was recently killed by a murderous cop in the city Minneapolis. Although George was already on the ground and restrained, the cop still wouldn't take off his knee from George's neck. George couldn't breathe, lost consciousness, and died after around 7 or 8 minutes of being held in that position. This sparked outrage among people and protests began. Eventually, protests led to rioting and looting by people who saw this as an opportunity to steal from businesses and burn them down.

This innocent man decided to protect his business and his neighborhood, so when the rioters/looters came, he tried to chase them away with a sword. The rioters/looters ganged up on him, threw rocks and him, beat him up with skateboards, kicked and punched him in the head. He lay there twisted and lifeless with injuries on his head.

What angers me the most is that there are people who would use George's death as a reason to "protest" (the meaning of the word seems to have become synonymous to rioting and looting) and there are actually people who support the use of violence and destruction of property. Tell me, in what way does stealing from people and destroying their livelihoods going to help you get this so called "justice" for George? How is stealing and the destruction of livelihoods supposed to help in your fight against "racism"? How does stealing from a Fedex Truck help get justice for George and fight racism? No, these activities don't actually help at all because these are criminal acts fueled by selfishness.

These rioters/looters are all bullshit. They never really cared about George. They never really cared about racism. If they really cared, then they wouldn't be hurting people and destroying businesses. They would be out there peacefully protesting instead of doing destructive crime. People who support these rioters/looters/criminals should think for a moment and ask the following questions:

"What if I lost my JOB because they burned down my work place?"

"What if my family or friends got killed because they got in the way of these rioters/looters?"

"What if they target my home next?"

These rioters/looters act all shocked and victimized when they see one of their own get dragged and crushed by a scared driver of a Fedex truck trying to get away. These criminals act as if they've done nothing wrong when they get hurt or killed by people or cops defending themselves. These rioters/looters act like entitled brats who believe they are always in the right and they can just do whatever they want. They are selfish, horrible people.

[–]HopeThatHalps 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

What angers me the most is that there are people who would use George's death as a reason to "protest"

People are not reading between the lines in all of this. Youre interpreting things too literally, taking people at their word. All of that "reason" is nothing more than pretense. People were psychologically ready to protest and loot, COVID lockdowns look and feel like government oppression, whether it be in the name of the public good notwisthstanding. This was a time for the state to walk on egg shells, instead they choked a black man to death and lit a fuse on a bomb that was already building.

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You've got a level head. I enjoy reading your comments.