PureX
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Well, now you know.I been on this forum for over a decade and was the whole time completely unaware that posts had to be approved by you.
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Well, now you know.I been on this forum for over a decade and was the whole time completely unaware that posts had to be approved by you.
Well, now you know.
I'm actually one of the most hated jerks here on RF.
The news media publish the story, setting the tone. With that
story presented, it's their context when they go to the related
videos. The videos of whites being assaulted or shot are far
less visible in national news. They'd have no reason to search
for them.
Justine Damon, the Australian woman who was murdered by
a black cop in Minneapolis is an interesting case. At a protest
in Australia for George Floyd, I recall an interviewer asking
people there if they'd heard of her death. Very few knew of
the fellow Aussie who was shot here. But they knew all about
Floyd.
?So, some snotty-nosed punk kid throws a smoke bomb into a crowded theater. And a few moments later someone else sees the smoke and shouts "FIRE!". At which point chaos and mayhem ensue, as hundreds of frightened movie-goers try to escape the theater at once.
Later, when the snotty-nosed kid is found, and asked why he did it, he says he did it so that everyone would see how stupid and dangerous it is to throw smoke bombs into crowded theaters. But of course this is just a lie, and no one believes it because the kid could have achieved that goal without risking everyone else's health and welfare by simply standing up and saying that it would be stupid and dangerous to throw a smoke bomb into that theater full of people. And this had never even occurred to the kid, of course, because he and everyone else already knows how stupid and dangerous it would be to throw smoke bombs into crowded theaters. They would have just told him to sit down and shut so they could watch the movie.
This scenario is analogous, I believe, to posting this thread.
I have had tenants who tell the judge that their place is uninhabitable.
To be fair, I've lived in broken down slums before. It's either that or truly be on the street with nothing.I have had tenants who tell the judge that their place is uninhabitable.
The judge asks them for their current address.
The tenant gives the address for the "uninhabitable" home.
The judge then asks how are they living there if it is uninhabitable.
There is another.. but that name must not be spoken.
OOO! OOO! It's me! Right?
I knew it! Now people will be fighting over who gets the title.
I can beat that.I have had tenants who tell the judge that their place is uninhabitable.
The judge asks them for their current address.
The tenant gives the address for the "uninhabitable" home.
The judge then asks how are they living there if it is uninhabitable.
I'm not saying that her death was never covered.
But white deaths receive less coverage.
Police reform is going to be a long & messy process
with some failed attempts. I just hope that it happens.
Isn't it odd though that interviewed Aussies protestingWell...not here, but ok.
Isn't it odd though that interviewed Aussies protesting
one dead black guy from Minneapolis didn't know or
care about a dead Aussie shot in the same town?
I suspect that he interviewed more protesters than
are shown in the video, but still, those exist.
You almost make Australistan sound like a real country.Like I said, it's not the least bit surprising that we have ill-informed buttheads down here that rely on Twitter feeds for their news.
My nationality is the same as theirs, but we run the full gamut here.
Plenty of 'traditional' Aussies probably don't care about ANY deaths in America, since apathy is almost a national sport.
But some of these folks who want to rebel aren't interested in investing time, effort and consideration in understanding issues.
They just want to make themselves feel better by 'doing' something.
I personally find such lack of personal insight and accountability an indictment on their actual commitment, but I'm sure they feel momentarily better for having mindlessly seperated themselves from 'the herd'.
You almost make Australistan sound like a real country.
FWIW, I never got the impression that you dissed Ameristan.Unfortunately we sometimes seem to watch America and think 'Oh look, let's be like them!'
I think that makes us less real, but if you mean flawed, I agree.
Sidenote : Like us, America is diverse. I'm not trying to denigrate America or Americans. But you can likely imagine the sort of Americans who get prime airplay here. They're not the subtle, nuanced and considered ones, most often.
FWIW, I never got the impression that you dissed Ameristan.