You make generalizations everyday about everyone and everything because the time it would take to learn all the facts about each individual thing or person would be prohibitive to living your life. The bottom line is that police reform is needed and nobody who knowingly joins a corrupt institution is above suspicion.
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Cops make surprising gesture when couple refuses to sit near them
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You make generalizations everyday about everyone and everything because the time it would take to learn all the facts about each individual thing or person would be prohibitive to living your life. The bottom line is that police reform is needed and nobody who knowingly joins a corrupt institution is above suspicion.
The Faceless Master
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stats show that Black cops are actually more likely to shoot and kill Black civilians.
excelsiorlef
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SoRuffShoNuff
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A lot of black people are getting tired of being kicked in the ass and when we have enough anger to actually speak out about it someone says "hey stop doing that, we need to unify and your actions are just tearing us more apart". No my words or protests aren't tearing us apart it's the system of white supremacy many of us find ourselves oppressed by and the complete willful ignorance of it that is tearing us apart. Don't kick me and then tell me not to react!
So how about for once we see some efforts for unification from the other side and stop depending on blacks to do all the work.
DontBeThatGuy
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This is the kind of boot straps talking point said by people that don't actually want things to get better, or to make things easier, and yes, more fair, because they managed to make it. It's useless chatter predominately covered by conservatives, regardless of skin color (aka Stephen A Smith)
You say you want to unify, but that kind of statement is doing the exact opposite.
Why though? Is it racism or a "race" being held down and resorting to bullshit? We need to start asking these questions. Instead of everyone being a racist. As a white male I'll gladly admit there is not fair treatment, but it isn't every white males fault. It's the officials fault, but today it seems like cop wanted to say, "hey I know you don't like us but here is a nice gesture." Yet...hell is breaking loose.
The Faceless Master
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are you saying the cops are all bad? because i saw people suggesting that we get rid of bad cops... your comment only makes sense if you think all cops are bad. if they are, then yes, we need to get rid of all of them.
Elitist1945
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A NeoGAF thread involving police AND tipping? Oh boy.
For the record, I thought it was a nice gesture.
For the record, I thought it was a nice gesture.
Chie Satonaka
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The Faceless Master
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nobody is talking about the tip though.
Nabs
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I'm guessing you watched one of those videos designed specifically to shame black people for those racist facebook/youtube likes. Shame those poor colored people couldn't listen to what the good one was preaching.
Elitist1945
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I read the first few pages and caught a couple people talking about the $10 tip.
I live in TN. The Nashville chapter of BLM will not let a person of NC attend the meetings. The message is about equality, yet someone of a different color cannot attend. How is that not racist? There is racism all around. It's time to stop it.
excelsiorlef
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Again read the freaking note.
This wasn't a hey I wanna do something nice gesture
It was a hey betch you feel bad now gesture.
The Faceless Master
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did they shoot you or just say you can't come inside?
Would you attend it either way?
I was trying to say is it a race holding down another? Poor wording, I apologize.
The Faceless Master
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what's #notnice about "Sir, your check was paid for by the police officers that you didn't want to sit next to. Thank you for your support."
SoRuffShoNuff
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A Link to the Past
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I mean,
gay people kind of do that, sometimes. You're going to find a fair few gay people who are legitimately terrified of Christians.
DJ Lushious
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Wow, how right-on-the-money.i feel like this tweet can't be re-posted enough
That note reads to Passive-Aggressive. Or is that just normal Pennsylvania dialect?
The meetings were held in a local library and BLM said white people could not attend. The library said the location was a tax payer location and that anyone could attend. BLM responded by changing locations to a CHURCH that would not let people of certain color attend. Racism is racism not sure what your argument is.
DontBeThatGuy
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I'm not seeing the scorn for these cops, although some might feel it comes across a bit disingenuous, but i'm not feeling particularly sentimental here, and could not give a care about this essentially meaningless gesture. It's not doing anything for an ongoing, and increasingly pressing issue.
I had to Google what BET was. I'm sure I'll get called a racist over and over now. This is insane.
Ah so you're a troll
Oh I'm not talking about this gesture in particular, more so some of the reactions in this thread.
excelsiorlef
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This is the second thread they dropped BLM Nashville into
Bwahahaha
Too fuckin late for that dude, cops in certain areas haven't come to do their job in decades
No, I'm not a troll. I just didn't know what BET was. That makes me a troll? It's 2016. I wasn't aware many watched network television.
A Link to the Past
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Yeah, TaterTots is pretty ridiculous. I sent a PM to them once telling them that one of their posts was kind of offensive, and they got really defensive and suggested that I was looking for things to be negative about (the post was specifically about him citing his appreciation of trans porn as why he wasn't transphobic - or something to that effect).
Gotta find that one thing
The Faceless Master
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were you shot or not? can you please answer the question?
Eh, you may not care, but when I was 12 I lived in a poverty neighborhood. Our fence was ran over one night during a drive by and the shooter decided to drop his firearm in our lawn. Cops responded immediately. I'm not sure what you're trying to say. We were the only white family on the block, but I'm guessing the responded quickly because we were white? Most of these responses are drive by racist comment. It's wack.
excelsiorlef
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SoRuffShoNuff
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Black people wanting to meet and discuss problems facing our community and potential solutions are racists now. Yeah, I've heard it all now.
Valjean Lafitte
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ohhhhhh...you think I attended these meetings in person. Well, no, I did not. I'm just aware of the story because I live in the state. However, me being shot or not does not dictate racism. Racism isn't defined by one being shot. Not sure what you're going on about.
I... well... I'm not sure what to say except this post is amazing in how misguided it is.
I'm saying the people quoting me are looking for a reason to call me a racist, when in fact, I'm saying to stop it...fucking stop it. This is ridiculous. Stop looking for a argument.
My word
DJ Lushious
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I laughed, even if no one else did!
how have you lived life so ignorantly for so long
excelsiorlef
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You're the one having an argument.
Valjean Lafitte
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ITT: People who think racism is acceptable so long as violence is not incited.
TheBryanJZX90
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Or, people so desperate for a "gotcha" moment that they are willing to completely ignore context.
Aaronrules380
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The fact that racism might not end in violence doesn't stop it from being racism. Look, nobody is arguing that what many of these cops are doing isn't worse. The shootings and police brutality against black people is horrific and wrong. That doesn't mean that it's ok for other, more passive agressive forms of racism to occur like not letting white people show their support for a movement like BLM. One side being more wrong (and in this case it's much more wrong) does not necessarily make the other side infallible.
Also, the idea that good cops should quit or go on strike in response to these situations seems kind of absurd, given the implications (That now everyone left involved in law enforcement is the worst of the worst). As for not speaking up: Just because they're not making a big public statement doesn't mean it isn't happening. Maybe many of the good cops aren't in a position where they can make a big stink without risking their jobs and risking their ability to feed their family.
Wait.....so if you believe white people are racist and a group of white people realize how fucked the situation is and want to help and progress...its ok to turn those people away that want to destroy those walls? How is this not racism and going against the message? This is the whole point I'm trying to make. This is not real.
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