(05-31-2020, 02:21 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Complete [BLEEP].

I am eternally grateful to abolitionists like John Brown, founding members of the NAACP, the white freedom riders of the Civil Rights era, and countless others, to those whites speaking out against the injustice we've seen in the Floyd murder.  But think about what you are saying.  If this country were truly governed by traditional notions of common human decency, would their sacrifices have even been necessary?  Would there have been a Confederacy and a civil war over slavery?  Would the supreme court cases and the Civil Rights legislation have been necessary? 

No, they wouldn't, unless you consider comprehensive racism to be consistent with traditional notions of common human decency.

Not trying to get in the middle of this, Bullseye, but do you know of people of any color that isn’t pissed to the max over the George Floyd murder? Every person I know are horrified by the actions of the officers that killed him, and most like myself believe all four officers should be facing way more charges than just the current charges against just one.  I don’t think black or white people are divided on this murder. We agree, and also the vast majority also believe police forces in general do have officers that are racist, not all officers … but we do need more effort to identify and remove those officers.

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