(06-09-2020, 07:06 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(06-09-2020, 06:35 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Only a racist would feel that way.

I think these people have some genuine grievances, and since there are so many of them, I have to believe there is a problem and they are trying to express themselves about that problem.  

But I see the media go into these crowds and ask some random protester, "What do you want?"  
And the protester answers, "WE WANT JUSTICE!"  
Well, I can't give them that.  I can't end prejudice, I can't end injustice, and I can't change the world so everyone is treated fairly.  

"What do you want?"
"END RACISM!"
I can't do that, either.  And I don't want to abolish the police department.  If someone breaks into my house, I don't want to call Social Services and have some counselor come and talk to the intruder.  I want someone to come shoot them full of bullets. 

I'm not the kind of person that likes to listen to an endless rant about something.  Don't just tell me over and over about your problems.  Tell me what action you propose to solve those problems, and then we will examine your proposed solution and decide whether we want to do that.  

Problem- solution- action plan- implementation- follow up.  I don't want to hear an endless lecture about how I'm terrible, we're all terrible, and on and on.  

To be clear, I do think "white privilege" is a real thing.  But don't just yell at me about it.  Tell me what you think should be done about it.  Give me some concrete steps we can take to make things better.  And I'm not saying I'm going to agree that we should do any of those things, because I haven't seen any proposal yet that isn't counter-productive.

We live in a democratic republic.  If people don't like the way things are, they should register and vote.

I pretty much agree with you on all fronts. 

Have you ever watched the limited series on Netflix called Flint? It's a good look at the whole debacle and one of the substories was the police and fire departments talking to the community to get folks to vote yes for a tax that is passed every few years and it goes towards those two departments. People don't trust them anyway but the tax is passed only for the jackholes in the city council to take it away from police and fire to go toward something else. 

I was so pissed for those folks. They got screwed by their own city council, the police and fire departments did too. I was hoping for a follow-up with the story to see if the council's treachery had been exposed or was the community going to blame the police and fire departments for "lying" to them. Sadly no follow-up.

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