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re: LSU Football honoring George Floyd
Posted on 6/9/20 at 10:45 am to DustyDinkleman
Posted on 6/9/20 at 10:45 am to DustyDinkleman
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You’re thinking of this all wrong. Everything comes down to future recruiting.
And this won't make a difference AT ALL.
Did recruiting suffer and/or benefit from LSU's response or lack thereof to the Alton Sterling incident? That event garnered national attention and it happened in the city where LSU is located. It was a topic of conversation for several months in 2016 and, again, in 2017 with the trial. During that time LSU signed two top 10 classes. Point being, this gesture won't make a BIT of difference in recruiting.
Now, it probably won't make a bit of difference either in fan interest, etc. But it seems to set forth an unnecessary precedent. Is LSU supposed to "honor" anyone who is killed? Or just people the most vocal among us think are important? Is Floyd's life more noteworthy or valuable than the 60-70 people murdered in BR each year? Do they deserve to be honored as well? If not, why? Do only black people killed by police get this distinction while the several others who are murdered city/state/nationwide don't?
The reality is LSU found themselves in a box because, for whatever reason, they feel it necessary to comment/make virtue signaling gestures with respect to newsworthy matters that have NOTHING TO DO WITH LSU. What put them in the box was lighting the stadium blue in April in honor of the BRPD officer killed in the line of duty. They couldn't do that and then NOT honor someone on the other side of that spectrum...a man killed by a police officer. Once you decide to get into the unnecessary virtue signaling business you can't pick sides. You have to virtue signal for all. There is some portion of the population that think honoring the fallen office is a great gesture. However, there is another segment that doesn't think so. And vice-versa for Floyd.
How about just staying out of the virtue signaling business all together?
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Posted on 6/9/20 at 10:47 am to Geaux_Tigers_08
Gross
Posted on 6/9/20 at 10:48 am to BlackAngus
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Who are you too judge? We are all sinners. Get off your high horse “Dr”. You’re no better than anyone else. Every time some shite happens to a black guy, “he was a criminal”. Shut the hell up
He had been to prison 5 times, one including armed robbery of a pregnant woman in her own home. it's something that shouldn't be glazed over.
His death was a tragic instance which will end in deserved justice for those involved, but the martyrdom of floyd is excessive given his recent past
Posted on 6/9/20 at 10:49 am to Geaux_Tigers_08
Floyd didn't deserve to die but he was otherwise a piece of shite. Ridiculous.
This post was edited on 6/9/20 at 10:50 am
Posted on 6/9/20 at 10:50 am to Geaux_Tigers_08
i don’t care who we saluting, honoring, remembering, etc. Death Valley should never be lit with anything Crimson.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 10:52 am to Geauxld Finger
It's not really martyrdom as much as it a symbol for a much larger problem in America.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 10:54 am to FMtTXtiger
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Hope they honor the dead policemen as well.
They did this in 2016 I believe.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 10:54 am to Lester Earl
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much larger problem in America.
In the sense that 9 people is 9x larger than 1 person...sure. Much larger
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:00 am to DeathValley85
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But did we all rob a pregnant woman at gunpoint?
Add to that Floyd pointed the gun at her fetus. He was a disgusting human being.
Having said that, there are people who are wronged by the police, and the police need to change. Put "no knock" warrants on the the top of the list of things that need to be removed
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:00 am to Nutriaitch
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Death Valley should never be lit with anything Crimson.
THIS
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:01 am to Lester Earl
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It's not really martyrdom as much as it a symbol for a much larger problem in America.
you can bang that drum all you want but statistics say otherwise
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:04 am to Geaux_Tigers_08
Okay now its done. Dont do anything more to keep stirring the pot.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:09 am to Geaux_Tigers_08
I wonder how many of his former jail cell mates came to his funeral
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:10 am to Geauxld Finger
The problem extends way past police brutality.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:14 am to c on z
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They did this in 2016 I believe.
They did it this past April too. Which I can guarantee you why they felt compelled to do it for Floyd. Had they not there would have been accusations of LSU "picking sides". That is, honoring an officer killed in the line of duty but not honoring a person killed by an officer.
The only common theme is that neither really had any close affiliation with LSU and it seemed to be an unnecessary gesture on both instances. But once you do it for one, you can't not do it for the other. Which circles back to the broader question: Why does LSU need to be in the virtue signaling business in the first place?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:16 am to Toki Wartooth
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Come on man. Getting caught using a counterfeit bill doesn’t carry a death sentence.
Neither does owning a business deserve getting beaten by a 2 x 4.
When are we going to honor those who gave their lives
and committed no crimes?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:19 am to Lester Earl
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The problem extends way past police brutality.
yes systemic racism right?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:22 am to DrSteveBrule
I've been an LSU fan since I was 5 yrs old, but learning how many LSU fans are POS racists has really made me wonder why I continue to support the school. Just go to the Politics board here and wander thru the celebration of ignorance sponsored there and you realize how entrenched these views are . Trump has made overt racism fashionable again, so it is much more noticeable now.
It also makes me wonder why black kids should want to attend here. At least the coaching staffs let it be known that they understand some of these issues
It also makes me wonder why black kids should want to attend here. At least the coaching staffs let it be known that they understand some of these issues
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:29 am to nitwit
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I've been an LSU fan since I was 5 yrs old, but learning how many LSU fans are POS racists
Link?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 11:34 am to nitwit
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nitwit
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