re: Instead of talking about the flag why aren't we talking about the issue behind the protest

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Under your logic, why shouldn't men be outraged at jail population demographic by gender?

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Because jail populations are determined by the legal system. Trials, juries, plea bargains, all those things where a defendant has multiple points at which to prove his or her innocence, flaws and all.

A cop deciding that some minor infraction - or merely not granting said cop enough deference - is worthy of a death sentence carries none of the same opportunity. It's a rogue act, but blind obedience to the police and the thin blue line have enshrined it as a legal one regardless of the circumstances.

I can't speak to what your facebook friends mean by the term. I am just telling you that a systemic problem is not synonymous with a conspiracy. Not sure what to tell you...

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I can't speak to what your facebook friends mean by the term. I am just telling you that a systemic problem is not synonymous with a conspiracy. Not sure what to tell you...

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If you believe systemic racism is resulting in police forces that are murdering blacks, because of racism, then there's a conspiracy somewhere in the department. Either that or the killings and subsequent acquittals aren't a result of murders due to systemic racism. I'm not sure what to tell you here...

And that some of your suggestions here don't matchup with arguments being made by the BLM movement or their sympathizers is a perfect example of why the "kneeling" demonstration is counterproductive to actual dialogue. Do the kneelers support arguments like you are making here or more dramatic arguments being made by other figures? It's impossible to know if you simply kneel in place of making a clear, concise argument.

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Of course. That lie will never die.

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There are some things in life that are like a simple test for me that allow me to disregard people.

If you say women make 77 cents on the dollar, I know you aren't worth my time.

If you say "blacks are killed at a higher rate than their 13% of the population", I know you aren't worth my time.

And it isn't because these things are egregiously false(they are).

It's because they are so obviously stupid use of numbers that you know that people who accept them have zero credulity and/or zero ability to examine them themselves.

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racism is a myth.

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Racism is not a myth. However, the belief that anyone is afforded less opportunity in this country merely by virtue of their skin color is a myth.

They are ignorant, and in some cases very stupid and naive people that are very easily swayed into believing a lie and are vulnerable to brainwashing. They just are not very intelligent people. It's obvious they don't care what facts prove, or disprove in their case, they just want to make noise because they're not happy with where their side is in life and want to blame their shortcomings on other races of people, and even the country which provides them with so many opportunities and freedoms. You cant force an individual to capitalize on the opportunities they have in this country as a citizen, thats all there is to it. There are plenty of people from disadvantaged backgrounds of every race that have went on to lead great lives. Somehow, they don't believe that anyone can be successful if they bust their arse and want it bad enough in this country, which is bullshite. It's easier to blame it on "institutional racism and social injustice" and sit on your arse and take advantage of the programs the government has in place to help people try and get back on their feet. Instead, they use it as a hammock, and stay there depending on the government to provide for them, then, try to abuse it furthermore by trying to find loopholes and ways to screw the government. I don't respect these people at all, no matter the race. frick them. It's their own fault and nobody else's, but they're so ignorant and stupid that they believe people that tell them it's everybody else's fault but their own. Lol gtfo.

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It's obvious they don't care what facts prove, or disprove in their case, they just want to make noise because they're not happy

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plenty of right wingers in that same boat.

look for TL;dr

In the case of the current protesters and what's going on in this country because of their antics, yeah, theyre definitely the ones uninformed, uneducated, and ignorant.

I already explained the difference. Not going to beat a dead horse.

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Compare that to the size of each population, since we're talking rate per year.

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You're not comparing base demographic numbers with number of crime perpetrated per demographic..

What does that comparison tell you?