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The News Thread
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Einherjar86
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TechnicalBarbarity
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"little coverage". Try reading.
Most of the country did not hear about what happened there. A few online articles doesn't change that fact. For example, did you know about that incident? Yeah im pretty sure we know the answer to that.
Most of the country did not hear about what happened there. A few online articles doesn't change that fact. For example, did you know about that incident? Yeah im pretty sure we know the answer to that.
CiG
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This is what happens when you peacefully protest the looting of your store.
Einherjar86
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Hey man, calm down. I'm as pissed as you. Going to my CNN and my NYT wanting to read stories about black people getting stomped by the popo, and then I see this?? Damn rags be fuckin' with my commie narrative.
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CiG
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The "combat veteran" is a lying pussy holy shit, actually fabricating events to the police to protect his group of scum. He pulled his pistol after some hot-headed black dude punched him in the head.
lmfao am I supposed to be all tore up over a journalist getting pepper-sprayed?
Besides the stupidity of going to a "protest" while pregnant, all this proves is that it's not as black and white as "this is what happens when you peacefully protest." Some situations have been unnecessarily terrible, others have shown calm and solidarity, I think the rest have been fairly typical. Protests start, people start throwing things, messing with barriers, ignoring curfew or just engaging in general vandalism, then the cops make moves.
TechnicalBarbarity
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... and the screams of all the babies you've murdered.
Can you show me a CNN broadcasted newsclip of that incident?
Einherjar86
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...someone being nonviolent and trying to cover what was happening?
If you're not upset about it, then you're a hypocrite.
Did you think I was saying that this is what always happens when you peacefully protest? Is that actually what you thought I was suggesting?
... and the screams of all the babies you've murdered.
Can you show me a CNN broadcasted newsclip of that incident?
Damn dude, that's disgusting. It's pretty sick you have this fantasy fixation about me killing babies. You should get help.
TechnicalBarbarity
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CiG
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No I'm just an asshole.
Your implication was why bother doing it peacefully when this is what happens if you do, and I gave counter-examples. A guy in shorts being sprayed by a cop isn't representative of the overall nature of these protests.
Einherjar86
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I feel like it had to be obvious that was a hyperbolic comment, and that anyone who is vaguely familiar with my posts would know I couldn't possibly think that's always what happens when you peacefully protest. You can read my frustration at law enforcement in that comment without letting that frustration translate into a blanket statement about peaceful protest.
Sarcasm is a rhetorical strategy, as is treating sarcasm like analytical argument.
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HamburgerBoy
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The Floyd story was on the frontpage of the NYT website, but the Dallas dude's was not.
TechnicalBarbarity
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The Floyd story was(and still is) on every single news channel in this country. The Dallas dudes was not.
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CiG
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The disposition displayed in that post seemed to fit with your mood lately, apologies if it was sarcasm. I didn't read it that way, and in my defense it's an extremely pervasive view right now, the whole "we tried it your way and look at what we got" thing.
CiG
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Einherjar86
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Thanks. My feelings about peaceful protest and the effectiveness (socially and ethically) of violent protest are way more complicated than a single photo and statement could sum up. We probably don't agree, but I appreciate it.
Ah--well that's a shame. Still, they reported it. And honestly, it's way easier to encounter stories like this on the NYT virtual platform than in print, so I'm not sure it stands to reason that it wasn't widely read at the time when it happened.
Just because his name is unmemorable doesn't mean it wasn't widely read. I don't remember most of the names of black victims of police brutality.
The Floyd story was(and still is) on every single news channel in this country. The Dallas dudes was not.
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I've actually never argued that the media aren't biased.
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Yeah that's it, Tony is just a bad name for headlines, that's the critical distinction between him and George
