All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[Spidey5640]

As for this Atlanta "purge" nonsense. What do we call a group of people who threaten that bad things will happen to you if you don't give them everything they want?

"Nice city ya got there? Shame if anything happened to it."

As recent events across the country have shown...the answer is "liberal protestors"

[Spidey5640]

What Is Juneteenth?

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.

From Juneteenth.com

[JCAll]

We all know that the only acceptable use of a time machine is to go back in time and kill HITLER as a baby, not spambots, Kirby. Stay focused.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Just saw someone on twitter refer to Trump as 'Tang the Conqueror' and I am dying. WPP, that one is for you.

Oh, that IS a good one! Thanks for bringing that to my attention!

[aja_christopher]

As recent events across the country have shown...the answer is "liberal protestors"

The question being why are they there in the first place.

The answer being systemic racism and unchecked unlawful police brutality.

I notice even "conservatives" don't defend said behavior -- they just talk around it as if it isn't the key issue and the cause of said protests.

[Username taken]

The question being why are they there in the first place.

The answer being systemic racism and unchecked unlawful police brutality.

I notice even "conservatives" don't defend said behavior -- they just talk around it as if it isn't the key issue and the cause of said protests.

Exactly.

They don't even want to acknowledge there's a problem.

[worstblogever]

Speaking of Tang the Conquerer, Trump's already threatening protesters with police violence a day ahead of his rescheduled rally in Tulsa.

[aja_christopher]

Exactly.

They don't even want to acknowledge there's a problem.

What they want to do is shift the blame to black people ("rioters") and liberals ("antifa") -- many complain about Trump yet echo his lies.



While simultaneously downplaying video evidence of violent police officers and right-wing murders of federal officers as it doesn't fit their narrative.

[godisawesome]

Yes, cops are public servants who, when serving their duties competently, are gifted certain powers that regular civilians don’t enjoy.

But it’s wrong to think of it as “rights” in the sense of something that cannot be denied - it’s responsibilities.

And the thing about responsibilities is that they're a package deal of increased obligation and duty paired with power and privilege - a failure on one end of the package invalidates the rest of the package.

Or, to put it in other words, cops and police officers are to enforce a law they still operate under and are not above; they are given greater powers but also greater obligations, given more freedom of action but held to higher, more stringent standards alongside that freedom of action.

When an officer of the law fails at his responsibilities by maliciously abusing or even just incompetently and dangerously misusing his increased freedom of action, he has forfeited his protection from the law in his use of that freedom of action.

And in order for judgements about whether or not he’s forfeited his protection to be made, he must be subject to investigation, indictment, and trial.

Police unions and individual officers that have made the wrong choices here are treating mere investigation as a conviction. They are attempting to claim a privilege and power above the law. The more endemic and intertwined this inaccurate view of their station is, the more impetus there is to disband their current organizations and reform them entirely to reassert their subject-hood to the same rule of law they are to enforce.

[aja_christopher]

Yes, cops are public servants who, when serving their duties competently, are gifted certain powers that regular civilians don’t enjoy.

But it’s wrong to think of it as “rights” in the sense of something that cannot be denied - it’s responsibilities.

And the thing about responsibilities is that they're a package deal of increased obligation and duty paired with power and privilege - a failure on one end of the package invalidates the rest of the package.

[Iron Maiden]

What Is Juneteenth?

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.

From Juneteenth.com

Just an FYI....your post is redundant. Tami's post is what's called a hyperlink. You click it and it takes you to the page. You create it by using the link icon on the toolbar.

[Kirby101]

As recent events across the country have shown...the answer is "liberal protestors"

Why did you put liberal protestors in quotes?

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Speaking of Tang the Conquerer, Trump's already threatening protesters with police violence a day ahead of his rescheduled rally in Tulsa.

So, the President of the United States openly threatened citizens of his own nation, just because they dare to utilize their First Amendment right of free speech. Delightful. I can only imagine how that insanity is going over abroad, how other world leaders (who aren't flaming despots) are looking at this and wondering what the **** happened to America. Meanwhile, I'm sure Moscow Mitch and the rest of the GOP, well aware of what's gone down are already in "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" mode and will plead ignorance about Trump's threat when pressed by the media. It's a movie we've all seen before.

[Spidey5640]

Just an FYI....your post is redundant. Tami's post is what's called a hyperlink. You click it and it takes you to the page. You create it by using the link icon on the toolbar.

My bad, should have known that. thanks.

[Spidey5640]

Why did you put liberal protestors in quotes?

only to clarify that would be the answer to your question.