this is why BLM is a grift they don’t want to solve it, or they’d rile up the majority demographic but they want moral *superiority*, not to solve the problemhttps://twitter.com/averykimball/status/1265467353547984896 …
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What prevents you from feeling like a part of the coalition you referenced? The focus on black people?
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ask this: is it morally worse to kneel on a black person’s neck and kill them, than a white person’s neck? people who answer “yes” (as BLM supporters imply) are *going out of their way* to degrade white people i want to solve the problem, not indulge bigots
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Replying to @averykimball @ccopprell
i think you're misunderstanding what BLM is about, it's not saying that police violence against black people is morally worse than police violence against other groups it's just people identifying a problem (police violence against black people) and seeking improvement
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I think they are systematically underestimating, either in good faith or bad, the extent to which police abuse and terrorize non-blacks as well.
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but it's an advocacy movement primarily oriented around police violence against black people; thinking that it should comport with some cross-racial or nonracial conception of police violence is just a conceptual mistake & misunderstanding
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I think the question is: should it be, and does it present itself honestly? Strategically, I think it makes more sense to focus on police conduct and accountability.
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Secondly, morally, I think it is more honest to note that police violence is widespread and cross sectional. Media have made incidents of brutality against black people more noteworthy. This might not be BLM's fault directly, but they have benefited from it.
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antirobust Retweeted antirobust
hm yeah idk, i agree it would be good to have more discussion around police violence overall; such things are difficult obv not relevant in this specific case but i for one think an underrated solution is better nonlethal weapons & armor for copshttps://twitter.com/antirobust/status/1157422375022911488 …
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antirobust @antirobusttwo solutions that don't get discussed much: 1. better, more reliable nonlethal weapons 2. having cops wear full-body armor so that *perceived threats* from dogs, knives and pistols no longer reasonably justify the legal use of lethal force https://twitter.com/FOX4/status/1157409690818494465 …Show this thread2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
i think it should be legal to fire on (actually, monetarily rewarded to fire one) cops that do illegal things, or unconstitutional (as interpreted by you) things i’m not really a blue lives guy
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I disagree, but understand the sentiment. The police keep other very distasteful people in check, and you may like being subject to their power even less.
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