HockeyDad wrote:Interesting...I didn’t see that from the first paragraph. Sometimes being woke misfires.
First time I've ever been called "woke"... I think you're applying that term to me the same way you would apply it to white people (tbh, I'm not sure of it's origins).
I gave a real world example of a real world event... so I guess if that "woke" me when I was in college... sure. Dude that got arrested was some guy I played basketball with, I wasn't apart of his stupid sh*t.
"RayRay" wrote:Yup bgz's wokeness is a problem. Wokeness induces seeing covert racist insinuations in every dialog I guess....
Rewind... the first paragraph in question:
If black and brown folk want to quit getting sh*t on, they should pick better company. Hanging with a bunch of violent, hate mongering commie community organizers ain't exactly a recipe for garnering respect and empathy. I think the drop in support shows even armchair allies are waking up to the reality of what it is.
Ok, let me explain this to you... the cities have police forces... they're populated with (but not exclusively with) action junkies that live in the burbs (I know this because I know some of said action junkies). The police that come from the burbs are "outsiders".
They police the areas that are predominantly one color or another or a mix of colors... but there's not a lot of white people. Then people get f*cked with by the cops... you match a description of someone of some report (riiiigggghhttt... you know how many times I've heard that sh*t?)...
Raise one eyebrow at all, your azz goes down to the ground... you're copping an attitude.
This sh*t wouldn't happen to you RayRay... it just won't... it's real though, sh*t's real.
Anyway, to this very real world problem, your solution is for them to hang with better company.
There, it's explained.
Again, I'm not arguing their platform for them, but you clearly don't know what they're protesting for.
Now, assuming what I said is true... in your mind is that something worth protesting about? All I'm trying to do is to get you to see the other side, if you don't understand it, all you will ever do is point your finger at it and hate it.
One thing I don't do is criticize someone for utilizing their constitutional right to free speech. I might not agree with them, but I think if there's an issue they feel is worth fighting for, then they should.