I could’ve gone out and shot a protestor and it wouldve been equally as pointless.
He didn't shoot a "protester", he shot attackers. One of the tenets of the Constitution is the right to life. That includes defending yourself against anyone who might harm or kill you. Rittenhouse stalked no one to shoot. He was totally defensive when he finally fired his weapon.
There's plenty of hypocrisy to go around on both sides.
As a black American, I hate everything about George Floyd. He was a POS who never did anything in his life except cause misery. As a result, we probably have more statues and tributes to George Floyd than we do for Frederick Douglass (my personal historical hero)
But, I also fault Chauvin for kneeling on a guy whose chest was against the pavement for 9 minutes AFTER he was handcuffed. Floyd was a POS, but it wasn't up the officer to torture him, and that's where I split from many other conservatives. You want to kneel on him to safely handcuff him? Fine, but once the prisoner is subdued, you don't need to torture him even if he is scum.
Conservatives defend a rogue cop just as vociferously as liberals defend people like Floyd who attack our police or BLM and Antifa rioters who attack, burn, and loot innocent businesses and people.
Plenty of hypocrisy to go around.
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kspkap (13065)
2 years ago
Thank you! Finally a voice of reason from a Black American! Also, thank you for not identifying yourself as an “African American”. I recall watching a talk program discussing Black vs African American. A Black man in the audience stood up an said “I resent being called African American! I wasn’t born in Africa. I didn’t move here from Africa. I am a Black American because I was born in America and I’m Black!” The audience gave him a round of applause!
As a strong Conservative I believe Chauvin received what he got. He was responsible for Floyd’s death. In fact Chauvin should have been terminated long before this incident. I also lay blame on the other cops who just stood there not doing a damn thing to stop Chauvin. Chauvin kneed Floyd in the neck instead of in the back which is procedure until the perpetrator is restrained. I myself have not seen Conservatives defend Chauvin. I have read where some have stated he didn’t have his knee on Floyd’s neck. I differed with them and replied “Just look at the photos. You can see Chauvin’s knee pushing on Floyd’s neck. There is no way I would defend Chauvin!
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Hummusboy1 (473)
2 years ago
You’re mostly correct about all that. However, I’ve definitely heard alot of conservatives defend Chauvin. Some users on this very site have used phrases like “Floyd had it coming” and “another one off the streets”. Lots have defending Chauvin by saying he was just following police protocol and it wasn’t his fault for obeying his training. Additionally, an assload of people genuinely believe Floyd died of a drug overdose even when his official coroner’s report lists asphyxiation as his cause of death.
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Hummusboy1 (473)
2 years ago
You’re right that hypocrisy goes around. I don’t think people were irate that George Floyd died nessicarily. Conservatives actually ask themselves “why do the left care so much about some random hoodlum???” It wasn’t about Floyd. It was the fact that a white cop committed murder on camera and then got away scot free. The riots didn’t start until AFTER Chauvin was found not guilty. People seem to coincidently forget that crucial fact.
That, and the fact that George Zimmerman was found not guilty for killing Trayvon Martin after 14 witnesses claimed Martin was screaming for help. And afterwards, Zimmerman auctioned the gun he killed Martin with, and named his gun “Niggerkiller” online, also stating all proceeds from the gun would go to efforts to stop Black Lives Matter. He was guilty as fuck, and an open racist, but was found not guilty. The Floyd riots were also partially in response to Martin’s murder.
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MovieChatUser497 (18943)
2 years ago
The right was not asking “why do the left care so much about some random hoodlum”, they were asking themselves why was the left all of a sudden so outraged over George Floyd when the right has been trying to do something about the gang violence in Chicago and other major cities which the left has ignored for decades. That and the fact that it was blatantly obvious that the left didn’t really care about George’s life, they just wanted to use his death as a means to push their lies and false political narratives. Hell, Nancy Pelosi herself thanked him for dying, that is just about the sickest thing you can say.
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kspkap (13065)
2 years ago
”The riots didn’t start until AFTER Chauvin was found not guilty. People seem to coincidently forget that crucial fact”
You are misinformed. Chauvin was found guilty and sentenced to 22.5 years. How did you miss that. The riots started before the trial. BLM, the Burn, Loot, Murder thugs set the country on fire!
BTW, it was a correct verdict for Zimmerman. He was not a racist. Don’t swallow everything you hear hook, line, and sinker. The riots which keep happening are instigated by traveling rioters. PO💩! They come from all over the country to join in on a nationwide block party. It doesn’t matter there was a wrong done to Floyd it doesn’t excuse the horrific ordeal innocent people suffered. Over 20 murdered. The only way it’s going to stop is for the police and/or national guard to be given orders to round them all up and throw their sorry asses in jail! They look for any excuse to riot! It’s their culture.
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Galactus03 (4293)
2 years ago
Right plenty of.hypocracy to go around. Which is exactly why both left and right extremists are a bunch of f'ing loonies...the only valid opinions are those who are neither on the left or right IMO. They can make better informed opinions without getting caught up in party loyalty...
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