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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 307: Tulsa Staggered
HeroDelTiempo17 06/22/20 4:59:56 PM #27:	turbopuns3 posted... Because concrete, actionable goals are what we can change rather systematically, as opposed to the infinitely deeper issue of literally removing racist thoughts and feelings from society. Like, ok I waved the magic wand. Nobody is a racist any more starting today! Oh wait we still have disproportionately high numbers of black people incarcerated. Oh wait black neighborhoods are still impoverished and dangerous. Oh wait there are still laws and regulations that slant the system. Etc. Damn I wish we put more planning into our chat with that magic wand guy so we could've fixed this more effectively. That stuff wouldn't disappear in an instant if racism went away, though of course one would think it would trend in that direction over time. Why do you seem to think people actually at protests would not be able to talk about at least some of these points? Rogan complains about the "No Justice No Peace" slogan because in his view, the cops who murdered Floyd being charged is justice. Pretty sure the protestors disagree that justice is complete. --- I definitely did not forget to put the 2020 GOTD Guru winner, azuarc in my sig! <cite>HeroDelTiempo17 posted [p:941085927] in Politics C... [t:78793749]...</cite> <quote>turbopuns3 posted... </cite> <quote>Because concrete, actionable goals are what we can change rather systematically, as opposed to the infinitely deeper issue of literally removing racist thoughts and feelings from society. Like, ok I waved the magic wand. Nobody is a racist any more starting today! Oh wait we still have disproportionately high numbers of black people incarcerated. Oh wait black neighborhoods are still impoverished and dangerous. Oh wait there are still laws and regulations that slant the system. Etc. Damn I wish we put more planning into our chat with that magic wand guy so we could've fixed this more effectively. That stuff wouldn't disappear in an instant if racism went away, though of course one would think it would trend in that direction over time.</quote> Why do you seem to think people actually at protests would not be able to talk about at least some of these points? Rogan complains about the "No Justice No Peace" slogan because in his view, the cops who murdered Floyd being charged is justice. Pretty sure the protestors disagree that justice is complete. --- I definitely did not forget to put the 2020 GOTD Guru winner, azuarc in my sig!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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