Current Events > looters steal over $100,000 from a walmart in florida

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JustMyOpinion posted...

"It's ok because it's Wal-Mart and I don't like them."

Smh.

Its the way these people think. They literally dont even care about the minimum wage workers (the actual people who are going to be hurt by this) because they feel like they got one over on the corporate entity.

Im just glad those people are not in the majority and its reassuring to see that most people here are shaming the people who support the looters and rioters.

JustMyOpinion posted...

"It's ok because it's Wal-Mart and I don't like them."

Smh.

its true though. if this was a small or black-owned business it would be a tragedy. Walmart has exploited their labor force for decades to the point that a significant portion of their employees (especially black employees) have to be on welfare, all while they pocket hundreds of billions of dollars. this is nothing compared to what they actually deserve.

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Yazarogi posted...

Fuck Wal'mart, they're part of the problem. Get your shit stolen you deserve it, maybe if they paid their workers and gave 'em benefits they wouldn't want to trash the place.

you don't know shit, dude. you reek of the smell of ignorance

PrettyBoyFloyd posted...

All this time I thought thieves were supposed to be looked down on?

Like let me steal a $100,000 in merch?

I wouldn't get the same support.

I would support you.

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Payzmaykr posted...

Its shocking to see so many people here who support looting and rioting.

Walmart sells cheap chinese goods and moves into areas to destroy the local economy putting local shops out of business. They been doing this for years.

They also do shady things to their workers.

greencheek posted...

you don't know shit, dude. you reek of the smell of ignorance

theres a reason this kind of looting doesnt happen in communities that are well off. Walmart is one of the prime companies that created the conditions for this to happen.

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Payzmaykr posted...

They literally dont even care about the minimum wage workers

You don't, or you would utterly hate Walmart.
Why be fake?

Lock em up.

Florida's one crazy place though.
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......Annnd nothing of value was lost.
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Payzmaykr posted...

Its the way these people think. They literally dont even care about the minimum wage workers (the actual people who are going to be hurt by this) because they feel like they got one over on the corporate entity.

Im just glad those people are not in the majority and its reassuring to see that most people here are shaming the people who support the looters and rioters.

The minimum wage workers are minimum wage because of Wal-Mart's decision to make them that way. Walmart should not only be paying them more money, they should also be paying them while they aren't working as the damage is being repaired. If you disagree with that, then your concern is utterly false.

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If you see what this random group of people are doing and blame all black people or think that makes it justified to hate them or ignore black people being killed in the streets and discriminated against, YOU are racist and YOU are the problem. You are the cause of the indifference that creates the conditions for riots and looting.

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IShall_Run_Amok posted...

They should also be paying them while they aren't working as the damage is being repaired. If you disagree with that, then your concern is utterly false.

What's your job?

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Awesome posted...

https://mobile.twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1271570546652831745

wow

This is so fucking stupid, because opponents are going to use this as ammo to shoot he movement down.

And they are not wrong...

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Fucking laughable seeing the bootlickers and ballsackjugglers ITT crying for Walmart.

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lol The looting was more civil than a Black Friday sale lol

WingsOfGood posted...

You don't, or you would utterly hate Walmart.
Why be fake?

you know why
these types pretend to be pearl clutchers and for-the-people while spewing their racist dog whistle bullshit

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Nazanir posted...

This is so fucking stupid, because opponents are going to use this as ammo to shoot he movement down.

And they are not wrong...

they were going to do that anyway. the people who want 100% of black people to meet a purity standard before giving them equality never cared about their rights to begin with.

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Nazanir posted...

This is so fucking stupid, because opponents are going to use this as ammo to shoot he movement down.

And they are not wrong...

They are wrong. Opponents are opponents because they don't like what the movement represents, they didn't like it before and they don't like it now. Just as people hated all prior movements for social justice, regardless of methods and how some people will hate future ones.

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ssk9716757 posted...

theres a reason this kind of looting doesnt happen in communities that are well off. Walmart is one of the prime companies that created the conditions for this to happen.

you must have missed post #61 where the average wage is well above minimum

not that it excuses looting, either way.

Kildread posted...

What's your job?

Kangaroo psychiatrist. But I moonlight as a cheese trainer.

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IShall_Run_Amok posted...

Kangaroo psychiatrist. But I moonlight as a cheese trainer.

So you'd rather not say....

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zammox posted...

how does looting solve anything lol
"muh corporations"
do you really think it's going to affect the execs earning the big money or is it going to affect the minimum wage workers that have to clean up that mess. point to one example in any country any time where looting stores resulted in positive change. you literally can't

It doesn't really affect them except positively because now they don't have to waste time with bullshit customers while they clean up for a couple weeks. They still getting paid.

edited to add: boston tea party lol, yea the people back in the revolution peacefully protested and asked Britain nicely to please let them have America. You know, through voting and just not bringing it to attention. Get the fuck out

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Looters steal 100k : Breaking News!

Suit dressed Looters stole 500 Billions: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that.

greencheek posted...

you must have missed post #61 where the average wage is well above minimum

not that it excuses looting, either way.

you realize their average wage is below the federal poverty line right? also averages are skewed by differences in cost of living between areas and also doesnt show how many hours workers get. Here are more links:

Walmart employees cost taxpayers >$6 billion in public assistance: https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/

Half of Walmarts workers are part time: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-walmart-workers/half-of-walmarts-workforce-are-part-time-workers-labor-group-idUSKCN1IQ295

Source on poverty line: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/05/09/average-walmart-store-manager-makes-year-many-employees-still-earn-below-poverty-line/


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Regarding the whole Walmart abandoning these neighborhoods, how much of Walmart's profits account for low income consumers compared to the middle-upper class suburban types?

They'll tank just like Kmart in a matter of years the moment they pack up and run which I guess makes MORE sense to the greedy Waltons than provide employees with livable wages and benefits.

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Kildread posted...

So you'd rather not say....

Its irrelevant. If you have something to say, you can say it without extracting personal information.

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Lmao Walmarts can get wrecked

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IShall_Run_Amok posted...

Its irrelevant. If you have something to say, you can say it without extracting personal information.

Lots of these threads are filled with prople who don't know how company insurance, payroll, revenue works. Anyone here knows the specifics of the walmart store at play here? Doubt it.

Your idea of "pay everyone while taking the loss" was ridiculous, but you may be speaking from a position with actual knowledge to work it out, which is what prompted the question.

Wasn't asking for your place of employment, was asking what you do for a living. A business owner is more likely to have the knowledge to back up such ideas.

That's the full details.

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I dont think anyone cares about Walmart. Its just an observation on humanity.

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Kildread posted...

What's your job?

He doesn't have one. He is a shit posting troll who spends all day here trolling. Notice his active post count is just under a 1000? Do you know how many hundreds of times you have to post every single day to keep an active post count that high?

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Southernfatman posted...

It's messed up how some people get more upset over looting and property destruction than the abuse and murders by police. Many will try to write this off a a criticism of "both sides", but we all know how they really feel.

Basically. You don't hear a peep from them until shit gets looted.

It's just another stupid dog whistle
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Looters just doing their part to Make Florida Zimbabwe Again.

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onedarksoul posted...

Looters just doing their part to Make Florida Zimbabwe Again.

Whoa, whoa, whoa

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On one hand, looting is wrong and you shouldn't do it.

On the other hand, Wal-Mart is the living embodiment of everything wrong with big business so fuck 'em.

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WingsOfGood posted...

Walmart sells cheap chinese goods and moves into areas to destroy the local economy putting local shops out of business. They been doing this for years.

They also do shady things to their workers.

And? That might be relevant if the protests and riots were about workers rights, but theyre not. People looted Walmart because they knew they had stuff they wanted and they knew where it was. Stop excusing these guys.

Damn that was a lot of people. They didn't seem particularly concerned with getting caught either.

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IShall_Run_Amok posted...

The minimum wage workers are minimum wage because of Wal-Mart's decision to make them that way. Walmart should not only be paying them more money, they should also be paying them while they aren't working as the damage is being repaired. If you disagree with that, then your concern is utterly false.

Once again, this has nothing to do with what Walmart pays its employees. Ill give this attempt to move the goalpost a 1/10.

Payzmaykr posted...

Once again, this has nothing to do with what Walmart pays its employees. Ill give this attempt to move the goalpost a 1/10.

The goalpost remains in place. You do not care about the employees of the Wal Mart in question, or in general, despite your pretense of doing so. Because you are on the wrong side.

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These people are trash

Number090684 posted...

Seriously. If they had any self respect and actually cared for the cause they wouldn't be looting, or at least not targeting businesses that help sustain lower income communities like Walmart. I have a feeling this is going to end up biting them on the ass and I every single one of them deserve it.

I have to comment on this.

Wal-Mart takes advantage of and exploits lower income communities, they dont help them.

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I think the focus on Wal-Mart is a false tunnel. If these people had local shops supplying them with what Wal-Mart does, they'd still be stealing. In some cities they were doing exactly that.

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Gamerguymass posted...

Only if you're black. You know perfectly well if this was a bunch of poor trail park trash white people looting a Walmart no one would be in support of it and Ice Cube would be the first one condemning it and demanding they be arrested.

Yup

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Trashy people.

Frisk posted...

Yup

Incessant focus on impossible to prove counter-factuals is a sure sign of budding neurosis.

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onedarksoul posted...

I think the focus on Wal-Mart is a false tunnel. If these people had local shops supplying them with what Wal-Mart does, they'd still be stealing. In some cities they were doing exactly that.

On the contrary, the timing is almost too convenient considering this happened right after that viral image went around showing that Qal-Mart only locks up black hair products.

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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

On the contrary, the timing is almost too convenient considering this happened right after that viral image went around showing that Qal-Mart only locks up black hair products.

Isn't that something that's been happening for years, and with anything they lock up, it's stuff that is stolen to an insane degree?

I couldn't care less because it's Walmart. Anything bad for Walmart is good in my books.