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[cryptoadam]

Share this far and wide if you can. These are George Floyds real words. Not these fake ass busters.

 

[triplestation]

SHITTTTT WRONG THREAD

yeah these nut heads are crazy and i hope the situation is extinguished soon

its a very popular thing these riots, i feel social media is fueling it and it's more of a big party where you can steal things more than anything

all under the guise of BLM

 

[teezzy]

Half of these dipshits don't even realize what they're rioting against. They're caught up in the inertia of it all, and crazed from quarantine. Another significant portion dont care and are just looking for any excuse to lash out. The rest are protesting peacefully.

What happened to George Floyd was tragic. The way the citizens of the United States have responded is even moreso.

Yet they somehow feel as though they're all dignified and intelligent enough to critique Trump for wiping his ass back to front rather than small circular motions like they prefer.

According to the left, our president is either overreacting or not reacting enough. People need to put their political vendettas aside in light of everything going on.

I voted for Bernie, but even I see right through this nonsense. Imagine being such a dullard that you're in favor of these destructive buffoons or believing that any of these corporations actually give a damn about police brutality suddenly.

Fucking morons. We deserve this circus of an election we're about to witness this November.

 

[triplestation]

 

[Old Retro]

Related video here... this guy has been posted here before and this is very relevant:

 

[ValiantTraveler]

Great vid OP. Looting and violence aren't helping anyone.

Related video here... this guy has been posted here before and this is very relevant:

7.8/10 too much spit.
Good video though. But why is that dude topless?

 

[synchronicity]

Great vid OP. Looting and violence aren't helping anyone.

Yes, I understand the frustration - it's more than justified, but violence has never solved violence. But it's perfectly understandable.

In the end, the only real peace is to accept injustice. I'm not condoning the actions of those dishing out said injustice - at all, but you can't overcome the world and the nature of the unjust through becoming them. You only perpetuate the misery, ironically.

 

[poppabk]

Yes, I understand the frustration - it's more than justified, but violence has never solved violence. But it's perfectly understandable.

In the end, the only real peace is to accept injustice. I'm not condoning the actions of those dishing out said injustice - at all, but you can't overcome the world and the nature of the unjust through becoming them. You only perpetuate the misery, ironically.

You do have to accept a certain level of injustice. All the efforts in the world will not stop police brutality and excessive force. The aim should be to reduce it and make it an aberration. The disproportionality depending on race needs to be addressed but in manor that takes into account crime levels.
There will be other George Floyd's unfortunately, even if racism ended completely today there would be more George Floyd's and they would still disproportionally be black just less so- but there is a long way to go to even get to that point.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

His brother has the most powerful words there. America hands down needs to change it's systemic race issues (most notably black and white), the world has its range of race issues (wider than black and white) to improve as well but they don't need to become the very thing they're fighting against in the process. You don't need to become the demon to fight a demon.

 

[SometimeLaterToday]

don't even realize what they're rioting against. They're caught up in the inertia of it all, and crazed from

I've been in a crush at Leeds festival in England a few years ago and it was the scariest thing I've ever encountered.
This wasn't while a band was playing either, it was after all the bands had finished and everyone was trying to leave the arena. For some reason, security hadn't opened all the gates to get out of the exit and everyone - 80-90,000 people were being pushed through a tiny exit that had turnstiles.
It happened really quickly. One minute I'm walking away from the concert, then the crowd gets a bit thicker, then I can't move.
OP is right too, we started moving like a fluid. My feet were firmly stuck on the ground with nowhere to go to, but my body was moving with every wave, pushing me onto the people around me like one of those Weebles toys that never falls down. I kept saying sorry to the girl in front who was crying, but I couldn't move off her.
The worst bit? People at the back were chanting 'Hillsborough! Hillsborough!' which made me realise they didn't care about the crush at all, it was funny to them. I thought I was going to die, honestly, I couldn't breathe.
When I finally got out the crush (someone eventually opened a gate), there were people lying on the floor outside having passed out and other people bleeding. Weirdly, everyone just got on with the festival like nothing happened but it's always stuck with me what could have happened.

Whenever there's riots, protests and the like, especially on such a scale, the general spirit of that comment always pops out at me.