Sometimes it’s difficult to have a conversation- cause i feel like mrtownsend is leaning into the fact that Floyd was a POS vs the bigger picture problem that police violence and unchecked misconduct against all Americans is a problem.
BLM leveraged a video that showed a cop using some pretty fucked restraining techniques against Floyd to
Illustrate the point that cops are out of control. Unfortunately for BLM, Floyd was indeed a POS.
But the big picture point that intelligent people should see is, we don’t need the victim of government sanctioned violence to be perfect for it to be unfortunate because there are examples of where the government kills innocent perfect people as well- see Jesus and the Bible for examples
BLM had to use Floyd cause he is the guy that died on video - but any example will do…
Making Floyd a saint is a tough pill to swallow - making him an example of police violence is easy! I don’t need the victim to be perfect - to quote the left - don’t victim blame
I know you call me dumb here but I agree with a lot you say. I agree the police go overboard sometimes and there are some pos police out there. But If this is so prevalent though shouldn't there be many more examples they can prop up other than Floyd. Out of all the examples they use, it's Floyd. Mind boggling how they don't understand the optics of this.
Not any example, an example of a law abiding citizen getting brutalized would have the world by the balls. But unfortunately they had to find the worst case example to use. This is 100% on BLM. I am not blaming Floyd for what happened to him. I'm saying they should've used a better example. Do people think that a lot of average people are drug users and criminals? And if they don't who did they think was gonna relate to Floyd?
They aren’t “finding the worst person” he was a victim of police brutality. Period.
Are there people with better pasts than him? Sure. But, people don’t get to pick who the victim is, or pick and choose. The fact is, he was a victim of police brutality, again whether it was the cause of death or not, and the police brutality isn’t even being talked about… people are hung up on whether the victim deserves to be a victim due to their past actions, which is missing the point.
He made a bunch of choices that doesn't help the case and average person cannot relate too. That's basically all I'm saying. I don't know how you don't understand if a better example was used how it would've helped the cause much much more.
That's in your opinion calling me extremely far right because I am not. I grew up liberal and still have a few liberal values. Since becoming an adult been pushed further and further right due to goalpost moving. You don't understand my POV. Stop bringing up Trump like I voted for him.
Using “a better example”, again, is drawing away from the point of the whole thing a devaluing an individual for the sins of their past.
It’s a human having questionably violent/harmful tactics used against them in an arrest. You’re analyzing the wrong thing, the elite are wringing their hands at you focusing on the person instead of the issue.
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