Barracuda2020 wrote:
I don't condone destruction of property or violence. What I was pointing out were the actions of people when pushed too far and feel no resolve, just as the revolutionaries did to the British, the British called then similar names though a bit more sophisticated. We were heathens and reprobates. This riots could have been avoided if the issues had been addressed over the years and not allowed to continue. Maybe it's time America walked the walk and made everyone truly equal as the constitution implies.
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Do you think the rioters, and by extension those who support them, are endearing themselves to whites, law abiding and successful blacks, Asians, or Native Americans? When Americans, minus turn coat blacks, rebelled against England it was a protest for all Americans. It was not born from jealousy because English people owned a better horse and carriage or lived in better homes, it was taxation without any say of how those funds would be used, no representative of the colonies were permitted in Parliament. Plus the Boston Tea Party, brought up earlier, was a protest of two taxes; the Stamp Act of 1765 that taxed colonists on virtually every piece of printed paper they used, from playing cards and business licenses to newspapers and legal documents. The Townshend Acts of 1767 went a step further, taxing essentials such as paint, paper, glass, lead and tea. These taxes affected everyone in the new world.
What you and the rioters are angry about is not a right to be represented in government, nor are they rioting because there are no opportunities for blacks. For 70 years opportunities have been created for every race in the USA with exception of whites. For 70 years every race has been given advantages in education with exception of white people.
On June 19, 1865 the last slave was freed. From that date onward, blacks have expected white people to be "sensitive" to their "issues." And now, your champions are demanding the police force be dismantled, defunded, and replaced by social workers. They have interacted with social workers for 70 years, has it changed those hell bent on destroying the USA?
Since 2015, The Washington Post has maintained a comprehensive database of fatal police shootings in this country. Last year, the Post logged 1,004 killings. Of the 802 shootings in which race of the police officer and the suspect was noted, 371 of the those killed were white; 236 were black. The vast majority of those killed were not in fact, ‘unarmed.’ The vast majority were armed, and Africans American suspects were significantly more likely to have a deadly weapon than white suspects. Yet more white suspects were killed. Of those deaths, 10 blacks were unarmed, 9 men and 1 woman.
The facts are clear, our nation is being ripped apart by a total and complete lie, a provable lie. Sadly, some people just accepts the narrative that whites are bad, blacks are held back, and all cops are dirty.