Side note: when the "third reich" happens for the second time in history, it's called the "fourth reich."
wonderingwanderer
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That's kind of derailing. Nobody is downplaying that (except the racists who are are perpetuating the problem, but they're okay with this too). Most people here have probably also been speaking out against all the violence against POC.
If someone commented on a post about a POC being murdered by cops/ICE, and said "but what about the white people they killed," you would call that derailing. And that's exactly what you're doing here.
You're downplaying the tragedy that is the implicit topic of this current post, which is the woman who was recently murdered by ICE in Minneapolis. You apparently don't care about this event, because the victim was white, and you're arguing that we should ignore it simply because she wasn't a POC.
we need to stand against this behavior now more than ever.
Yes, exactly, so why are you taking issue with people doing just that?
The above commenter was simply trying to say that anyone who uses the term "purity test" has failed their purity test...
There's got to be a viable progressive candidate
Jeffries has always struck me as someone lukewarm, uncharismatic, and even unintelligent. So many better options for that position, but he was chosen for the obvious virtue signal.
"Bro, I'll deport your wife if you deport mine"
Like when they played "Born in the USA" at a "patriot" rally...
Have you been keeping tabs on everyone who has a problem with what's going on, so that you can so confidently say that they didn't give a shit about it before? Or do you just get off on feeling superior, and you're prioritizing that over the need to contribute to the momentum that's happening now?
Are you forgetting 2020, and the months-long nationwide protests that erupted in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis? Or do you think the people who are outraged today aren't for the most part the same people who were outraged then?
Even back then I remember folks like you complaining about how the rest of the movement supposedly didn't care before. How far back does one have to go? Cause I guarantee you no one alive today was around to support abolition, if that's what's required for you to be satisfied.
You seem to be projecting though, because despite eveyone who did care when the victims were black, you seem to not care now that the victim is white. You seem more upset that people care about this than you are about the fact that someone was murdered.
"No one would care if the victim was black." Bitch, please. There's a recurring pattern of chasing away everyone who cares, only to complain next time that no one cared last time. You're shooting yourself in the foot over and over again and blaming anyone who tries to help.
Thank fuck not everyone is as smug as you, otherwise no one would ever join a progressive cause. You realize in order to effect change in this system you need to convince a sizable portion of voters that you actually have their best interests in mind, right?
Well you're not them. And I never claimed my opinion matters, noticed I haven't even expressed my personal opinion
Yup, they deliberately try to provoke anxiety because if you have a panic attack they can book you for disorderly conduct. It's really cruel, especially for people with PTSD like you pointed out. A lot of veterans get arrested that way.
So the news site "LGBTQ Nation" was supposed to ignore the fact that the woman murdered happened to be queer?
And it's not erasure for you to say her queerness shouldn't be in the reporting?
Vindictive. Minnesota's really been having it rough lately...