They would route traffic around them and the news media would get bored and leave.
Then the police would likely start rounding people up as gently as possible.
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Violent Protests in Baltimore
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They would route traffic around them and the news media would get bored and leave.
Then the police would likely start rounding people up as gently as possible.
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Just a quick side note: despite the various racist comments spat out against those on food stamps, the majority of food stamp recipients are white.
^ So the goal is just ratings rather than social justice?
40.2% is not a majority, though it is a plurality in this instance. It's certainly less than their share of the overall population.
For the TV networks? Yes. For those affected? It is to get attention for their plight. Unless property is getting torn up, most Americans simply don't care enough to push for change.
Property has value, obviously more value than black lives.
Generally violent protests are not planned in advance, they are excited or incited by some external force or factor. Critically analyzing a violent protest using questions like What Were They Thinking? or How Did They Think People Would React? is rather pointless.
I'm more than happy to have a conversation about other abuses of federal funds, but to deny that entitlement spending isn't a problem is just being obtuse. And continued reliance of welfare and other entitlements only exacerbates the problems that the poor in this country face.
Apparently, someone has been reading from "The College Libertarian's Guide to Arguing on the Internet".
Problem is, the only practical solutions to "ending welfare" also involve government programs and a lot of federal and state spending to train welfare recipients to get and hold better-paying jobs and careers. If all federal welfare programs were ended tomorrow what would be your solution to replace them?
Just about everything most people come up with also involves taxpayer dollars being used to help the poor and the working class climb the ladder. And no, private charities and organizations aren't big nor well-funded and expansive enough to help that many people so they're not a viable option as "the" replacement.
Just about everything most people come up with also involves taxpayer dollars being used to help the poor and the working class climb the ladder. And no, private charities and organizations aren't big nor well-funded and expansive enough to help that many people so they're not a viable option as "the" replacement.
Who is responsible for 90% of the black who are murdered each year?
Of course I'm against police brutality and abuse. I just don't see how burning down your neighborhood is going to fix that.It's good to hear you are against police abuse and brutality!
It won't. But it sure got your attention, didn't it?
Yeah, and not in a good way.
Now instead of talking about the police brutality everyone's talking about the innocent people who were attacked and the businesses that were destroyed.Good luck fixing that economic problem now that the tax base is even lower and no one in their right minds will want to move into the area for probably the next ten to twenty years.
But hey, you sure showed THEM.
I would love to read that. Where can I get a copy?
Granted. And black-on-black murders are a huge tragedy.
On the other hand, who's responsible for most wasted and stolen federal tax dollars that get pissed away in crooked contracts or sent to foreign governments with horrible track records when it comes to basic human rights?
The guy or single mother on Food Stamps? Because if so, wow - those folks have a lot of power that somebody should tell them about!
On the other hand, who's responsible for most wasted and stolen federal tax dollars that get pissed away in crooked contracts or sent to foreign governments with horrible track records when it comes to basic human rights?
The guy or single mother on Food Stamps? Because if so, wow - those folks have a lot of power that somebody should tell them about!
I'm for ending all aid to foreign governments. I'm also for disbanding the active duty army and air force and having a strong and robust National Guard to fight our countries wars. And an even stronger Navy and Marine Corps to defend our political and economic interests around the world, the constitution actually call for just that. This would keep us away from unnecessary military entanglements like Iraq and Afghanistan unless it is absolutely necessary.
But that isn't what's being discussed here. We've taken an entire race of people, cordoned them off in poor sections no one wants to invest in and turned them into social pariahs. Then you allow the authorities to treat them less humanely than animals.
Then you have the gall to try to blame them for a cycle of violence that we've locked them into. There's no jobs, no respect and very little in the way of financial help offered to them beyond food stamps. But fuck them, its their fault.
It could be worse. We could be living in the post-apocalyptic wasteland also known as Canada.
Exactly, it's the government's fault. But by all means, let's continue to give then our money since they've obviously proven that they are more than capable of solving the problem.
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