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  1. Oldboy
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    He is debating the principle. They are all crimes regardless of your subjective views
     
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    Enigma Civil liberties > Police safety

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    At no point in U.S. history has this ever not happened. Robbing, looting, Rioting etc. happened throughout the civil rights movement & labor movements earlier on. These forms of violence are a consequence of discrimination & abuse.
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

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    hmm i don’t know about you but i think “r---” and “stealing a tv” are different
     
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  4. Oldboy
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    The US needs a strong rule in place to put cops in death row for atrocious negligence. Would solve everything
     
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    So were integrated schools and black people using white only bathrooms just 60 years ago. Stop conflating morality with legality.
     
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    Well im not arguing that. But clearly this needs to change
     
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    I wonder what actions people should go about in order to push for these types of reforms? Probably protests which may turn into riots if fired upon by the police...
     
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    Obviously they scale differently
     
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    What? I dont think what you said apply to the conversation lol

    they were wrong rules. So they shoupd have been broken

    looting stores is a correct crime
     
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    how does “murdering an unarmed man” and “throwing a brick at a police building” scale in your mind
     
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    Enigma Civil liberties > Police safety

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    Wouldnt bet on it. Change is slow in the U.S. which prompts riots & other acts of political violence to happen. I’ve said it before: political violence is as American as American gets. It literally dates back to our foundation with the Boston tea party.
     
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    Democracy i guess? Its pity that your country has to use violence to reach peace. I mean you guys should be the standard of how to use democracy
     
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    in your opinion. In this specific circumstance I believe this is morally okay, which means it is a wrong rule.
     
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    Also different. But i dont see the link here
     
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    I haven't whined - I was reacting to you making a cynical, privileged, ahistorical statement. I'm providing a necessary, reasonable pov between the immature 'yeah! f the man, burn it down' crowd and the conservative outlook.

    again you dont debate the merits. i see ur straw man.

    dont believe u lol

    not sure if true or untrue. but again, your assumptions are wrong:
    https://www.crainsdetroit.com/artic...tation-67-difficult-quantify-—-it-was-massive
    https://ggwash.org/view/8938/43-years-ago-today-dc-stopped-burning
    dc's chinatown - poor immigrants - devastated by the '68 riots. i could go on but im not your google.


    lol flipping me back to me. ok ill bite - name ONE thing.
     
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    Morally ok to loot stores? It would be morally ok if you knew 100% it would lead to a better US

    but u dont. Its random violence
     
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    It's not like the people protesting want violence. Democracy is broken and rigged against them. They don't have voices,
     
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    Whos those people? Black people? If i had to bet. The people who looted stores had a record
     
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    What don't you believe? That I have black family? or friends? I can text you proof if that will satisfy you, i guess? What a weird thing to question..

    2020 and 1968 are very different years. These protests were on very different scales, and the 68 riots were perhaps even more justified?

    One thing? I started a civil rights club at my school to help iraqi and syrian refugees who were being targeted by racists in the community.
     
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