Glarryg wrote:I work at a CBS Network affiliate. The pandemic hasn't changed my work schedule at all, so I'm still exposed to this stuff forty or more hours a week. I didn't want to come to one of my favorite entertainment sites and talk about the news of the day. But the problem is, if you spend your life avoiding politics, eventually you'll still have to address it, and by then it'll probably be too late. So here goes:
It bothers me when people who spend their lives learning to research disease and viruses are dismissed by those with louder voices. "Rona's a hoax!" "It's not that bad!" "Stay at home orders are a conspiracy!"
It also bothers me when people dismiss the experiences of others whose viewpoints they couldn't possibly see. "You're not still being subjugated, you choose to live that way!" "We already solved your problem, things are better for you than you say!" "Your social movement is a conspiracy!"
The problem that I see in both situations is confirmation bias. It's that habit of a person to only accept information that supports their viewpoint, and to ignore whatever conflicts with it. Everyone has it, but it's stronger in some people than in others. It's why we have people that think that all animals are intelligent because their dog seems so smart. It's why we have climate change deniers after four decades of being told about global warming. It's why we have people who think that Affirmative Action is bad for whites despite their being no data to support that.
It's why we still have racism in the twenty-first century.
As a straight white male, the only thing I'm actually qualified to say about the experiences of minorities is that I'm not qualified to speak on that; only they are. But I will say this: there is no global conspiracy towards anything. There are no secret plans to falsify centuries' worth of information so that a cabal can seize money or power. The closest thing we have to that are our international businesses, and they're pretty open with their plans to seize money and power, and the public is pretty okay with that for some reason.
If there's any kind of harmful global movement, it's apathy, and that hurts all of us because it keeps us from growing as individuals and as a society.
Glarryg
Seibertron wrote:Yes, everyone's lives matter. Of course, all lives do indeed matter. No one said they didnt. Disproportionately, black people are killed by police at a much higher percentage than they should be when compared to other races. That is one of the major issues here. That is why we are focusing on black lives matter today.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Seibertron wrote:Yes, everyone's lives matter. Of course, all lives do indeed matter. No one said they didnt. Disproportionately, black people are killed by police at a much higher percentage than they should be when compared to other races. That is one of the major issues here. That is why we are focusing on black lives matter today.
But one wonder why most of the police brutality and killings are done in blue states run by Democrats?
And the black community keep voting them in for reasons.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Seibertron wrote:Yes, everyone's lives matter. Of course, all lives do indeed matter. No one said they didnt. Disproportionately, black people are killed by police at a much higher percentage than they should be when compared to other races. That is one of the major issues here. That is why we are focusing on black lives matter today.
But one wonder why most of the police brutality and killings are done in blue states run by Democrats?
And the black community keep voting them in for reasons.
-Kanrabat- wrote:
But one wonder why most of the police brutality and killings are done in blue states run by Democrats?
And the black community keep voting them in for reasons.
aronjlove wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Seibertron wrote:Yes, everyone's lives matter. Of course, all lives do indeed matter. No one said they didnt. Disproportionately, black people are killed by police at a much higher percentage than they should be when compared to other races. That is one of the major issues here. That is why we are focusing on black lives matter today.
But one wonder why most of the police brutality and killings are done in blue states run by Democrats?
And the black community keep voting them in for reasons.
LMAO, Citation needed! Arizona is far from a blue state run by Democrats. Don't pull out statistics unless you got proof.
Short Circuit wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:
But one wonder why most of the police brutality and killings are done in blue states run by Democrats?
And the black community keep voting them in for reasons.
Probably because blue states have more cities and thus denser populations. The larger the police force the larger the chance most of them are going to be corrupt no matter how squeaky clean the chief’s record is.
Skritz wrote:Hey remember when you people were saying we had to be on lockdown and were cheering the government and law enforcement on how we had to be 'lawful citizen' and anyone trying to stage a protest was some dangerous lunatic who wanted people to die? Oh and the lethal virus was very real we had to stay indoors. Now suddenly its okay to riot and protest or assemble in mass to chant in support. Remember when we called conspiracy nuts people who said the virus didn't exist?
Did the virus magically disappear?
-Kanrabat- wrote:aronjlove wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Seibertron wrote:Yes, everyone's lives matter. Of course, all lives do indeed matter. No one said they didnt. Disproportionately, black people are killed by police at a much higher percentage than they should be when compared to other races. That is one of the major issues here. That is why we are focusing on black lives matter today.
But one wonder why most of the police brutality and killings are done in blue states run by Democrats?
And the black community keep voting them in for reasons.
LMAO, Citation needed! Arizona is far from a blue state run by Democrats. Don't pull out statistics unless you got proof.
Key word is "MOST."
New York and California being prime examples.
Also, stop excusing the current riots. There is NO virtue in this. No excuses. At all.
aronjlove wrote:Ah hahahahahahhahahahahhaha. This country was literally built by old white dudes who said "**** the cost of tea" and rioted and killed cops and revolted and ****. So, basically, rioting is literally the most American way of expressing anger.
-Kanrabat- wrote:aronjlove wrote:Ah hahahahahahhahahahahhaha. This country was literally built by old white dudes who said "**** the cost of tea" and rioted and killed cops and revolted and ****. So, basically, rioting is literally the most American way of expressing anger.
This doesn't make it right.
Because when it's YOUR home, YOUR things YOUR neighborhood, that will get destroyed "for the cause", you will do one marvelous 180° backflip in .05 seconds.
Black Hat wrote:Yes, because the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is incredibly democratic, right? It must be, it says so in the name!
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