High Command wrote:Some questions, which don't really need a response here but are worth asking yourselves and be as honest as you can about.
Okay.
>If all lives matter why does it offend some people when others say black lives matter?
Because it implies that we think they don't, and we need to be taught this, even when the vast majority already agree.
>Are black lives not lives too?
Of course they are.
>If all lives matter do you support universal healthcare?
Absolutely.
>If all lives matter do you oppose the death penalty?
I think some people may deserve to be put down like a rabid animal, but that our government has not shown it can be trusted with power to fairly decide life and death.
>Are there any contradictions here that need extra clarification or does all lives matter cover everyone?
Near as I can tell, yeah.
>Has the police responce to protests against police brutality calmed or enflamed tensions?
Inflamed. In fact, it's bizarre how much it seems like they don't realize, they're most likely being filmed when they push and kick and gas unresisting people.
>Has the president's responce calmed or enflamed tensoons?
Likely neither. He's a useless mouth on legs that rarely takes decicive action if he can avoid it.
>What should the penalty be for murder?
Punitive justice doesn't work. Scanadanavian-style rehabilitation is not emotionally-satisfying to our public desire for revenge, but their recidivism rates speak for themselves.
>What should the penalty be for using a forged $20 bill?
Kicked out of the store (figuratively) and told not to come back.
>What should the penalty be for cops who murder?
Twice whatever we decide is fair for citizens.
>Should the law apply the same to cops as it does citizens or differently?
Absolutely not the same. They have to be held to a higher standard.
>Should the law apply the same to black people and white people?
It already does. Our grandparents fought a hard battle to accomplish that.
>Does it always?
Unequal application of written law is not the same as inequality written into the law.
>Do black and white people receive the same sentences for the same crimes in the courts?
IIRC, a study showed black men get the longest sentences, comparatively, white men and black women are close to the same numbers, and white women shortest of all.
>Were armed protesters against lockdown treated the same as unarmed protesters against police brutality?
The anti-lockdown LARPers did not use their weapons. Many protesters were and have been armed, but when they are, they're called rioters instead, because the news wants us to think in simplistic Good Guy/Bad Guy narratives.
>Besides being armed what else was different about those protests?
The George Floyd protesters are associated with the left, so they have been supported by left-leaning media. The lockdown protesters were associated with the right, so they were smeared and stereotyped by left-leaning media. (I say this as a liberal myself, who has felt absolute disgust at the double standard, and lack of empathy shown to people who, for the most part, were protesting being forced out of work and expected to live indefinitely on a paltry $1200).
>What changes were achieved by previous peaceful protests?
Not much, besides a few dirty cops getting charged as appeasement.
>What changes were achieved by previous non-peaceful protests?
Not much, besides a few dirty cops getting charged as appeasement.
>Why did the cop who killed George Floyd not get arrested before there were protests?
Maybe because the protests happened almost immediately, and sometimes the prosecutor's office wants to take their time on pressing charges to make sure they stick?
>Why did he get arrested after there were protests?
See previous answer.
>Was the American Revolution achieved by peaceful protest alone?
No.
>What brought slavery to an end in the United States?
Seven hundred and fifty thousand dead Americans. Let's hope it will be less this time.
>Who got compensation when slavery ended, the slaves or slave owners?
Considering the non-existent "40 acres and a mule", I'm going to guess the slave owners.
>Is property more important than lives?
Depends. War should not be fought for corporate profit. But if someone breaks into my house, I will defend what I own with anything I can get my hands on.
>Why are black people asking for equality not revenge?
Why are you pretending that they aren't asking for revenge? I've seen plenty of posts and Tweets calling for people to begin shooting the cops to death. One post suggested we buy drones, equip them with micro-explosives, and program them to recognize police uniforms.
>Why don't they think they have equality now?
Because they are constantly told that they don't by pandering politicians who want their votes, and who benefit from the black community's problems never actually going away.
>Is equality a bad thing?
Of opportunity, no. Of outcome, yes.
>Was the United States for or against fascism in world war 2?
Most of us were, aside from people like Henry Ford and Prescott Bush.
>Was fascism defeated peacefully or with violence in world war 2?
It was defeated with eighty-five million dead human beings. Let's hope it will take less this time.
>If you were a German in world war 2 what would you have done?
Considering that I am, by nature, individualistic, contrary, physically weak, and lazy, I would likely have stayed in my house and tried to wait everything out.
>Are you for or against fascism now?
I am against fascism in all forms, even when it claims to be the opposite.
>Has the KKK ever been recognised as a terrorist organisation?
I think that term was not in use by the time they'd become a pale, empty, useless shell of an organization.
>Should they be?
Why bother? We already defeated them.
>How many people have the KKK killed?
Several thousand, I'd guess of the top of my head. In recent years, not so many.
>How many people have antifa killed?
Hard to say, but a dozen or so. Connor Betts killed nine.
>How many people have the police killed?
Since when, and are we going to count justified use of force in defense of others?
>Who have you spoken out against more, antifa or the KKK?
Antifa.
>Why does one bother you more than the other?
Because the KKK were driven into the dirt and made a worthless laughingstock before I was born, and Antifa is active now, assaulting anyone they perceive as their enemy.
>If terrorists use threats of violence to try and intimidate people into doing what they want, how does this differ from police methods?
Because police are ideally meant to be held to a code of conduct.
>If terrorists use threats of violence to try and intimidate people into doing what they want, how does this differ from Donald Trump's rhetoric?
Because terrorists will sometimes act on the stuff that comes out of their mouths, instead of near-constant bluffing.
>How does the Chinese government refer to the Hong Kong protesters?
I don't know specifically, but probably something terrible.
>What percentage of mass shooters are white?
64%. Which is less than the 76% of Americans that are white.
>How many of them are called terrorists?
Timothy McVeigh. Still, this is kind of a malformed question, because mass shooters typically do not organize into chapters with flags and marches.
>How many of them are called mentally ill?
Most of them, which is appropriate.
>Why did the woman in Central Park think she could threaten someone by saying that she'd call the cops, when she was in the wrong and on film?
Because, for whatever reason, there is a deep streak of 'Karenism' in America currently, where entitled grownup brats think they can tattletale their way out of responsibility for anything they do.
>Why did she change her tone when she made the call and point out that a black man was attacking her?
I haven't seen the video, but probably to seem like a victim.
>What did she think was going to be the likely outcome when the cops arrived?
That she would get to smugly grin as he was taken away.
>Why did she think this?
Probably because her parents never taught her that you can't always get what you want by throwing a tantrum.
>Why do you know what she was thinking too?
Because we've seen lots and lots of similar incidents that also display a lack of maturity and self-awareness?
>Do you understand that thinking this shouldn't be normal?
Sure it's normal. For toddlers.
>Do you feel uncomfortable thinking about any of these questions?
No. It was actually a good mental exercise.
>Would your answers be any different if you had a different skin colour?
Considering that I never really thought much about race until I started listening to black viewpoints, I would hope not.
>Would your answers be the same if you were reading them out loud to a room of people of the same skin colour as you?
I would hope not. I do not want to virtue-signal.
>Would they be the same if you were reading them out loud to a room of people of a different skin colour to you?
I would hope not. I do not want to assume that objective knowledge depends on group identity.
>If they would be any different, why?
My voice might waver a bit, I admit. But I've argued before to people's faces that lived anecdotes are not the same as nationwide statistical data. And I hope I'd have the courage to again.
>What do you think my skin colour is?
Metal.
>Would that matter?
Not unless you're a Decepticon.
>Do you feel attacked by any of these questions?
No. But I think a handful were structured to produce the answer you want, and I don't play that game.
>If so, why?
Because Stone Cold said so, that's why.
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