The Shooting Gallery: Police Violence MEGATHREAD

[The Brain]

Patton Oswalt had a great post about virtue signalling the other day. "Y'know why you yell "virtue signaling" when you see anyone be an ally to the oppressed or abused or "othered"? 'Cuz you can't imagine an action not linked to a selfish motive. You can't accept someone wanting a better world without it directly benefiting them. It's beyond you."

There's a similar lack of imagination/empathy behind other alt-right buzzwords like "identity politics".

You can't imagine why people who have been brutalized because of their identity need to see people with that identity in power, because it hasn't happened to you.

You can't imagine people whose protests have fallen on deaf ears expressing their rage with rioting and looting, because more productive avenues of protest are open to you.

The extreme right at least is heavily into identity politics.

[Admiral Yi]

Why is that a useful distinction to make?

To avoid unfairly stigmatizing people with what many of us consider to be unacceptable behavior.

[The Brain]

As some others have commented, I must say it's nice that we have so intense and lively debates on Languish. We're definitely alive!

[Oexmelin]

Why is that a useful distinction to make?

To avoid unfairly stigmatizing people with what many of us consider to be unacceptable behavior.

Why is that a useful distinction to make?

[Zoupa]

This really shouldn't be more than a footnote.

Can y'all just get the fuck over the (minimal amount of) looting?

Now it feels like you're virtue signalling

[Admiral Yi]

Why is that a useful distinction to make?

I'm not enjoying this game any more.

[Oexmelin]

Too bad.

[The Brain]

Another win for the debate skills only elite universities can afford.

[Zoupa]

Another win for the debate skills only elite universities can afford.

What's with the sass? You're out of rotten herring or something?

[The Brain]

Another win for the debate skills only elite universities can afford.

What's with the sass? You're out of rotten herring or something?

No I'm good.

[fromtia]

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/minnesota-dept-of-human-rights-launches-civil-rights-investigation-into-minneapolis-police-department

So this is sort of a good step I suppose, although I'm not sure what it means in practice. Do they have a two year investigation and then exonerate the department? I think it might be smart to arrest the other three former officers who helped murder George Floyd for a start.

Watching the Minneapolis PD try to sort of use the normal playbook at first - especially the bit where the county examiner attempts the pre exsisting condition/he was high!!! smokescreen has been sort of amazing and reminds me of the wonderful Bill Hicks bit from 1992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU3-tYgzolc

[Zoupa]

Another win for the debate skills only elite universities can afford.

What's with the sass? You're out of rotten herring or something?

No I'm good.

Just your usual swedish douchebag then. Just making sure.

[The Brain]

Another win for the debate skills only elite universities can afford.

What's with the sass? You're out of rotten herring or something?

No I'm good.

Just your usual swedish douchebag then. Just making sure.

Rest easy. I'm just as douchebaggy as I've ever been.

[Eddie Teach]

As some others have commented, I must say it's nice that we have so intense and lively debates on Languish. We're definitely alive!

So alive, we're ready to shoot ourself in the head.

[Admiral Yi]

This really shouldn't be more than a footnote.

Can y'all just get the fuck over the (minimal amount of) looting?

Now it feels like you're virtue signalling

I don't know what you mean by get over the looting.  Pretend it's not happening?  Embrace it like Meri and hope there's more?