Colin Kaepernick protests the Anthem

[Birds Away]

And I'm sure you know, that is not enough to justify killing or attempting to kill someone, sans an articulable threat to one's safety.

No, but it is certainly a step down the wrong path.

 

[Kutnupe14]

No, but it is certainly a step down the wrong path.

Agreed.

 

[jamil]

Sissy.

Well, just the ones shaped like dudes. Feminine shapes are generally more attractive to men than masculine.

 

[indiucky]

Which when compared with the violent crime statistics would show, if anything, that whites are killed more often than one would predict.

We got hillbilly roots expat.....We already knew that...

"So why'd great grandpa have to move two counties over?"

"A killing.."

"He murdered someone?"

"No...It was a killing...The SOB had it coming..."

 

[Expat]

We got hillbilly roots expat.....We already knew that...

"So why'd great grandpa have to move two counties over?"

"A killing.."

"He murdered someone?"

"No...It was a killing...The SOB had it coming..."

I remember hearing that about a guy that shot another man that was cuckolding him. He killed him, turned himself in and the jury only gave him a slap on the wrist. Like you said. Sometimes they have it coming.

 

[femurphy77]

I remember hearing that about a guy that shot another man that was cuckolding him. He killed him, turned himself in and the jury only gave him a slap on the wrist. Like you said. Sometimes they have it coming.

That used to be an actual legal precedent down south I believe: "He just needed killin' "

 

[bobzilla]

...with the implication that the alternative is death.

As a wise man once said.... "only what you take in there." The implication isn't death unless you already expect it to be death. It could mean tased. It could mean beaten. It could mean nothing.

 

[jamil]

...with the implication that the alternative is death.

C'mon Kut. Do you seriously believe that? The meme just means that a lot of the complaints about police brutality really are because people resisted arrest to the point where physical force was necessary to restrain the person.

So, limit the extent to which you cause the need for police to force you physically, and then when you're mistreated you have a legitimate case against them.

 

[Kutnupe14]

C'mon Kut. Do you seriously believe that? The meme just means that a lot of the complaints about police brutality really are because people resisted arrest to the point where physical force was necessary to restrain the person.

So, limit the extent to which you cause the need for police to force you physically, and then when you're mistreated you have a legitimate case against them.

And you believe that meme is valid?

 

[actaeon277]

Oh, I have, and I get the ole eye role. Had Mom & Dad take an online quiz to determine their political leanings, Mom was 89% Republican, Dad was 93% (could have those reversed, was during post Clinton years). They both said the quiz was rigged to show only that you were conservative.

I took it and answered what I thought a liberal would answer & got high 90s Democrat. They read my answers & said the Democrats weren't for any of those things. Sigh....

That good old "team" mentality.
And the fact that they failed to realize that the Democrat party today, is not the Democrat party of 20 years ago.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

That good old "team" mentality.
And the fact that they failed to realize that the Democrat party today, is not the Democrat party of 20 years ago.

I had a friend during the last election cycle that was hardcore anti-Trump. I sent him one of those candidate quizzes and you'll never guess which candidate it chose for him.....

 

[Birds Away]

And you believe that meme is valid?

Compliance with verbal commands greatly reduces the chances that a person will have their ass handed to them by a group of public servants.

 

[actaeon277]

I had a friend during the last election cycle that was hardcore anti-Trump. I sent him one of those candidate quizzes and you'll never guess which candidate it chose for him.....

And how did he take it?

 

[Kutnupe14]

Compliance with verbal commands greatly reduces the chances that a person will have their ass handed to them by a group of public servants.

The meme implies violence on the part of law enforcement, and on its merits, is invalid.

 

[Birds Away]

The meme implies violence on the part of law enforcement, and on its merits, is invalid.

Well, I wish it was invalid. I'm not so sure it really is...at least not everywhere and for everybody. Therein lies the issue.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Well, I wish it was invalid. I'm not so sure it really is...at least not everywhere and for everybody. Therein lies the issue.

The meme speaks directly to those that knelt during the national anthem, using the pronoun "you." It then implies that violence wouldn't be used upon them if the knelt when dealing with police. Unless, you know something I don't, it's invalid.

 

[GREEN607]

The meme implies violence on the part of law enforcement, and on its merits, is invalid.

I disagree.

Or maybe I just missed the 'caption' that said ".....or we'll shove this football up your ass."???

 

[Kutnupe14]

I disagree.

Or maybe I just missed the 'caption' that said ".....or we'll shove this football up your ass."???

you can disagree, but I can tell you from experience, if you don't down when an officer tells you to get down, violence ensues.

 

[Birds Away]

Okay, if you say so. I'm not a police officer and never have been. So are you saying that even if they comply with verbal orders violence may be visited upon them?

 

[Birds Away]

you can disagree, but I can tell you from experience, if you don't down when an officer tells you to get down, violence ensues.

Wait, isn't that what the meme is saying? I'm really not trying to be argumentative. You have me confused.