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In reply to the discussion: A short rant about the need for victims to be perfect & react perfectly to violence and oppression [View all]rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)3. I am sick of it too
They try to demonize the resistance by showing things like the QT mart instead of the peaceful vigils. They try to besmirch the character of the dead victims who can't defend themselves. I look for a George Zimmerman type excuse for the shooting the cop will have marks supposedly inflicted by Mike Brown.
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A short rant about the need for victims to be perfect & react perfectly to violence and oppression [View all]
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2014
OP
yeah. just like focusing on the naked person at the gay pride parades
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2014
#2
it's understandable to measure that emotional reaction against what's being protested
bigtree
Aug 2014
#4
Exactly! Let's hear the media condemn the shooting of an unarmed teenager..
mountain grammy
Aug 2014
#58
So you say agreeing with you makes no sense? I guess I can't argue with that. nt
el_bryanto
Aug 2014
#21
I don't think the OP defends it, but is stating that the media covers that rather than the root
cui bono
Aug 2014
#32
Yeah well I got sick of some DU'ers using a black child's grades to justify his murder
Scootaloo
Aug 2014
#36
How do you feel about the cops repeatedly brutalizing and killing African Americans in this country?
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#38
When the disfranchised voice has nothing more to lose, don't look for a rational or valid response.
LanternWaste
Aug 2014
#53
I understand what you're getting at but I don't think it's really the same thing.
cui bono
Aug 2014
#27
Right/white wingers always make crud out of these things. Remember how they predicted riots
Hoyt
Aug 2014
#39
Nobody's perfect--so you can't expect victims to react "perfectly" to violence and
Louisiana1976
Aug 2014
#41
Are you from the US? Do you understand the systematic racism that these people face in the US?
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2014
#52
What they need to do is take it to the suburbs, golf courses, and gated communities because
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#72