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TristanIsolde

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3. If I was there, I don't know what I would have done

Reply to mysteryowl (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 13, 2020, 08:51 AM

Jun 2020

I would like to think of myself as a good person, who will intervene and push the cop away regardless of the repercussions. But most likely I would have been scared to act, scared of what might happen to me. Selfless people who do the right thing under sudden and challenging circumstances are extremely rare and admirable,but we should not depend on their existence. The rot is institutional, and requires a radical fix.

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We Cannot Stay Silent About George Floyd [View all] TristanIsolde Jun 2020 OP

"We have to be the ones that pull 'the cop' off his neck" mysteryowl Jun 2020 #1

If I was there, I don't know what I would have done TristanIsolde Jun 2020 #3

Exactly, so this needs to part of the conversation. mysteryowl Jun 2020 #4

Hasan Minhaj, you are impressive! mysteryowl Jun 2020 #2