06-03-2020, 06:21 AMLeoben Wrote: The riots have nothing to do with police brutality or racism?  If George Floyd is alive right now, then the tinderbox wouldn't have been ignited last week.  So I'd say they have everything to do with racism and police brutality.  There are opportunists in every group who will take advantage of the situation, but that shouldn't distract you from the real problem.

I don't think you're a racist piece of shit as some have suggested, but you're off the mark here.  Might just wanna sit this one out and get some perspective.  Or not.  If you don't wanna donate then just don't donate(I didn't either but I just can't afford to right now).  A lot of us on this site are very passionate about things like this, which is good, and we need more people like that in the world.  Posts like this will just come off as antagonistic to some.

I see a lot of people who take advantage of the situation, or certainly it looks like it when I see videos/pictures of people running in and out of stores holding stolen items. They do not look sad or oppressed, some look quite happy actually. Quite interesting also that quite few are not out there without wearing some kind of mask to hide their identity, why is that? Surely protesting and rioting should be done with your own face?

I´m not a racist, nothing wrong with being passionate. Just wanted to share my comments and thoughts about everything that is going on.

06-03-2020, 06:35 AMThe__Y-man__100 Wrote: @jRuutu I feel you man and personally share a similar stance on the situation. If a middle eastern group started doing the same exact thing because they are being oppressed, society would immediately label it as an act of terrorism. But apparently it’s different when it’s for an African American cause.

But hey, maybe I’m not seeing the full picture, but how is robbing a Rolex store standing up for black rights? Was Floyd all about that drip?

We live in a weird world, quite interesting how you are not allowed to criticize the so-called oppressed African-Americans and their movement/actions without being labeled as racist. And I wondered the same thing when I saw one person carrying 5 or 6 boxes of sneakers out of a store, and I wondered the same when someone died when trying to open an ATM.