!agree

@Grenade123 "do you believe that every black person shot is innocent, regardless of video evidence to the contrary" - I don't think even BLM would argue this, worded this way. I do think that far too many people have so little trust for police and government institutions that whatever evidence arises to the contrary gets explained away or ignored. Also, that they have an insanely high standard for the level of selflessness police should put on themselves when insuring the safety of suspects.

@taekahn @Misomania Read what I said. People who support BLM won't say they're against evidence. They might in reality ignore it or unreasonably diminish the validity of it, but they don't just say they're "against evidence".

@taekahn It's an important distinction because it highlights the problem. You can't reason with people who outright reject reality. But you can theoretically convince someone that the police and government institutions can be trusted.

@Misomania Definitely true. But that's the attitude that needs to change.

@Misomania I think we're largely on the same page. I do think we need to figure out how to better repair trust between cops and the community. I think many departments are doing a great job and I think the race hustlers have done a great job undoing any progress. I don't know exactly how to fix it, but building bridges into communities that start with the conclusion that cops are corrupt is probably the right direction. Any antagonism of BLM is expertly packaged by the race hustlers into racism.

Tribalism isn't going to solve anything though.

Hyper masculine gang culture thrived, not because it was uniquely skilled or artful, but because as feminism became stronger and masculinity was beat down in popular culture, black people were the only class feminism couldn't assail.

Top story on WashPo today: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nothing-on-this-page-is-real-how-lies-become-truth-in-online-america/2018/11/17/edd44cc8-e85a-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html?utm_term=.344e3062e02e

A puff piece about a guy writing fake news and the stupid right-wing person who didn't realize it was "satire".

Must be why it doesn't bother them. They stopped caring about the public knowing the truth long ago.

!agree

How convenient that "(mostly) everyone agrees" that businesses which should be allowed to censor "extreme content" are the ones in Silicon Valley, but the ones not there shouldn't be allowed.

But they're just PuBlIcFOrUMs...

8chan is probably struggling to keep 1-3 people employed and Facebook and Twitter have a combined revenue greater than the GDP of a few nations. How is that a fair comparison?