Feels like Cliff and Corsi are being purposely obtuse here. Let's roll back the tape back to dobbles post again.
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Originally Posted by dobbles
I think you are entirely missing the point of the protests. The point is not that people are shot by police, it is that police murder citizens when they are not a threat. That their brutality goes totally unchecked.
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I appreciate that dobbles said you were missing the point, and you proceeded to continue to miss the point even when it was explained. Yes, police shootings will always happen. Fascinating point! However, that's not the point. The issue is the commonality of them as well as the consequences (lack of) suggest they are at least partially
acceptable.
Yes, murder and rapes happen and they're not acceptable. Fantastic! Why aren't we protesting every time there's a new murder and rape? Could it be that we feel that the potential consequences are appropriate for someone who murders or rapes someone? Or that we have some level of confidence that the murderer/rapist will receive consequences? Is there not outrage every time society feels a murderer or rapist gets a laughably light punishment? Do you not see how, maybe, this might be a similar situation?
So until society has confidence that unnecessary police shootings/excessive force are treated the same as a similar crime (assault, manslaughter, etc.) with similar punishments, there will always be outrage. Because until that time, you are suggesting that these things are more acceptable that the crimes they compare to, which is saying that acceptability is more than zero.
Anyone who believes these protests are about the concept of police shootings and the need for them to reach zero isn't to be taken seriously. What a silly straw man.