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by KozmoNau7
1977 days ago
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They are not comparable actions or situations. Left-wingers demonstrate for respecting the rights of people who are being denied them and to end biased policing, arguing for greater equality and support for those in need. From what I've seen of right-wing protests over the last many years, they've demonstrated for restricting the rights of people they don't like, and lately to try and overturn a fair and democratic election. These are not at all comparable, there is a clear difference in motives and methods. |
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Your claims about biased policing are also false - the allegations of bias in police-involved deaths doesn’t normalize for the amount of crime perpetrated by each racial group. This matters because those who commit crimes at a higher rate are more likely to be engaged with the police and place themselves at higher risk as a result, especially if they try to resist or evade the law. Such allegations of bias also don’t adjust for the fact that almost all people killed by the police were engaging in a crime actively at the time, refusing police orders, and placing others in danger. Commonly quoted metrics don’t account for those who resist arrest versus those who don’t. There are exceptions, and actual incidents of unjust or incorrect policing, but they are incredibly rare. This entire narrative is built on hyperbole and lies like “Hands up Don’t Shoot” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/0...).
But leaving all that aside, you’re explicitly arguing for different laws for different people even though they are all breaking the law as it is written. You believe your causes are completely just and the other side’s causes are unjust - in other words you believe you’re above the law. This unequal application of laws amounts to not believing in the rule of law, fundamentally. And if that’s what you believe in why bother having one country? Why should the political center or political right be part of a “union” that denies them basic justice?