Why is everyone supporting the Protests - From Celebs, to your favorite streams, even giant corperations

[basedflash]

A good reason is that it's easy to shit out a platitude on something like Twitter and people will eat it up. It's easy for celebs and random internet personalities, it gets people to leave them alone. For corporations, they don't really have to support anything at all, they just have to act like they do. It's why a lot of their "support" feels soulless and bland. It's just a visual platitude to appease the masses who want their validation. God forbid [BRAND] doesn't have politics they like, they might have to choose [BRAND] instead.

This. It's all just virtue signaling. Once the trend started, other companies had to comply or they'd be called out and shamed by the stupid Twitter mob. Everything on social media is just sheep heard mentality, it's like high school, gotta copy what the cool kids are doing. The post where Sony said "cities can rebuild" was fucking scary however. Sony condoning the riots. Fuck Sony.

 

[The 3rd Hooligan]

'Cuz they hate the joggers deep down and want more seperation to have their nice white neighborhoods

 

[Emperor Julian]

It's a pretty hard position to oppose, the police fucked up real bad, killed an guy.....horribly, even their response to the riots has its low points and the police have a long proud history of fucking up. I mean if Republicans/conservatives are as meritocratic as they say they are then even they've got be wondering how exactly the police force is so bad at mundaine tasks like restraint.

 

[Made In China]

I mean if Republicans/conservatives are as meritocratic as they say they are then even they've got be wondering how exactly the police force is so bad at mundaine tasks like restraint.

If they were meritocratic they'd practice a little self-awareness and start wondering why virtually all of the most successful people in western society are trying to destroy them. Nothing quite as surreal as seeing the last few anons on 8chan who can barely keep an imageboard running complain about lack of merit from millionaire techies responsible for building the foundations of modern internet society.

 

[Orion Balls]

Peaceful protest and the airing of governmental grievances is one of the cornerstones of American citizenship. I don't think too many companies are supporting rioters and looters. The death of Floyd was a terrible situation, that pretty much everyone agrees was unwarranted. Protests are a natural way for us to speak out. Destroying one's own neighbourhood is not.

 

[All Cops Are Based]

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It's a pretty hard position to oppose, the police fucked up real bad, killed an guy.....horribly and even their response to the riots has it's low points and the police have a long proud history of fucking up. I mean if Republicans/conservatives are as meritocratic as they say they are then even they've got be wondering how exactly the police force is so bad at mundaine tasks like restraint.

Heavyhanded police training is an issue worth addressing, but it's not evidence of systemic racism. Where was the riot for that unarmed white guy in a hotel who was forced to play some fucked up game of Simon Says before cops shot him to death?

So no, it's a hard position to oppose, in a vacuum. But it doesn't exist in a vacuum, it exists in a cultural landscape full of social media thought police who hate nuance & will try to ruin your life if you disagree, and where performative grandstanding sells just like sex used to in the 90s.

 

[Tismguide]

If they were meritocratic they'd practice a little self-awareness and start wondering why virtually all of the most successful people in western society are trying to destroy them. Nothing quite as surreal as seeing the last few anons on 8chan who can barely keep an imageboard running complain about lack of merit from millionaire techies responsible for building the foundations of modern internet society.

In fairness, it's hard to keep an imageboard running when you're denied access to nearly all internet services. Consider the lengths Null has gone to to keep this place up.

 

[Emperor Julian]

Heavyhanded police training is an issue worth addressing, but it's not evidence of systemic racism. Where was the riot for that unarmed white guy in a hotel who was forced to play some fucked up game of Simon Says before cops shot him to death?

So no, it's a hard position to oppose, in a vacuum. But it doesn't exist in a vacuum, it exists in a cultural landscape full of social media thought police who hate nuance & will try to ruin your life if you disagree, and where performative grandstanding sells just like sex used to in the 90s.

Outside of a vacuum it actually becomes worse, for example the Breonn taylor shitshow, this sort of stuff appears to occur at an alarming rate.

The media would have to be even more incompetant than I think they are not to notice a pattern considering noticing basic patterns is a basic human trait and it's hard to see the possibility of being killed horribly by people who are in theory supposed to make you safe is performative grandstanding.

Now I think it's a symptom of a deeper more complex problem which isnt really routed in cops hating black people and If you don't agree their's deeper cultural issue with them that's your call but for the average layperson it's getting a really hard sell that something isnt going seriously wrong with the cops efforts to serve and protect when medics are getting shot in their own house because the cops are trying to arrest a man they've already got.
I get the impression the farms doesnt represent the zeigeist of the US anymore than the average online commie

 

[Shield Breaker]

It's a pretty hard position to oppose, the police fucked up real bad, killed an guy.....horribly, even their response to the riots has its low points and the police have a long proud history of fucking up. I mean if Republicans/conservatives are as meritocratic as they say they are then even they've got be wondering how exactly the police force is so bad at mundaine tasks like restraint.

I think they mean the violence and riots, along with the insane demands like abolishing the police. Even Trump came out against the cops, but rather than having peaceful protests for de-esculation training, they went full retard. It's an Emperor has no clothes scenario.

 

[Iwasamwillbe]

It's a pretty hard position to oppose, the police fucked up real bad, killed an guy.....horribly, even their response to the riots has its low points and the police have a long proud history of fucking up. I mean if Republicans/conservatives are as meritocratic as they say they are then even they've got be wondering how exactly the police force is so bad at mundaine tasks like restraint.

Last time I checked, the inciting incident happened in an almost entirely Democrat area. The Republicans didn't have anything to do with the death of George Floyd.

 

[Mr Snoid]

Fuck me. Walmart.

"...you are expected to truly, authentically, and more deeply embrace inclusion."

Ammo for the race inquisitors. How can anyone refute a charge their wokeness isn't true, authentic, AND deeply felt?

https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2020/06/05/making-a-difference-in-racial-equity

 

[Dialtone]

Everyone wants to feel like they're doing the right thing, it's easy when it's in vogue and has numerous corporate sponsors.