Current Events Thread

[steverocks35]

This doesn't say what you think it says dude. It doesn't show what was happening when he made the first shot

"Cellphone video of at least two of the shootings that was posted online shows a young man with a rifle jogging down the middle of a street as a crowd and some police officers follow him. Someone in the crowd can be heard asking, "What did he do?" and another person responds that the man had shot someone.

The man with the gun stumbles and falls, and as he is approached by people in the crowd, he fires three or four shots from a seated position, hitting at least two people, including one who falls over and another who stumbles away to cries of "Medic! Medic!"

 

[steverocks35]

I haven't made a judgement on it.
You see, I like to wait for facts to come out.

A person on the scene that didn't see the initial shooting is not evidence.
I don't like condemning people of any color without evidence

You said he was being chased, but you admit that you don't know what was happening when he first shot someone. Why don't you wait for the facts to come out?

 

[hoopsaustin]

"tHe dEmOCRaTs DoN'T HAvE POlicIeS!!1!!"

Free everything
Free college
Free Healthcare
Socialism
Cops are evil and all should die or risk their lives to allow or possibly allow perps to pull weapons (and then they should only shoot a REASONABLE amount of bullets at the armed perp)
Everything is racist
America was ACTUALLY founded in 1619
Every building in America was built by slaves
America invented slavery (ask tim caine a former VP candidate) despite it obviously existing since biblical times and STILL existing today
Repubs/conservatives shouldnt have any social media
Reparations (obviously)
Climate change = pay a ton of money to stupid globalist conglomerates

Did i miss anything?

 

[WTSooner]

I do believe the US is too large for a republic. It would be best to split it up. I don't think that will ever happen though

I tend to agree. I've tried to figure out ways it could realistically happen, but it'd be tough.

 

[WTSooner]

The ones that unjustly commit crimes are. I’m not for defunding the police, opposite actually. I posted 1-2 long posts about the immediate action that needs to occur to get on the right track to reduce this crisis we are seeing. I don’t have time now but tomorrow I’ll scroll back & try to find it so you know my actual belief on the subject, not the one you made up for me.

Hopefully doing away with unions was on your list. I'd agree with that.

 

[WTSooner]

But do you think its possible that blacks and latinos could commit crimes at disproportionate rates as to their percentage of the population, or no?

Ahh, finally. The question nobody wants to answer.

 

[steverocks35]

Free everything
Free college
Free Healthcare
Socialism
Cops are evil and all should die or risk their lives to allow or possibly allow perps to pull weapons (and then they should only shoot a REASONABLE amount of bullets at the armed perp)
Everything is racist
America was ACTUALLY founded in 1619
Every building in America was built by slaves
America invented slavery (ask tim caine a former VP candidate) despite it obviously existing since biblical times and STILL existing today
Repubs/conservatives shouldnt have any social media
Reparations (obviously)
Climate change = pay a ton of money to stupid globalist conglomerates

Did i miss anything?

They released a 50 page platform. None of these things are in that. Good job revealing yourself though.

 

[WTSooner]

Ok, that is pretty insane. He was literally killing people, with police around, and left and turned himself in a day later.... this at a protest where a guy was shot 7 times in the back at point blank range, who didn't have a gun.

That is the circumstance, right? I honestly don't want to misrepresent it.

Yeah, the cops let him walk right by with a gun knowing he just shot people because he's white.

My goodness. smh

 

[hoopsaustin]

https://abc30.com/kenosha-shooting-jacob-blake-protests-wisconsin/6389473/

"We were all chanting 'Black lives matter' at the gas station and then we heard, boom, boom, and I told my friend, 'That's not fireworks,'" said Scott, 19. "And then this guy with this huge gun runs by us in the middle of the street and people are yelling, 'He shot someone! He shot someone!' And everyone is trying to fight the guy, chasing him and then he started shooting again."

i posted the best video we have yet as to the first shooting in a prior post. You're out of your element here also

 

[SoonerBounce13]

"Cellphone video of at least two of the shootings that was posted online shows a young man with a rifle jogging down the middle of a street as a crowd and some police officers follow him. Someone in the crowd can be heard asking, "What did he do?" and another person responds that the man had shot someone.

The man with the gun stumbles and falls, and as he is approached by people in the crowd, he fires three or four shots from a seated position, hitting at least two people, including one who falls over and another who stumbles away to cries of "Medic! Medic!"

correct.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

You said he was being chased, but you admit that you don't know what was happening when he first shot someone. Why don't you wait for the facts to come out?

the video I have seen shows him being chased before he fires. so....

 

[WTSooner]

Celtics and Raptors likely to boycott game 1 as well. The Raptors are literally talking about going home, leaving the bubble, in protest.

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

Do hope the Raps leave though, as I'm not sure the Celtics have enough without Hayward to get past them.

Also, the NBA and NFL better be careful. There are a LOT of people looking for reasons to not watch/support them any more, and they seem hellbent on giving those people that reason.

 

[thebigabd]

I tend to agree. I've tried to figure out ways it could realistically happen, but it'd be tough.

Lol, come on, we are just going through a transition period right now. It will settle down. The old way is on its way out, the new way is coming in, people are upset about a societal transition.

There is no way you could do what you propose without a mass migration. There are millions of Republicans, for example, in California. You just going to mass migrate them to Wyoming or something?

 

[WTSooner]

Trump doesn't even list a platform on his website. Maybe you are just supposed to assume his second term is doing whatever he does now.

I think it's pretty f'ing obvious what Trump's platform is, right? More of the same that was working pretty well in most respects before COVID.

 

[hoopsaustin]

They released a 50 page platform. None of these things are in that. Good job revealing yourself though.

Ya im ignorant on that bc im not seeking out their 50 page garbage. I'm pleased to know reparations, free healthcare, and free college, werent listed. If they get mentioned, Ill make sure to remind you

 

[hoopsaustin]

Lol, come on, we are just going through a transition period right now. It will settle down. The old way is on its way out, the new way is coming in, people are upset about a societal transition.

There is no way you could do what you propose without a mass migration. There are millions of Republicans, for example, in California. You just going to mass migrate them to Wyoming or something?

i wish and hope we can figure something out. I have nothing in common with people that hate America and can't proudly support the red white and blue and im tired of having them in America

 

[steverocks35]

Ya im ignorant on that bc im not seeking out their 50 page garbage. I'm pleased to know reparations, free healthcare, and free college, werent listed. If they get mentioned, Ill make sure to remind you

You could have stopped after the third word. Although the first two aren't really words. I'm being generous.

 

[hoopsaustin]

You could have stopped after the third word. Although the first two aren't really words, I'm being generous.

#boomroasted

#goldstars for your proper punctuation too!

 

[WTSooner]

#boomroasted

#goldstars for your proper punctuation too!

If you forget how smart steven is, just ask him. He'll remind you.

 

[steverocks35]

If you forget how smart steven is, just ask him. He'll remind you.

My name isn't Steven but I'm smart enough not to type in a huge list of made up items to beat up and then admit to not reading the actual platform.