https://www.reddit.com/r/centrist/comments/kkazyf/police_brutality_is_real_and_it_needs_to_stop/?ref=share&ref_source=link

edit: almost 300 upvotes, 3 awards, and it got removed

  • GothWhitlam [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    OPs response when someone said BLM and KKK are no where near the same:

    I know what KKK did. BLM is no different. If youd like to whine about how they systematically killed minorities and BLM doesnt, you should also know that looting is the same as social murder by taking away the means a person has to live in the society.

    'Social murder', couldn't make this shit up.

    • ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Here’s my take at him:

      “ You’re comparing systematic terror and lynchings to private property getting stolen or destroyed. Say what you will about looting and burning, you CANNOT compare that to a group kidnapping someone from their home and hanging them from a tree.”

      His response:

      “ Actually i can. Your braindead eyes apparently dont register the social murder part nor do you seem to be capable of processing it”

      They’re not playing with a full deck lol.

  • JoesFrackinJack [he/him]
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    edit-2
    4 years ago

    again, 90% of the time someone says, "blacks" or "the blacks" like this, especially in this context, you can just stop reading it, whatever comes after that is going to be take so bad it's lower than whale shit in marianas trench

    actually, 90% is probably a very generous number

  • JoesFrackinJack [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I know it's the weed, but I straight up started giggling like a moron realizing there is an centrist sub and people go there to post all serious about how much they fucking love centrism.

    I'm just assuming they all took that dril tweet literal and their sub banner is,

    the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"

    • corporalham [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      How do people not feel iffy writing 'blacks'? Always telling when a high-minded centrist talks like a racist and doesn't realize it.

      • Amorphous [any]
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        4 years ago

        eh, depends on context. it does feel really weird to just say "blacks" in a paragraph exclusively about black people. but a good chunk of the time if im talking about multiple races, ill use the words "whites" and "blacks" in different parts of a paragraph or different paragraphs, because they're simple, useful terms. whites, blacks, asians ... i see it as basically the same way as americans, europeans, africans

  • bockwad [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Either this sub is a joke or these people are completely braindead.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/centrist/comments/kkabyk/the_hipocracy_of_acab_and_abolish_the_police/

  • Peter_jordanson [doe/deer,any]
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    4 years ago

    All of these type of posts essentially boil down to: "Yes i know the world is shit, but we are too lazy to fix anything" Which sums the centrist political project just about right.

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    As an Asian male

    White LARPer alarm activated!

    But for real, Asian chuds are the most frustrating because sometimes they're so fucking close to getting it but then they veer off into some racist bullshit.

  • all2well [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    That whole reddit post is so in line with the centrist mindset, it's like the reverse of that iraqi dinar scam article

  • FRIENDLY_BUTTMUNCHER [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    It's fun to meme on these guys and make fun of them, but I'm not sure how to convince them that they're wrong. Like, this kid is 17 according to his post history. Obviously he's an idiot, but It's not like he's out here wearing white bed sheets. What's the response?