Buffet style offense-taking

Awesome meme! Have an upvote!

I'm rarely accused of being liberal, nonetheless I have to disagree with you here. What exactly is this trying to prove? How is this relevant? If Floyd were running for office, I'd expect to hear about this. But it has nothing at all to do with why he was taken into custody, and even if it did, it still does not justify his death in police custody.

This meme, I think, has more to do with the response and crap the MSM is pushing.

Yes, we all agree that it was bullhonky that Mr. Floyd got killed by a cop. Except the story pushed by the MSM wasn't "Black man died in police custody," it was "Black man who was turning his life around was wrongly stopped by cops and died in their custody." The first statement is true because all of it is true, the second statement is shit because they throw in some lies with the truth to sensationalize the story. He was not turning his life around, and he was stopped in the middle of another crime. Does that mean he deserved to die? No. But is the the saint the left is trying to portray him as? Also no.

It's not really relevant to thd issue of him being taken into custody, nor to his death, which he in no way deserved. The thing is, it's not claiming to be, either.

The meme is about the *reaction* to his death, about the people who are making a martyr of him, treating him like a hero, when he wasn't.

Those same people were silent when Tony Timpa died the exact same way almost a year ago. And they're also silent about the death of David Dorn, a retired black man who was killed by looters during this whole thing.

A pity your meme isn’t about David Dorn or Tony Timpa either.

A rational response to a meme that's clearly meant as racist. The Cult Of Trump is of a singular racist, bigoted, America and Constitution hating mind.

they spew their "law and order" crap while demanding, and enjoying the constitution and laws be violated based on their subjective, and selective fake outrage.

There is nothing American about Trump or his cult. case closed

Please elaborate on where exactly you see any racism in the meme?

And please try to do it without projecting your own racism.

I see he isn't responding. He's a tool like the rest of them.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/06/12/george-floyd-criminal-record/

"no evidence suggests a woman involved in the 2007 charge was pregnant;"

It's not mentioned in the police report nor has that information been volunteered beyond memes and Candice Owens, a right-wing commentator.

Correction, Candace Owens. Sorry my phone thinks it should auto-correct names.

That's a fair point, but he still broke into her house with a gun, correct?

Yes.

How so?

Should police officers kill unarmed civilians who are not an immediate threat to others?

No, but how is that relevant to the meme?

Should police officers kill unarmed former criminals with a past history with violence but have already served their time?

Nope. Still completely besides the point.

Good, I'm glad to hear that.

Do you think fake news should be deleted whenever someone mistakenly spreads it?

So you're just completely incapable of sticking to the point of the meme and want to keep bringing up totally unrelated topics, is that it?

And for the record, yes, fake news should be deleted, if it was intended as serious news.

(Or do you think The Onion should be forced to shut down?)

Of course, if all fake news were deleted, there'd be practically no left wing news left out there at all, while right wing news would only be cut in approximately half.

Win/win.

So, is your meme a joke like the Onion?

Trump literally condemned it. Every Republican voice that has spoken up has condemned it. Can you show me a single shred of evidence to prove me wrong? Can you show me a single quote of someone saying he deserved less because he was a criminal?

Also, while we are on the topic of not caring, why didn't the left make a fuss about David Dorn? I guess black lives only matter as long as they don't wear blue, am I right?

Very true, I haven't heard a single liberal say David Dorn was a good thing, so in all fairness, I do grant you that. I guess I am just at a loss that the MSM has spent hours upon hours on George Floyd and seconds on David Dorn.

As for downplay, you would have to show me an example then because everytime I ever seen a "downplay through his past" it was in direct response to the MSM saying he was a saint, or the black community painting him as a "model citizen turning his life around."

I will give you an example, one that I think is very popular based on the controversial reaction: Candace Owens ripping George Floyd. Her entire bit is a response to the black community painting him they way they have. He was an angel wrongly stopped and paid with his life. He wasn't randomly stopped and he wasn't going peaceably she says in response. All of it is a response to the sensationalized death the MSM and BLM is giving him. In my normal daily reading, I never found a single "downplay" divorced from this rhetoric. Although, you are free, as always, to prove me wrong.

I think I know the hangup here because I am assuming you and I agree on a couple things. One, George Floyd did not deserve to die. Two, he did have a criminal past. And three, those two facts are not to be correlated.

Assuming you agree with that, here is my understanding of the position of the narrative vs the counter narrative:

The main narrative says he didn't deserve to die AND HE WAS TURNING HIS LIFE AROUND.

(One google search and first hit: https://www.ajc.com/news/victim-police-encounter-had-started-new-life-minnesota/rMmT2wipeQFNnsypmh6oBL/)

The counter narrative says he didn't deserve to die AND STOP PRETENDING HE WAS TURNING HIS LIFE AROUND AND A VICTIM OF RACIAL PROFILING.

Two things can be wrong at the same time. It was wrong for George Floyd to pass counterfeit bills and it was wrong that he died in police custody. That is all people are saying as far as I can tell.

Although I do disagree with this statement you made:

"He did rob a woman, but she wasn't pregnant."

I know the woman wasn't pregnant but does that make the crime any less criminal? It is the same thing but in reverse.

Also, I didn't know Candace Owens was spreading that falsehood. I would agree with the statement that she would be misinformed on that specific note. That does not however erase the validity of her point. Why choose George Floyd as some example of sainthood that was turning his life around?

So here is the brass tacks: If George Floyd didn't resist arrest or pass around counterfeit money, he'd still be alive today. Doesn't make his death deserved but two things can be wrong at the same time.

"No, the crime was just as bad, but the fact that people are spreading a falsehood to make him seem even worse is very dishonest."

I agree.

"And if the cop who killed him did his job correctly, he would still be alive today as well."

I agree. Although, I would add the following note:

Two things can be true at once. Had he not resisted arrest, or had the cop been doing his job right, he would be alive. Two things can also be true at the same time.

was he arrested, did he get a court date. That is how we do things in this country. Being shot for bogus money does not get you the death penalty. Get it now?
Trumped raped women. should he be shot?

Hmmm, just like Chauvin. Imagine that!

You misspelled Clinton.