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it really do be like that | THINGS UNLIKELY TO TRIGGER CONSERVATIVES:; Black people brutally murdered by the police; THINGS LIKELY TO TRIGGER CONSERVATIVES:; White people drinking Coke | image tagged in george floyd,kylie coke,white people,police brutality,coke,share a coke with | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
398 views 23 upvotes Made by Slobama 4 years ago in politicsTOO
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I'm tempted to crowdfund a poll of every American citizen to see how many thought Floyd deserved to die...then I'd pay to see your face when it's a truly paltry figure.

As far as Coke goes...I'll start buying it again when they quit blaming skin color for mental and social problems.
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I’ll await your crowd-funded poll, the hypothetical results of which you expect will make my face blanche based on nothing but pure speculation.

In the meantime, I went out and conducted an actual poll of my own. A miniature experiment, but one that returned empirical data nonetheless.

In the wake of the jury’s verdict, I made a pro-Derek Chauvin meme for “politics” just to see how it would do — and because it is a useful mental exercise to consider how the “other side” looks at things.

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This meme collected 30+ upvotes, several hundred views, and was featured on the front page of politics where liberal content is never featured due to the biases of that stream’s userbase.

Worth noting this meme more than any other I’ve ever made here on this site really turned the pit of my stomach. It made me physically ill to look at. I hated myself for having made it and put it out there. I considered deleting it several times. But it was quite well-received by conservatives.

You can maybe try to claim that Imgflip conservatives are not representative of conservatives overall. There’s little supporting that. I believe it’s more probable that the conservative content we see on Imgflip is quite representative of where the feelings of the conservative grassroots is today. Imgflip is a microcosm of our broader political culture. As strange as it feels at times, there’s no indication that it’s anything but a reflection of reality.
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Obviously I can't crowdfund a poll...though that would be a fantastic cause to perhaps begin somewhere...hmm

Anyways, my point is that you're taking IMGFlip commenters as if they somehow represent the population...unlikely at best, purposefully erroneous at worst.

If you want a decent source of data, then here's a Pew poll that shows 79% of Americans (an overwhelming majority) agree that blacks are needlessly mistreated to a significant degree. That is NOT a result you'd get if most conservatives hated blacks and thought people like Floyd were treated fairly.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/18/majorities-of-americans-see-at-least-some-discrimination-against-black-hispanic-and-asian-people-in-the-u-s/
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Don't You Squidward Meme | OH AND BOOKING A FLIGHT WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES | image tagged in memes,don't you squidward | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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Visible Confusion | NOBODY: POLICE GETTING BULLIED FOR USING A COMMON ARREST TACTIC: | image tagged in visible confusion | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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    THINGS UNLIKELY TO TRIGGER CONSERVATIVES:; Black people brutally murdered by the police; THINGS LIKELY TO TRIGGER CONSERVATIVES:; White people drinking Coke