Looting

[lester1/2jr]

someone sort of looked at me funny for not wearing a mask like hello are you watching the news? lockdown is over, man

[LilCerberus]

someone sort of looked at me funny for not wearing a mask like hello are you watching the news? lockdown is over, man

Had that happen to me "once" in Walgreens...

In WalMart, things are worse than ever!

[Rev. Powell]

someone sort of looked at me funny for not wearing a mask like hello are you watching the news? lockdown is over, man

Aren't you still supposed to be wearing a mask? Even though the lockdown restrictions are eased, we're still encouraged to wear masks in KY. It's not like the virus is gone and things are back to normal.

[LilCerberus]

someone sort of looked at me funny for not wearing a mask like hello are you watching the news? lockdown is over, man

Aren't you still supposed to be wearing a mask? Even though the lockdown restrictions are eased, we're still encouraged to wear masks in KY. It's not like the virus is gone and things are back to normal.

Well, there's the option of practicing social distancing, which people try to observe in Walgreen's, Whereas in Walmart, I often do wear a mask, as the mask laws, social distancing, good manners & common courtesy are pretty much up in the air...

[pennywise37]

i always wear a mask if i'm going out i don't in the car but once i leave the car i put one on. i don't like it but i do it

[Jim H]

Frankly, I think a lot of the violence and destruction is also being done by the "jugaloos" or whatever it is they call themselves - far right extremists who are actively wishing for a war on blacks and "lib-ruls".  They've been known to disguise themselves as Antifa activists before engaging in destructive activities.

I think the far right and the far left are both nuts.

I think you're talking about Boogaloos.  I only bother to mention it as jugaloo sounds like Juggalo, ICP fans.  They're very much not in line with them, Juggalos are actually if anything left leaning and quite easy going (despite all the murder in their lyrics), which often surprises people. 

I grew up in southeast Michigan near Detroit, so I knew a number of Juggalos growing up from the early days of ICP in the 90s.  Some of them are pretty scuzzy, but I have a mostly positive opinion of them as a community.  ICP had a song a few years ago about murdering people in a pickup truck with a Confederate Flag on it, as a bit of an idea on their leanings.  Just a lighter note amidst all this.

[pennywise37]

i'm an ICP fan and i think that song is Called Confederate Flag i think? the reason i like their music is sometimes you want to take a break from songs about love or relationships and their song titles and lyrics make me laugh. they've got some pretty funny titles out there

[chefzombie]

RC, he is just trying to stir up trouble. I think you are the only person left though that generally responds to his posts.

Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.  

I just can't tolerate racism.  

Me too, but he unlike sven this guy just isn't worth the effort.

nope. it's just a child in an adult's body. not evil, just stupid, and deliberately ignorant. don't let him bother you ronny, the grownups here agree with YOU.

[Olivia Bauer]

I never liked Minneapolis. I like it even less on fire.

I don't know who's scarier though, the looters or the cops. They arrested a news crew live on camera that hadn't broken any laws.
They didn't even say what they're arresting them for, they just did it. And of course, it's thanks to a cop that this all started to begin with.

Even when the riots and protests are over and the virus is gone, I don't think I want to go back to Minneapolis for any reason.
If I even think about continuing college, it's going to be somewhere other than MCTC.

[pennywise37]

i think it's a little bit of both that are scary the cops and the looters, my only question is there are a lot of good cops out there but where the hell are they? you'd think they say to the news itself that enough is enough when it comes to any of this or going after innocent people who aren't doing nothing. i don't like reporters and they they are a pain but they don't deserve that either

[Zapranoth]

I don't know if it's been said yet, but the video Trevor Noah put out recently puts it in perspective for me.

Like many white people, I stand behind the protests, but do they have to wreck buildings and burn things?

It's worth a watch -- google Trevor Noah and you'll see the video about George Floyd.   It's about 20 minutes long -- it's very, very worth watching.
After watching that, I understand better about where the protestors come from, at least those who have experienced racism.

I suck at embedding links cause I rarely try to do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4amCfVbA_c

Edit:  thanks Lilcerberus!

[chefzombie]

i think it's a little bit of both that are scary the cops and the looters, my only question is there are a lot of good cops out there but where the hell are they? you'd think they say to the news itself that enough is enough when it comes to any of this or going after innocent people who aren't doing nothing. i don't like reporters and they they are a pain but they don't deserve that either

my friend, they ARE out there, and they ARE speaking out, and joining the protesters. my owm police chief who came to us fro minnesota held a presser last week stating that what he saw in the video IS murder. cops across the country ARE listening, joining the protests, and being defended by the protesters from the sick people who are taking advantage and causing riots and looting. just look for it, you'll find it. GOOD cops ARE speaking out, and PEACEFUL protesters are taking control here and across the nation. look for the good stuff, it IS there.

[pennywise37]

that's the 1st thing i've heard about good cops and i'm so glad to hear that, i was thinking about one thing tonight and i'm white so i cannot ever know how bad a black person has it everyday. i can try to understand it but understanding it and going through it are completely different things, i may have said that before i can't remember. anyways i wonder if blacks feel at all if they are actually being listened to when they tell us how bad they truly have it.

i know on the news in the past they have had blacks tell it but i mean this is the 1st time i can think of in any history where people actually are listening and trying to put a stop to it, it's beautiful now all well need is for the looters to stop looting and stop setting fires, and the cops also stop attacking people for no reason at all.

on colbert tonight he showed footage of Nebraska having a dance contest with the cops it was funny as hell but i really loved seeing it.

the fact that in some states you have doing all that is messed up it feels like a horror movies with zombies am i right?

[Archivist]

I'm going to say something really inflammatory and un-PC. If you watch the videos of looting, and there are many videos of looting online, the perpetrators are largely young black men. For a social subgroup that is the focus of this civil unrest, this isn't doing a terribly good job of dispelling the stereotype that caused it.

[pennywise37]

honestly i haven't watched much of it because honestly i haven't seen blacks do that but that doesn't mean they haven't. but than i haven't watched a lot of it because all it does it just really p**s me off on how the message that we are trying to send is getting through to some people but to others it's sending the wrong message.


having said that i had a good laugh tonight, when i saw this https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-melania-barron-were-rushed-225322538.html

that had me laughing because can anyone remember anyone rushing towards the white house at all? not in my lifetime and i doubt in anyone else's on here either.

hmmm i wonder why?? ya know?