No Fun Mondays

[DookieLukie]

40 black men were killed in Chicago alone on Memorial Day in gang violence. Where were the protests the? No one cared. Black men are dying at alarming rates and no one cares. But they go into full riot when a high profile case hits. Then 3 weeks later we'll be back to normal. People are reactionary. They don't truly care, they just want to advance their own image and agenda. Obama's essay said it best: all this is useless of people don't actually get involved in local govt and organize with clear goals. It's just a bunch of aimless social media warring and unorganized riot chaos.

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

3 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

40 black men were killed in Chicago alone on Memorial Day in gang violence. Where were the protests the? No one cared. Black men are dying at alarming rates and no one cares. But they go into full riot when a high profile case hits. Then 3 weeks later we'll be back to normal. People are reactionary. They don't truly care, they just want to advance their own image and agenda. Obama's essay said it best: all this is useless of people don't actually get involved in local govt and organize with clear goals. It's just a bunch of aimless social media warring and unorganized riot chaos.

I hate that I agree with this, but I kind of do. A lot of people just want to feel like they’re “helping” and included by doing the bare minimum, aka, changing their profile picture to a black circle and not posting on social media for a day. Trendiness does influence behavior — it’s why all those obsessing over mask selfies have already moved on to the next topic. It’s hard to take them seriously when they just jump from one thing to the next and won’t care in a month when the next trend pops up. But if you don’t fall in line with the social media trend, you’re the horrible person.  

[WhiteTim]

14 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

40 black men were killed in Chicago alone on Memorial Day in gang violence. Where were the protests the? No one cared. Black men are dying at alarming rates and no one cares. But they go into full riot when a high profile case hits. Then 3 weeks later we'll be back to normal. People are reactionary. They don't truly care, they just want to advance their own image and agenda. Obama's essay said it best: all this is useless of people don't actually get involved in local govt and organize with clear goals. It's just a bunch of aimless social media warring and unorganized riot chaos.

Considering your racist posts about blacks on this forum a few years ago don’t even mention black people in your post fuck you 

and @AlissaGoesRAWR and you’re agreeing to this known racist fuck? I’m shocked at you

[Aidana]

I doubt all this stuff going on has anything to do with racism. As noted above everyday many people are murdered and nobody cares. Floyd was killed because he was a criminal not because he was black. Live life of a normal citizen and nobody will bother you except criminals and violent by nature people. People are using racism as a cause to be violent to release their aggressive behavior. Not to mention that more white people are killed by cops(I’ve decided to check the statistics). Claiming that white people hate  and feel power over black people is pretty racist itself and seems to me as an attempt to separate races. Of course there are racists and dumb people everywhere and generalizing is pretty stupid. Billie following the trends is so him. He always just wants to be seen as a good guy but he appears to me rather over reactive in a few occasions. I wish he just ignored everything and kept releasing no fun Monday. 

[Squashie]

9 minutes ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

I hate that I agree with this, but I kind of do. A lot of people just want to feel like they’re “helping” and included by doing the bare minimum, aka, changing their profile picture to a black circle and not posting on social media for a day. Trendiness does influence behavior — it’s why all those obsessing over mask selfies have already moved on to the next topic. It’s hard to take them seriously when they just jump from one thing to the next and won’t care in a month when the next trend pops up. But if you don’t fall in line with the social media trend, you’re the horrible person.  

I agree with the "trendiness" of what's going and some of these riots and looting are opportunists. And yes, where were the outbursts from the violence in Chicago on memorial weekend (I see the mayor was rather silent about that situation).

But the difference is that what has made this issue be more "newsworthy" is that is was white cop/black violence. George Floyd was being arrested for fraud. Was unarmed and was not resisting arrest. That cop purposefully killed him because of his skin color.

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

12 minutes ago, WhiteTim said:

and @AlissaGoesRAWR and you’re agreeing to this known racist fuck? I’m shocked at you

I’m not at all saying that this movement shouldn’t be happening. It’s long overdue. Obviously racism is a huge problem in this country and has been since it was founded. But I hate seeing a bunch of white people who I know don’t actually give a shit hopping on board because it’s trendy now to care about it, and in a month if something else comes up that makes them look better they’ll jump on that, too.  

Also, I don’t really understand what he said in this actual post that made you so upset?

[WhiteTim]

Just now, Aidana Shyngysbayeva said:

I doubt all this stuff going on has anything to do with racism. As noted above everyday many people are murdered and nobody cares. Floyd was killed because he was a criminal not because he was black. Live life of a normal citizen and nobody will bother you except criminals and violent by nature people. People are using racism as a cause to be violent to release their aggressive behavior. Not to mention that more white people are killed by cops(I’ve decided to check the statistics). Claiming that white people hate  and feel power over black people is pretty racist itself and seems to me as an attempt to separate races. Of course there are racists and dumb people everywhere and generalizing is pretty stupid. Billie following the trends is so him. He always just wants to be seen as a good guy but he appears to me rather over reactive in a few occasions. I wish he just ignored everything and kept releasing no fun Monday. 

My friend wasn’t being a criminal bitch 

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

11 minutes ago, Aidana Shyngysbayeva said:

Floyd was killed because he was a criminal not because he was black. Live life of a normal citizen and nobody will bother you except criminals and violent by nature people. People are using racism as a cause to be violent to release their aggressive behavior. Not to mention that more white people are killed by cops(I’ve decided to check the statistics). Claiming that white people hate  and feel power over black people is pretty racist itself and seems to me as an attempt to separate races. Of course there are racists and dumb people everywhere and generalizing is pretty stupid. 

OK, this is just flat out wrong though.  Forgery isn’t punishable by death and blacks are disproportionately arrested and killed by police when compared to their percentage of the U.S. population. Those are just facts.

I don’t want to derail this thread anymore though so we should probably move this to the George Floyd thread if we want to talk about it further.

[WhiteTim]

9 minutes ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

I’m not at all saying that this movement shouldn’t be happening. It’s long overdue. Obviously racism is a huge problem in this country and has been since it was founded. But I hate seeing a bunch of white people who I know don’t actually give a shit hopping on board because it’s trendy now to care about it, and in a month if something else comes up that makes them look better they’ll jump on that, too.  

Also, I don’t really understand what he said in this actual post that made you so upset?

He was banned years ago for making racist comments against blacks and has came back and made multiple snide subtle racist comments but now he wants to act like he cares about blacks fuck him 

[Aidana]

8 minutes ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

OK, this is just flat out wrong though.  Forgery isn’t punishable by death and blacks are disproportionately arrested and killed by police when compared to their percentage of the U.S. population. Those are just facts.

I don’t want to derail this thread anymore though so we should probably move this to the George Floyd thread if we want to talk about it further.

Death punishment is never right ofc. I’m saying he was killed because he was a criminal not because he was black. The police is a sick murderer

[BillieJoe’sEyelids]

Wow. I am truly shocked at the ignorant posts on here. Very disappointed. If you’re posting anything on here equating this situation with criminal activity, I don’t know what to say to you other than you need to look deeper.

[Aidana]

7 minutes ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

OK, this is just flat out wrong though.  Forgery isn’t punishable by death and blacks are disproportionately arrested and killed by police when compared to their percentage of the U.S. population. Those are just facts.

I don’t want to derail this thread anymore though so we should probably move this to the George Floyd thread if we want to talk about it further. 

Sorry for continuing. I will stop

[Little Boy Named Booze]

Just now, Aidana Shyngysbayeva said:

Death punishment is never right ofc. I’m saying he was killed because he was a criminal not because he was black. The police is a sick murderer

The thing is, he wasn't a criminal.

[WhiteTim]

Just now, Aidana Shyngysbayeva said:

Death punishment is never right ofc. I’m saying he was killed because he was a criminal not because he was black. The police is a sick murderer

I’ll like to point out that the cops released a statement saying the supposed counterfeit bill was in fact REAL stop speaking on my friend falsely 

[Beerjeezus]

5 minutes ago, Aidana Shyngysbayeva said:

I doubt all this stuff going on has anything to do with racism. As noted above everyday many people are murdered and nobody cares. Floyd was killed because he was a criminal not because he was black. Live life of a normal citizen and nobody will bother you except criminals and violent by nature people. People are using racism as a cause to be violent to release their aggressive behavior. Not to mention that more white people are killed by cops(I’ve decided to check the statistics). Claiming that white people hate  and feel power over black people is pretty racist itself and seems to me as an attempt to separate races. Of course there are racists and dumb people everywhere and generalizing is pretty stupid. Billie following the trends is so him. He always just wants to be seen as a good guy but he appears to me rather over reactive in a few occasions. I wish he just ignored everything and kept releasing no fun Monday. 

Like... cops? Anyway, good to know you’re a racist

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

6 minutes ago, WhiteTim said:

He was banned years ago for making racist comments against blacks and has came back and made multiple snide subtle racist comments but now he wants to act like he cares about blacks fuck him 

I mean that’s kind of my point — sounds like we sort of agree.

But people can change, too, so I don’t want to assume something about somebody based on their behavior years ago. As naive as it probably is, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise, I suppose.

8 minutes ago, WhiteTim said:

My friend wasn’t being a criminal bitch 

That being said, as hard as it is, try to not resort to name-calling like this — for example, calling a woman this could be seen by some as a sexist behavior, which opens up an entirely different conversation.

 

Like I said, let’s get back on topic about the blackout of No Fun Mondays now. 

[BillieJoe’sEyelids]

Just remember one thing before you act like these protests are “opportunistic”. That’s exactly what people thought about the civil rights protests. When MLK was killed, he had a 25 percent approval in this country and many people celebrated his death. Often you can’t see the value of a movement until you see it in hindsight. And minimizing it right now is the height of white privilege.

[Gonzalo17]

A cover protest song against racism it would be proper for this week

[Aidana]

I’ve discovered an app called telegram. There I created an album named “no fun monday”. All the covers are in that channel if anyone is interested

[Gonzalo17]

Just now, Aidana Shyngysbayeva said:

I’ve discovered an app called telegram. There I created an album named “no fun monday”. All the covers are in that channel if anyone is interested

Ripped from youtube? 

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

Just now, Gonzalo17 said:

A cover protest song against racism it would be proper for this week

I like that idea. Maybe some type of fundraiser in the future? If we could raise money for COVID-19 as a country, I’d hope we could help with this, too. Maybe we’ll see more of that in the future once the situation isn’t so tense.   

Also, here’s the other thread, in case anybody wants to migrate there:

 

[Aidana]

1 minute ago, Gonzalo17 said:

Ripped from youtube? 

Taken from youtube yes

[WhiteTim]

2 minutes ago, Gonzalo17 said:

Ripped from youtube? 

Other than ITWAN and Manic Monday youtube rips  are the only way to get the others at the moment 

[Aidana]

5 minutes ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

I like that idea. Maybe some type of fundraiser in the future? If we could raise money for COVID-19 as a country, I’d hope we could help with this, too. Maybe we’ll see more of that in the future once the situation isn’t so tense.   

Also, here’s the other thread, in case anybody wants to migrate there:

 

Is there a thread for rocket launch and Elon Musk? I’d love that

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

1 minute ago, Aidana Shyngysbayeva said:

Is there a thread for rocket launch and Elon Musk? I’d love that

It doesn’t look like it. Feel free to make one in general chat if you’d like!