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It brings my heart such great joy to know that there are people out there like you who are willing to argue about trivialities that don't actually matter. Not
by mdszy 6y ago
It brings my heart such great joy to know that there are people out there like you who are willing to argue about trivialities that don't actually matter.
Not everything is a deep philosophical discussion that needs to get down to absolute true statements.
Sometimes it's just someone, like me, who is sick of black people being literally murdered by police and thinks it's absurd that white assholes get more worked up over some property than over black lives.
I literally don't give a single shit about absolute ethical principles.
I give a shit about black lives.
Black lives matter, shut the hell up already.
- Ghjklov 6y agoBlack lives matter? According to black on black crime statistics and black abortion rates, they don't, not even black people themselves. Willing to take the L for saying the truth on this one. It's politically convenient for the left to use the death of a black man (f the police) to rally up support against their opposition as the election comes up, but without that, they will happily ignore the amount of black on black killings that happens in THEIR OWN cities the rest of the year. And then they'll happily support abortion, which is an incredible suppressor of the American black population, making sure they will never grow in numbers enough to make a political difference in this forsaken country on their own and not used as pawns by either political party. I'm sure one day you will be able to convince me that black lives matter and we will finally do something about it to make meaningful change. But it looks like today is not that day. Judging by how the protests and riots have settled down already in less than 2 weeks, they are finished making use of black lives to further their political goals. Just like the time before, and the time before that. When does it end?
- mdszy 6y agoWhat the fuck is wrong with you? If your immediate reaction to statistics (which I am not claiming the accuracy of, by the way, since you provide no sources) is "oh, it's because they're black" then congratulations, you're a racist! Furthermore, the protests have not died down, there have been events that sparked more protests in more places. They're just not being reported as much because "oh well that's old time to move on to the next thing", says the media.
- dang 6y agoPlease stop posting flamewar comments to HN. You've been doing it repeatedly, and we ban that sort of account, because it destroys what the site is supposed to be for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- happytoexplain 6y ago>Black lives matter? According to black on black crime statistics and black abortion rates, they don't >Willing to take the L for saying the truth on this one. >Judging by how the protests and riots have settled down already in less than 2 weeks, they are finished making use of black lives to further their political goals. You seem sick with hatred, not to mention casting yourself as a victimized underdog who knows the Truth.
- Ghjklov 6y agoI am indeed sick of political bullshit. One day, you may open your eyes and properly understand that I, as much as you, want something to be done for black Americans to right the wrongs. However, I can't help but call out the people who are simply using the death of one garbage man who threatened a pregnant woman at gunpoint to further their political goals, and then only after 2 weeks, they go back to their regular reporting after they've made their use of the movement to do their job. Nothing has changed. They've just milked the death of a man, like they did before with the other men before him. One day, I'd like to see a real organic movement that will enact real change. Until then, this is just a spectacle in our current clown world.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't post flamewar comments to HN, regardless of what someone else does. It only makes this place even worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 6y agoPlease stop posting flamewar comments to HN. You've been doing it repeatedly, and we ban that sort of account, because it destroys what the site is supposed to be for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- naasking 6y agoYeah, who cares about "trivialities" like "my ethical principles are inconsistent or absurd"? Apparently, all the people who criticize the ethics of the police, the ethics of politicians, the ethics of racist economic policies, and so on. I mean, it's not like consistent ethical principles might go into devising something like a Constitution that recognizes people's natural rights and restricts government from infringing on those rights. Amazing that you managed to turn this into a partisan attack on "your side" when all that's being discussed is the logical inconsistency of your own stated principles.
- mdszy 6y agoAgain, if you think "black lives are more valuable than property" is absurd then you really need to think about what that says about you.
- naasking 6y agoFortunately, no one in this thread said that. Unfortunately, you did say in your very first post that you believed in an absurd ethical principle.