02-10-2021, 07:50 PM
(02-10-2021, 07:42 PM)mtrot Wrote: It doesn't seem "cool" in the least to me, and nobody should be pressured to kneel for our national anthem(Charles Barkely said precisely that, live on TNT last season). It just seems ungrateful for all the freedom and opportunity this country currently affords us. Has there been terrible injustice in the past? Of course, but don't obsess about things that occurred decades or centuries ago, to the point that it becomes counterproductive to being able to take advantage of the great current opportunities which are available to you as a US citizen. The future is wide open, go for it. Don't listen to anyone telling you that you can't succeed in today's society because of the "man" holding you down.
I have agreed with some of the points you have made but your last response seems completely tone deaf to what happened last summer.
A person was killed in broad daylight. The buildup of years of resentment at bad cops came to a boil. This is not someone talking about things years ago. The usual counter arguments are that blacks kill other blacks in gang warfare. How is that a justification for law enforcement who is supposed to protect all, killing folks?
Do I have a solution? No. But I am not going to sit and pretend there is no issue here.