Trump vows to end protests; tear gas fired on protesters near White House

[ravip]

Washington, DC paints a giant 'Black Lives Matter' message on the road to the White House

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Do people really need such signs to remind that lives matter? What sort of behaviour is this, and in a country supposed to be 'developed'?

1st world, 2nd world, 3rd world, developed country, developing country, undeveloped country... are these also meant to 'class' humans like Black & White and all in-between?

 

[metisdead]

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[Jingthing]

55 minutes ago, ravip said:

Washington, DC paints a giant 'Black Lives Matter' message on the road to the White House

Full article

Do people really need such signs to remind that lives matter? What sort of behaviour is this, and in a country supposed to be 'developed'?

1st world, 2nd world, 3rd world, developed country, developing country, undeveloped country... are these also meant to 'class' humans like Black & White and all in-between?

 

The issue is the USA finally (maybe?) addressing it's original sin of slavery that set up black people to be treated as "less than" even today with persistent structural racism. There is a report in the U.S. senate of a black republican senator (a right winger) who has been stopped many many times by police as being suspicious. That doesn't happen to white senators. Is this clear enough for you now or do you really not want to understand?

[johnpetersen]

Live updates: President Trump announces he has ordered National Guard to begin withdrawing from Washington

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/06/07/dc-protests-sunday-george-floyd/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most

[phetchy]

Apologies if there have been similar posts - 27 pages just shows the extent of peoples feelings.

 

This thread started a week or so ago and since the killing of George Floyd two weeks ago, many things have happened.  In amongst the often chaotic scenes seen in the media around the world, there are examples of good and bad on both sides depending on your viewpoint.  The thing that I find most worrying, is not the fact that Trump is still the President, but that there are probably enough voters in the USA to get him re-elected.  The George Floyd incident, the Bible photo op, the old guy pushed over and ignored by the police, his many scandalous alleged relationships etc. etc.  What are these people on?       

[CorpusChristie]

2 minutes ago, phetchy said:

but that there are probably enough voters in the USA to get him re-elected.  The George Floyd incident, the Bible photo op, the old guy pushed over and ignored by the police, his many scandalous alleged relationships etc. etc.  What are these people on?       

Was it Trump who pushed the old guy over ?

Did Trump kill Floyd ?

"alleged" relationships .

Nothing wrong with taking a photo in a Church

[phetchy]

4 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

Did Trump kill Floyd ?

He didn't seem too see anything bad in what went on and implied the incident was "a great thing".

 

 “Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country.”

He added: “This is a great day for him. It’s a great day for everybody. This is a great day for everybody. This is a great, great day in terms of equality.”

 

A great day for him?  I'm sure his family and friends won't see it in the same way.  The man is unhinged.

[RJRS1301]

2 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

Was it Trump who pushed the old guy over ?

Did Trump kill Floyd ?

"alleged" relationships .

Nothing wrong with taking a photo in a Church

He could not even get the bible up the right way, clearing the peaceful protesters with either gas or pepper spray, very democratic behaviour.

Pandering to the evangelicals.

 

 

[RJRS1301]

3 hours ago, phetchy said:

He didn't seem too see anything bad in what went on and implied the incident was "a great thing".

 

 “Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country.”

He added: “This is a great day for him. It’s a great day for everybody. This is a great day for everybody. This is a great, great day in terms of equality.”

 

A great day for him?  I'm sure his family and friends won't see it in the same way.  The man is unhinged.

For him to be "unhinged" that supposes he was once "hinged" as in sensible>> longshot there

 

[Sujo]

Ive never seen so many top players come out against a president.

 

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/us-protests-colin-powell-other-military-leaders-speak-out-in-unprecedented-numbers-against-donald-trump/news-story/8425a6485619b9fc8749adff4f0af1f1

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said:

He could not even get the bible up the right way, clearing the peaceful protesters with either gas or pepper spray, very democratic behaviour.

Pandering to the evangelicals.

 

 

Evangelicals and white Catholics support have slipped lately. Upside down bible antic just make his image worse.  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/us/politics/trump-polls-christians-evangelicals.html

 

Even older white folks above 65 that supported him in 2016 slipped by 12%. Curtains for Trump inevitable. 

[CorpusChristie]

3 hours ago, phetchy said:

He didn't seem too see anything bad in what went on and implied the incident was "a great thing".

 

 

Stop it with these untruths .

Trump did not say that incident was "a great thing "

The "Great thing" reference was in regards to the latest unemployment figures

[Phulublub]

22 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

Stop it with these untruths .

Trump did not say that incident was "a great thing "

The "Great thing" reference was in regards to the latest unemployment figures

Ah.  Well that's OK then.  Thanks for explaining. 

 

Out  of interest, what are the current unemployment figures, and how are they great?

 

PH

[stevenl]

And again Trump is objecting to peaceful protests, see his recent tweets about the NFL allowing players to disrespect the flag and country.

[RJRS1301]

1 hour ago, CorpusChristie said:

Stop it with these untruths .

Trump did not say that incident was "a great thing "

The "Great thing" reference was in regards to the latest unemployment figures

well less unemployment as less jobs,(businesses closed for virus) and less looking because of deaths, that been factored in??

[CorpusChristie]

1 hour ago, Phulublub said:

Ah.  Well that's OK then.  Thanks for explaining. 

 

Out  of interest, what are the current unemployment figures, and how are they great?

 

PH

I dont recall exactly , but I think it was better than expected news on the job front 

Do a websearch to get more info

 

 

 

[phetchy]

3 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

Stop it with these untruths .

Trump did not say that incident was "a great thing "

The "Great thing" reference was in regards to the latest unemployment figures

Which show that African American unemployment rises as national unemployment falls?  

https://www.ft.com/content/ab2c4da4-9d96-44f4-9c92-b1ef76742498  OK, he's unhinged and bad at maths.

 

Read the last half a dozen paragraphs of the FT article and you will realise how many of his own kind are turning against him and why.

[Sujo]

3 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

Stop it with these untruths .

Trump did not say that incident was "a great thing "

The "Great thing" reference was in regards to the latest unemployment figures

Well you cannot possibly support trump if you have an issue with untruths, can you.

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