Yes, I Know He A Random Moron.

[royfromaus]

But when will our media catch up with this story?

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/22/isaiah-jackson-arrested-after-photo-kneeling-white/

Here's the bit that will get you het up...switch black man for white man and white baby for black baby.
I'm sure you would agree that it would be plastered all over our media?

[iluvmargie]

Who the hell are all these 'straw men' you keep talking about?? Did you see the picture of that terrified little child?? I feel more sorry for the child than I do Floyd, the child is INNOCENT!!

[Ellipsis]

> Who the hell are all these 'straw men' you keep talking about??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

> Did you see the picture of that terrified little child??

No, as it happens I didn't. I read the OP and the article it linked to, and then answered the question. Did I miss the photo? Or have you seen the photo somewhere else?

> the child is INNOCENT!!

And Floyd is dead. And was innocent until proven guilty, which he won't be now.

We haven't got a clue what actually happened and yet the question is why isn't this all over the British media? Here's a comment from "Heather" under the article:

> The mother took the picture actually .this happened in my home town Springfield, ohio . The child is in the father's custody. She defends the man over and over on fb saying "he didn't apply pressure ", "he wasn't hurting him" ,and "I'd never let him hurt my child "

We have as much clue whether Heather's comment is made up, or real, as anything else. At this point, this is all unproven. Maybe if it turns out to be a real story it will make our press, but unless the child was killed by police I doubt it will be as big as the George Floyd story.

[david small]

Prime example of media madness bandwagon tripe.

[royfromaus]

And now we have 'poundland panthers' FFF Forever Family Force.
They appear to be another left-wing group that wants to de-fund the police.

Forever family...can I assume they want to distance themselves from BLM?


https://i1.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/08/02/10/31447978-8585073-Activists_block_Brixton_Road_as_they_march_through_London_s_stre-a-5_1596361815444.jpg?resize=634%2C423&ssl=1

[Peter Pedant]

random moron - I thought he meant me
but nothing aboit me is random I can tell you !

[andy-hughes]

Ellipsis - // > the child is INNOCENT!!

And Floyd is dead. And was innocent until proven guilty, which he won't be now. //

Attempting to excuse one act of cruelty by lining it up against another more serious and far-reaching act of cruelty is the essence of poor debate.

One is not lessened by the additional severity of the other.

There are times when a reasoned analysis of a situation is called for, and there are times when a pointless publicity stunt by a moron should be ignored.

Guess which one this is ...

[royfromaus]

andy there...telling us to turn a blind eye to child abuse.

[royfromaus]

Seriously...how many Black Militias do we need?

Should we just turn a blind eye and hope they go away?

[andy-hughes]

Roy, I know you waste no opportunity to have a pop at me for reasons I neither know nor care about, but twisting something I have said into something I have not said and then being offensive about it makes you look rather petty and small-minded... again.

[Zacs-Master]

Andy, Roy's default setting is 'rage'. It often clouds his judgement. I wouldn't take it personally, I don't. I find him quite amusing.

[royfromaus]

There are times when a reasoned analysis of a situation is called for, and there are times when a pointless publicity stunt by a moron should be ignored.

Guess which one this is ...
______________________________________________


Did I guess the wrong one?

Zac, my default setting is far from rage.
Why, (unlike you) even when I'm drunk I'm far from ever 'raged'

[andy-hughes]

I don't care if you guess if there's a man in the moon, just leave me out of your meaning-twisting to score petty points - it's juvenile and diverts threads.

[royfromaus]

They are your actual words, andy...I haven't twisted anything.

[andy-hughes]

roy - // They are your actual words, andy...I haven't twisted anything. //

My actual words were -

// There are times when a reasoned analysis of a situation is called for, and there are times when a pointless publicity stunt by a moron should be ignored. //

which you chose to interpret as -

// andy there...telling us to turn a blind eye to child abuse. //

And you think that is not twisting what I said?

One of two things has happened here -

Either you simply didn't understand the point I made, or you decided to twist its meanings out of all recognition in order to infer that I think child abuse should be ignored.

Now anyone can read what you have said, and what I have said, and based on my past history with you, I am absolutely sure which of those two motivated your response.

So either my history shows me as someone who thinks ignoring child abuse is acceptable, or your history shows you as a nit-picking provocateur who loses no opportunity to attack someone to whom you have taken a random dislike for your own reasons.

I know which is true, and so, if you are honest, do you.