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if i see one more fucking person say something like "I understand a life was taken but a lot of people are using this as an opportunity to commit crimes like robbery. No amount of protest can bring him back" I will absolutely lose my shit. If you're saying something like (cont)
that then no, you do NOT understand that a life was taken. You do not understand anything about what is going on. Yes, the violent acts that have occured, you don't have to support those or think they're okay. But please have the braincells within your stupid white head to
understand that all this protesting is not about 'bringing him back'. It's about fighting the oppression that those of colour have suffered at our ignorant white hands for their entire history. It's about finding justice for George Floyd and every other person of colour that
has lost their life, been murdered or injured or looked down upon, because they are black. There are so many, it only takes 20 seconds to look it up and find a list of their names, and that's not even half of them. Look at the reasons they had their lives taken, I dare you.
GEORGE FLOYD DID NOT JUST LOSE HIS LIFE. HE WAS MURDERED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, ON VIDEO, BY SOMEONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROTECTING HIM, WATCHED BY OTHERS WHO SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED HIM, WHILE BEING ARRESTED FOR SOMETHING THAT HE WAS NOT YET PROVEN GUILTY OF. Say his fucking name.
Can you honestly tell me, as a white person, that if you watched someone white die instead of it being someone black, that you wouldn't be enraged enough to protest? The majority of those protesting are peaceful. There are videos of POC standing in front of a target
to defend it from looters, because its not what they want. It is mostly WHITE IGNORANT IDIOTS who are destroying things, setting shit on fire and disrespecting the point of the protest. And those of colour doing it, are doing it to be heard, something they wouldn't have to do if
white people had never raised themselves onto a pedastool, claiming to be the superior race. You, we, have nobody but ourselves to blame for this. Yes I am shattered to see small businesses affected by the looting, I am sad to see anybody affected by the violent acts
but I am HEARTBROKEN that it had to come to this in the first place. I'm done with this thread now - I know it may have come out a disorganised mess of words that perhaps won't make much sense. That is because I am so genuinely disgusted to see people trying to belittle
what is happening right now. If you have read this far, please make sure you are signing every possible petition you can and if you're able, donate. And don't let yourself become silent, always stand up for those of colour, use your privilege for better. https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
