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Do you think there will be a 'silver lining' or any long-term results from these protests?
I think the biggest effect of this will be that a lot of white suburban Klobuchar-ites will be more apprehensive of keeping the police as it is and a lot of progressives (like me, I always thought...
I think the biggest effect of this will be that a lot of white suburban Klobuchar-ites will be more apprehensive of keeping the police as it is and a lot of progressives (like me, I always thought it was a class matter disguised as a race one) will take identity politics and racism more seriously and see themselves as privileged white people because it's become pretty hard not to. There will also be a lot of people in poor countries who will relate to the experience of being brutalized by the police and see the US as increasingly like them. I'm Brazilian and I honestly can't really see how is the US any better than my country anymore and in my state I scarcely see the police with more than batons and only in Rio de Janeiro (where drug gangs hide in the mountains and the state government is run by the party led by a former military officer) is the police really comparable.
Organizers might see that strength in numbers does little against FOX News and other media outlets so serious organization (proper mottos for example) might be taken more seriously.
Black people might be energized enough by this to turnout at an equal rate to white people despite the institutional barriers, which hasn't happened since Obama.
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US on path to widespread political violence
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Australian actor Meyne Wyatt supports Black Lives Matter with powerful monologue on racism on Q+A
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologises for 'any hurt or harm' caused by robodebt scheme
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Black Lives Matter mass movement spreads internationally: US ruling class on the defensive
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Swedish prosecutors have named Stig Engström as the man who killed former Swedish prime minister Olof Palme in 1986, ending years of mystery
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Trump administration to make it easier for hunters to kill bear cubs and wolf pups in Alaska — A ban against luring mothers from their dens with doughnuts and other treats will be lifted
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How Hong Kong caught fire: The story of a radical uprising
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A bitter election, accusations of fraud, and now second thoughts
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How do we change America?
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The guardrails are off the US Military: It’s no longer guaranteed that the Pentagon will resist unlawful orders from the President. And the rot is deeper than you think
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Sweden to present findings on Olof Palme assassination – sources say South Africa handed over dossier, but not everyone is hopeful mystery will be solved
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Donald Trump administration makes move to completely roll back US methane pollution regulations
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After a staff uproar, New York Times says that Senator Tom Cotton’s “Send In the Troops” op-ed it published yesterday did not meet its standards
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What’s the impact of Turkmenistan’s COVID delusion?
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Katri Kulmuni will step down as Finland's finance minister after admitting on Friday that she had used taxpayers' money to fund training on how to speak in public
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Why Republican senators do not challenge Trump
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Pennsylvania sweats over vote-counting fiasco
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Bizarre scenes in tiny Western Australia town as 'sovereign nation' attempts to overthrow government
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The case for reparations: We've had 250 years of slavery, 90 years of Jim Crow, 60 years of separate but equal and 35 years of racist housing policy. Without addressing this, the US can't move on
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For the first time in modern Swedish history, an ex-ambassador has gone on trial and faces a possible jail term
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President? Why not? Says a man at the top.
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One Twitter account is reposting everything Trump tweets. It was suspended within three days
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Donald Trump says he's the 'law and order' President, but his response to George Floyd protests could cost him
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Former US Secretary of Defence James Mattis denounces President Trump, describes him as a threat to the Constitution
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How Germany saved its workforce from unemployment while spending less per person than the US
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A conversation with President Obama: Reimagining policing in the wake of continued police violence
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Mike Mullen: I cannot remain silent
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Australia had its own George Floyd moment, only it passed without international outrage
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Boris Johnson says three million people in Hong Kong will get path to British citizenship
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Colorado Democrats unveil sweeping police accountability bill in response to George Floyd’s death
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Andrew Yang has endorsed Mike Broihier, an asparagus-farming progressive, in his Democratic Senate primary contest
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Trump's "law and order" rhetoric won't help him like Nixon in 1968
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Trump says the USA will label Antifa as a terror organization amid unrest
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How accurate have Senate polls been, and what could that mean for November?
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General US protests discussion
There's a lot of unrest in the US lately, with protests going on in several cities. How do you feel about the state of things in the US, regarding racism, police brutality, etc...? What's your...
There's a lot of unrest in the US lately, with protests going on in several cities.
How do you feel about the state of things in the US, regarding racism, police brutality, etc...? What's your viewpoint on the protests? How do you see the situation evolving? Some fear deadly confrontation between military police and civilians.
Have you had the misfortune of having a negative encounter with police officers? Care to tell your story? Have you participated yourself in one of these protests? What was your experience like? If you haven't, do you keep yourself informed? Where do you primarily find news? What's the general mood in your neighborhood, in your community, in your city?
We've seen protests pop up a lot more in recent years in various parts of the world - eg. Hong Kong, Lebanon, France, etc... Do you feel that this is symptomatic of a larger, global unease? Or can the US protests be considered wholly specific?
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The US is tearing itself apart because its political system has failed
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Riots are the American way: The US was founded on revolutionary blood; the Civil War took 400,000 lives and the civil rights movement was a reaction to white violence
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After protests shake Brazil, Bolsonaro tries to rein in his backers
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The injustice of this moment is not an 'aberration'
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Puerto Rico approves new civil code, sparking fears over LGBT+ rights
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1968 and 2020: How they resemble each other and how they don't
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What an economic liberal and conservative learned from their friendship
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How Western media would cover Minneapolis if it happened in another country
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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for 'glorifying violence'
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Donald Trump is the Howard Stern of the 2016 election
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"Robodebt" class action to continue, despite the Australian government waiving outstanding debts and promising to repay anybody who paid an unsound debt
Yesterday, the Australian government announced it will pay back $721m as it scraps Robodebt for Centrelink welfare recipients. But the class action lodged against the robodebt scheme will...
Yesterday, the Australian government announced it will pay back $721m as it scraps Robodebt for Centrelink welfare recipients.
But the class action lodged against the robodebt scheme will continue, because "the Government still needs to answer to claims of compensation and claims of damages and inconvenience and distress that this system has caused".
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US President Donald Trump signs executive order designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content users post on their platforms
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US President Donald Trump's executive order isn't only about Twitter; it's also attempting to ensure that Facebook won't change their own approach in the lead-up to the election
10 votes