Thanks for the support. I'm just someone who has become disenfranchised with the one street portrayed by the media, especially when they downplay events such as this or make it appear as they passed off peacefully. You're right, violence is always bad, regardless of who it is committing it or who it is against.
I'm a reasonable person and I want to start discussions to hear the other side. I completely understand the anger felt by many, I myself was appalled at the death of George Floyd like any other decent human being would be. However, the scenes we are seeing are not helping bring about genuine change which is needed.
I hope this can be resolved and that Hive can be a platform that welcomes all voices where users are able to kindly disagree while having civil debate. If not, I'll probably be done with the platform. Will my loss be a big one? Definitely not. But I fear many others will be put in the same situation and that can only be to the detriment of Hive...unless the biggest players only want one opinion in which case they can continue doing what their doing.
The scenes we are seeing may not help bring genuine change, but, we are seeing them, which is something.
I have lived amongst peaceful protests and demonstrations, and we seem to get marginalized and ignored.
How long can people be ignored until they become "in your face" about it.
I am sad for the small businesses getting destroyed.
I am sad for the people getting hurt.
I am sad for the unrest.
But the people are finally being heard. It must mean ... something.
I'm with you, something does need doing. We can't keep going on like this. To be honest, the main issue comes with the double standards and the hypocrisy of the media.
I'm not sure if you're in the US or the UK, but in the UK we have no where near the same level of police brutality or violence as in the states. In fact, lots of the data shows that the UK is one of the least racist countries in the world. Is it perfect though and can we do more? Absolutely.
But I feel the attacks on the police officers is undermining that effort. Our officers don't have the problems as in America. And let's not forget that as a raw number, way more white people die at the hands of police officers than any other race in the western world. Not only that, but the death of George Floyd took place on the other side of the world, we are not impacted by the same issues and for these protesters to imply that we are by using violence is wrong. We have our own problems to deal with.
Instead of tackling it as a systemic racism problem in our police forces and institutions, it's my view that we need to be focusing more on fixing the socio-economic issues that are plaguing and segregating minority communities in our country. That's the root of the problem. Poverty breeds negative outcomes in life, regardless of your race.
I am in the US.
I was very surprised to learn that there were riots worldwide in honor of Floyd.
Raw numbers don't mean much when percentages speak loads.
Poverty plaguing our minority communities, the underfunded schools, the lack of resources, the difficulty in getting fresh food, the lack of programs, all of that is besides the fact that we have a problem with police brutality here.
And it is not just black lives which are being lost, being a brown man is just as dangerous here in the states.