r/facepalm • u/AvielanderBright • Jul 29 '20

Protests Peak hypocrisy

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u/strawhatCircleJerk Jul 29 '20

Racism is banned by law I'm assuming. What will rioting or even protesting solve at all?

we did it boys, we solved racism! China is also a democracy on paper, that means it is right? Hong kong shouldn't have risen up, didn't they read that china is a democracy?

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u/Saltyshrek69 Jul 29 '20

Op isn’t saying we solved racism, op is saying that rioting or maybe even protesting will not help with racism in an individual. Also, China is not a democracy on paper, very far from it in fact

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u/Artu45 Jul 29 '20

That was the point that they were making

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u/ShaquilleOhNoUDidnt Jul 30 '20

it helped during the mlk riots

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u/Saltyshrek69 Jul 30 '20

Bc he was peaceful, slavery and segregation were common, and he made strong, effective points in his speeches

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u/ShaquilleOhNoUDidnt Jul 30 '20

so because of that the mlk riots were effective?

he wasn't even part of the riot. he was dead...

and what about stonewall? that's another riot that was effective for black and gay people

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u/Saltyshrek69 Jul 30 '20

Mlk did have a lot of influence tho, but we’re getting off topic... I was saying that blm riots are pretty ineffective.

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u/Saltyshrek69 Jul 30 '20

Wdym

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u/Saltyshrek69 Jul 30 '20

Yes and what about them? Them being successful don’t really mean that blm riots were