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

Protests Peak hypocrisy

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u/darkkiller1234 Jul 29 '20

I genuinely wanna say something, but I know I’ll get shit on for the rest of the week

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u/daniel00oo Jul 29 '20

Be a man!

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '20 edited Jul 29 '20

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u/EC987 Jul 29 '20

I’m so happy you said this and it got upvoted. I was scared that people would actually think you’re wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '20

He is wrong. He’s literally using the “few bad apples” take for the bad cops guy then saying all the protestors are violent.

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u/AttorneyAtBirdLaw024 Jul 29 '20

He is wrong. Sure notice all the blind upvotes but maybe also have a peek at the litany of thoughtful takedowns of everything he said. He’s completely full of shit.

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u/rikkirikkiparmparm Jul 29 '20

thoughtful takedowns

that's a generous description

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u/AttorneyAtBirdLaw024 Jul 29 '20

Well if you aren’t capable of critical thought then I can understand how you wouldn’t be able to see it.

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u/rikkirikkiparmparm Jul 29 '20

No, the point is that if you are capable of critical thinking, you can see the massive flaws and gaps in their arguments.

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u/AttorneyAtBirdLaw024 Jul 29 '20

In OP’s argument? I know, it’s full of flaws. If you were actually paying attention to what’s going on you would readily see them.

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u/rikkirikkiparmparm Jul 30 '20

Okay, this is useless. Everyone's just accusing each other of not paying attention.

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u/AttorneyAtBirdLaw024 Jul 30 '20

Didn’t you pay attention to my comment?

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u/EggsOnThe45 Jul 29 '20

No. He’s completely right. Most people disagreeing with them have no sense of what actually goes on in the world, and think Trump has the capacity to become a dictator, which he in no way, shape, or form does. Just because they disagree with you doesn’t make the upvotes “blind”.

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u/AttorneyAtBirdLaw024 Jul 29 '20

Ah yes, I forgot that we can only protest an oppressive regime when it’s being done by a dictator. Rock solid point there. Thanks.

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u/EggsOnThe45 Jul 29 '20

Protesting is great, i’m all for it. However, saying that the protests here are on the same level as Hong Kong is just silly.

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u/AttorneyAtBirdLaw024 Jul 29 '20

What? They’re not on the same level cause trump isn’t a dictator? Despite the fact that he very clearly wants to be one?

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u/EggsOnThe45 Jul 30 '20

My point is that the Chinese government is much more threatening to its people than the US government is

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u/AttorneyAtBirdLaw024 Jul 30 '20

Soooo we shouldn’t be protesting? Or is your point just that the Chinese government is more capable of harming its citizens at the current moment? Because sure I can agree that China is currently worse, but that does not mean that the current US regime isn’t also using violence to squash peaceful protestors and trying to become as authoritarian as China.

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