- 04 Feb 2023 21:41
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You argued that voters had a chance to deal with systemic racism by using the power of electing officials who want to get rid of it.
You then provided evidence that they elected a black mayor. Nothing in his record shows that he ever discussed systemic racism, especially on the campaign trail. Consequently, it is hard for you to support your claim that voters had an opportunity to address systemic racism through voting.
You made this argument as part of your claim why the murder of Mr. Nichols could not have been at least partly due to systemic racism: because demographics makes systemic racism impossible.
So, to tie all this back to the actual topic, your demographics argument seems to be wrong.
No. Lying about it would “provide some sort of defense of their actions”.
Being recorded as concocting an obvious lie would not “provide some sort of defense of their actions”.
Why did they allow themselves to be recorded concocting an obvious lie?
You argued that they did.
You even provided evidence in the form of an image from a Pew survey that backed this up.
So, unless you are now basing your argument on the exact opposite claim, it seems odd for you to challenge this.
You are the one who said they made up an excuse.
Now, you gave an explanation for the excuse. What you have not explained is why they let themselves get recorded making up an obvious lie.
They definitely believed they were getting away with it, as can be seen by their fistbumping, congratulating each other, and openly concocting a lie on camera.
And this is another thing that you need to explain.
Why did they allow themselves to be filmed acting like this?
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...
wat0n wrote:So what you are saying is that the first Black mayor of Memphis did not try to combat systemic racism? The same one who ran under a racial equality platform? The same one who was reelected for 5 consecutive terms by an electorate that is solidly African American?
Is that what you're saying? Because I recall you claimed a small number of well-placed officials can dismantle systemic racism. Yet that seems exactly what he campaigned for and his constituents were happy with his work if he was elected for 5 terms in a row.
You argued that voters had a chance to deal with systemic racism by using the power of electing officials who want to get rid of it.
You then provided evidence that they elected a black mayor. Nothing in his record shows that he ever discussed systemic racism, especially on the campaign trail. Consequently, it is hard for you to support your claim that voters had an opportunity to address systemic racism through voting.
You made this argument as part of your claim why the murder of Mr. Nichols could not have been at least partly due to systemic racism: because demographics makes systemic racism impossible.
So, to tie all this back to the actual topic, your demographics argument seems to be wrong.
They likely thought it was their only way to provide some sort of defense of their actions. A defense they felt necessary because they realized they risked punishment.
No. Lying about it would “provide some sort of defense of their actions”.
Being recorded as concocting an obvious lie would not “provide some sort of defense of their actions”.
Why did they allow themselves to be recorded concocting an obvious lie?
Do you know for a fact they believe the City of Memphis is a systemically racist jurisdiction?
You argued that they did.
You even provided evidence in the form of an image from a Pew survey that backed this up.
So, unless you are now basing your argument on the exact opposite claim, it seems odd for you to challenge this.
If so, why make an excuse up? Cops didn't bother to do so during Jim Crow.
You are the one who said they made up an excuse.
Now, you gave an explanation for the excuse. What you have not explained is why they let themselves get recorded making up an obvious lie.
How do you know their state of mind was such that they maliciously believed they could get away with a beating because of systemic racism? Is that consistent with a poor attempt to cover for their actions?
Note the prosecution decided not to charge them for first degree murder.
They definitely believed they were getting away with it, as can be seen by their fistbumping, congratulating each other, and openly concocting a lie on camera.
And this is another thing that you need to explain.
Why did they allow themselves to be filmed acting like this?
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...