792208 What I do think will maybe bring some actual change in today's society though is actually capturing the act on camera. I think that's what we're currently seeing. I'm hopeful that actual change will happen. George Floyd's death was captured on video and was freely shown everywhere in the wor...

What if the previous protestors had tried to get change implemented but it went nowhere because city councils, state congresses, and the national Congress shot down or did nothing to further the agenda? Why should the onus be on the protestors to write laws, implement legislation, etc.? Because it ...

See, I think protest in the past have helped. Maybe not with the overall issue of brutality, but I do think it has helped move the black community forward in society, albeit slowly. But it is movement. And while police profiling and brutality is an overall issue still, but specifically in the black ...

how does one "enact the change"

Join the police force. Vote out politicans that aren't pushing to make change. Volunteer to help troubled communities.

And I do agree, continue to protest peacefully until more of the actual action above occurs.

yeah, I kind of don't get what nobody is going for here I was speaking specifically to the "renouncing white privelage" video. If you're saying peaceful protests don't do much, then the next step is non-peaceful protests I think the renouncing "white privlage" is weird and won't do much, but to eac...

What did they do with that? If they didn't do anything why should their words matter at this point? Something I do think will help today that didn't previously is camera phones, live streaming, etc, and how far that has come. It will bring more awareness when there is true police brutality, and vic...

Except I think most can agree that the attention span for this type of stuff is a couple weeks and a vast majority of these people will not have done anything other than "I'm Helping" by being there. I do agree with this. The majority of these people protesting, both black and white, as well as the...

Seems like this is an argument about people expressing a desire for things to change versus taking action to make that change. The latter can't come before the former.

Yeah, I'm probably mixing two different arguments.

what harm are they doing? maybe one more person that went there is going to go do some more action outside of this. All it takes to be worth it. I don't see what's wrong with it, regardless of if it's something I would do or not :fist: Yeah, I see nothing wrong with it. I think what rubs me is I kn...

I think protesting and social media help bring awareness and some people together, however the true changes won't come until people actually take tangible, meaningful action. Join the police force to make a change. Join public services and volunteer to help black communities. I was watching that ABC...

Public opinion requiring professional athletes to make hollow statements in order to check a box is one of the strangest phenomena of this whole debacle.

And then once that box is checked, they go in and tear it apart. It's not win.

Kane can relax now. Crosby made a statement. https://i2.wp.com/pittsburghhockeynow.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-8.50.09-AM.png?w=1122&ssl=1 I read someone dodinting that this actually came from his foundation, and not Sid personally, even though Sid personally said it, but it wa...

CNN is reporting that protests across the nation were much more peaceful last night, although most broke curfew. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/us/us-protests-wednesday-george-floyd/index.html There were obviously still incidents, but for the most part it seems like the calls for peace from organiz...

I'd love to see Live PD or Cops go to gated communities and search for crime there.

Show would be cancelled, not enough action.

No Majors III

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BTW, this is why I don't fault some people from keeping quiet during this time. If you say the wrong thing, if it doesn't fit a certain template, you will be fired.

There's missing the point, and then there's what shad is doing right now. I don't think he is missing the point. There can be more than one issue to clean up. In fact I think I've heard many BLM and other African leaders also say that they need to have change within their communities to help the is...

I actually found the opposite. I thought most were okay with it. The bigger issue being the players having a lukewarm response. I think it'd help if they could actually all be together and sort it out as a team. Lyke and Gallagher are holding a zoom meeting with all Pitt student athletes on June 4t...

Lots of judging going on with the black square thing. I didn’t do it, but just because I’m lazy. Easy way to show solidarity, but doesn’t mean that’s all you do or take away from what’s in your heart. I’m sure there’s hollowness from some, but why judge? :fist: I didn't even log onto facebook today.

Cancel her for blackface

:thumb: I think we're on the same page, NAN. Can you believe it? I was specifically responding to comments on the Pens social media BLM post. Tons of "What about ALL lives matter!?" and even people saying they'll never attend another game because of the post. The post, by the way, is simply the all...

There’s nothing wrong with saying all lives matter. I think the problem is when someone says, wow, that sucks that you only care about black lives and don’t care about anyone else. That’s not the point of a person carrying a BLM sign.

This.

There’s nothing wrong with saying all lives matter. I think the problem is when someone says, wow, that sucks that you only care about black lives and don’t care about anyone else. That’s not the point of a person carrying a BLM sign. Maybe I'm mixing up messages with what Nocera is saying. I would...

Black live matter also isn't saying that blue lives don't matter. Or that white lives don't matter, or that black lives only matter when they're killed by white lives. Sad that you have to explain this. I don't think he has to. I don't understand why people can't march for every life. And if you do...

Regarding BLM vs ALM, saw this and thought it made sense: If I said my house is on fire and you said all houses matter, well, that may be true. But all houses aren’t on fire right now, my house is. I view it as blue lives matter too. They are also being shot and targeted right now. It just all need...