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02/10/2017 05:43:15
John Ryan
Captain-Cooker Appreciation Society
Taumata Whakatangi ..., New Zealand
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Sports
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Football
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Miscellaneous
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>>>But you can't just pull someone over because they're black or look Mexican.
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>Legally, you can within 100 miles of the border if you have delegated immigration authority. Otherwise legally you oughtn't. Morally? There has to be a balance between cop safety and kids being killed because a cop thought their inhaler was a gun. Perhaps a would-be protestor should start by considering why a cop might think it more likely for one of the protestor's kindred to have a firearm compared to a little white (or black) granny. Back to my metaphor about white stripey snakes and why you can't treat them like squirrels.
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>>>You can't have one set of penalties for those who are white and another set of penalties for those who are black.
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>You're saying judges are biased? If so- then unless the beer-swilling fans you referenced elsewhere are judges, why are you protesting to a beer-swiller audience? You ought to be choosing an event where judges might actually be.

I'm saying that the entire judicial system in this country suffers from systemic racism. This is a widely known fact here. Even the laws themselves contain this problem (for example, the penalties for crack cocaine vs powdered cocaine. This is the type of thing that the Obama administration was addressing and that Jeff Sessions is screwing up the progress that was made.

>>>That is kinda the whole concept of the protest to begin with - racial bias. This isn't about hissing snakes it's about human beings.
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>The snakes was a metaphor for why the dreaded "racism" can be a necessary survival tactic for people in harm's way. For the rest: not convinced that creating a furor over standing for an anthem or flag, achieves anything except fuss. I can't imagine that any judge or cop is behaving differently because of it, while NFL has turned itself into another politicized organ that isn't as appealing to your beer swillers.

It doesn't happen overnight. You think black people were setting at the front of the bus 2 days after Rosa Parks?

>As an aside, do you go to NFL games? If not, then where would be a good venue if somebody wanted to protest with your approval and without offending others?

I've only been to a few NFL games my whole life -- and there is no need to seek approval from me for a peaceful protest about anything. I might not agree with their message - but I for sure agree that it's their right to do so.
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