Do you live in the Twin Cities?
I don’t reveal my location because snitches lead to terrorism against folks like myself that struggle for liberation.
I remember the National Guard coming in well. What exactly did they do that you find objectionable?
Aside from shutting down the George Floyd protests with tear gas and rubber bullets, beating people, and coordinating with cops to “clear the streets”, detain journalists, and make mass arrests? The use of state patrol officers? The curfews?
Are you unfamiliar with these things? You sound like you don’t understand the connection between the deployment of the national guard, the state patrol, curfews, etc and shutting down the George Floyd protests. I ask because you have appealed to your alleged personal recollection and presumed location.
I’m not claiming that everything was peachy, but calling what happened “state violence against protesters against racial oppression and genocide” is easy to do on the internet where words don’t matter.
What happened in Minnesota re: George Floyd protests was state violence against protesters against racial oppression. State violence against protesters against the genocide in Gaza is ongoing.
Personally, I think words do matter, but you are free to expound on your postmodern nihilist philosophy.
You’ve got a lot of tangents in your comment that aren’t really related to Walz
Such as? If there are a lot I would have expected you to name at least one.
but comparing what happened with the MN National Guard to what’s happening in Palestine is absurd.
I didn’t compare those things.
I’d expect someone from hexbear to realize how fucked up it is to trivialize that genocide.
Good thing I didn’t do that. However, those eliding Dem politicians’ complicity for the sake of cheerleading election year horse race politics are certainly doing that in their own way.
Words do matter. I suspect you’re not from the area and was sardonically calling you out for hyperbole that you’re repeating on the internet.
I expect the people that had Black Lives Matter signs in their windows and a shred of sympathy for Palestinian kids to recognize the inconsistency when it is pointed out […]
I have no idea how you’re not comparing those two, but trying to argue what you meant is pointless. It certainly looks like you’re trivializing actual genocide by mentioning it at all in this context.
Such as? If there are a lot I would have expected you to name at least one.
Whatever Dems in general are up to. I’m just saying I’m not interested in arguing about any of that, regardless of how much I agree with you or not.
I don’t think we’re going to convince each other on the issue over the internet, but IMO you have a marginally less black-and-white view of what happened than the Fall of Minneapolis people. If you insist on saying that the situation was black, then you’re wrong. It wasn’t white either, but that’s just because your worldview can’t handle the nuance. As one example of the nuance, yes journalists got arrested, but that was not with Walz’s approval:
Following the arrest of a CNN crew on live television by police on Friday, an apologetic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz promised that journalists would not be interfered with in reporting on violent protests following the death of George Floyd. […] At a later news conference, Walz said that “I take full responsibility. There is absolutely no reason something like that should happen … This is a very public apology to that team.”
I’m not saying he was perfect, but I would go so far as to say that I bet you wouldn’t have done better in his shoes.
Words do matter. I suspect you’re not from the area and was sardonically calling you out for hyperbole that you’re repeating on the internet.
I don’t feel called out.
I have no idea how you’re not comparing those two, but trying to argue what you meant is pointless.
Having made zero attempt to seek understanding, you are now dismissively declaring it impossible. Maybe you should make an attempt to understand? Try asking questions? Share what your thought process is?
It certainly looks like you’re trivializing actual genocide by mentioning it at all in this context.
Then you don’t know what it means to trivialize genocide. There is a parallel in the state violence I’m referring to and it is often literally the same people engaging in it and receiving it. I am not comparing the genocide itself to anything else at the moment. If you belabor that point any further without even attempting to understand, I will have to assume you are here in bad faith.
Whatever Dems in general are up to. I’m just saying I’m not interested in arguing about any of that, regardless of how much I agree with you or not.
If this is meant to be an example of where I went in a tangent, you will need to be much more specific. Like saying what I actuallh did and how it is tangential. Talking about self-identifying liberals is not itself a tangent, that’s who my very first comment addressed and it was directly related to the content of the article posted.
I don’t think we’re going to convince each other on the issue over the internet, but IMO you have a marginally less black-and-white view of what happened than the Fall of Minneapolis people.
There is nothing inherently correct or good about nuance or complexity or wrong or bad about black and white. What matters is whether the idea communicated is true. Every topic can be broken down into more and more detail and context until one can no longer identify patterns. One can also take a topic and completely miss the important factors because they have arrived at a false, simple answer.
So… I don’t get anything from you repeatedly taking about nuance. If there is a salient contradictory point about what I’ve said, I await it.
If you insist on saying that the situation was black, then you’re wrong. It wasn’t white either, but that’s just because your worldview can’t handle the nuance. As one example of the nuance, yes journalists got arrested, but that was not with Walz’s approval
The following quote doesn’t even say that it was without approval, as if that even matters. Was every cop involved in that fired and brought up on charges for first amendment violations? Then the signal is: no consequences, keep doing that. Looking at how the cops and national guard behaved, it is also very clear what the nature of their preparation was and how they were overseen. One minute past curfew and the tear gas and rubber bullets come out. Attempts to kettle. Seemingly Indiscriminate shots, including at people running away. These are the personnel overseen by the state and this is state violence. They were also not called back as a result of any of this. On the contrary, their numbers were increased so as to “clear the streets”. You can cut to the quick easily if you just lay attention to the actual actions taken and not just the PR.
As someone with a clear personal recollection you are surely aware of this.
I’m not saying he was perfect, but I would go so far as to say that I bet you wouldn’t have done better in his shoes.
I would have done infinitely better.
Anyways, you ignored about 2/3 of what I said. Why is that?
you are now dismissively declaring it impossible
I mean that I can’t read your mind, and it doesn’t enhance discussion for me to assume what you meant.
There is a parallel in the state violence I’m referring to
Wait, so you are comparing the two, contradicting your previous comment?
tangent stuff
Feel free to argue about it with someone else. I have no interest in arguing about what Dems in general are doing, I’m answering specific claims about Walz.
One can also take a topic and completely miss the important factors because they have arrived at a false, simple answer.
Yes, this is exactly what you’ve done, due to black and white thinking.
Looking at how the cops and national guard behaved
You’re confused about the situation. I don’t think we’re getting anywhere, so let’s agree on “Fuck MPD”. If you or anyone else is interested, Wikipedia has a pretty good list of police violence during the protests. It’s long, but includes lots of incidents outside of the Twin Cities as well. It can be hard to tell who exactly is responsible for which actions, because a lot of reporting just says “police”, without delineating between MPD vs the National Guard vs other forces. I don’t like cops, but blaming Walz for the MPD doesn’t make sense. Blame this weasel or this piece of shit.
Interestingly, the most objectionable thing that I remember (the “light 'em up” thing) may have been people unaffiliated with the police or National Guard:
And it’s unclear which agency the officers in the video are from. Both Minnesota National Guard spokesperson Army Lt. Col. Kristen Augé and Minneapolis Police Department spokesperson Garrett Parten told USA TODAY the men in the video were not part of their organizations.
Of course, you have to balance that against the very real possibility of them lying about it.
Anyways, you ignored about 2/3 of what I said. Why is that?
I was picking the most relevant bits, as otherwise conversation tends to explode in size exponentially.
EDIT: If you want to do a better job of representing hexbear to the wider fediverse, read this and self-crit:
