I don’t think @GideonTJones trolling, I think he’s been straight up about what his problem is. I understand his frustration, because stuff like this feels like it’s derailing the heart and soul of the topic, which is racism, especially against young black men. Look at this story that @anon29631895 posted recently. While I agree that the militarization of the police matters, the fact is that we, as a society are notoriously bad at addressing the concerns of African Americans in terms of brutality, and writing it off as a marginal issue. This has been the case for pretty much all of American history. Yes, police militarization is a problem, but that’s not the core issue involved in what’s happening in Ferguson, or what happened to Trayvon Martin, or what happened to John Crawford, or what has happened to any number of young black men whose names we don’t know because their stories aren’t on the news and no one is paying attention because white America just doesn’t care, overall.
Now, we have a luck dragon chasing us down the street, so I’m going to jump into this pile of boxes and trash now…
