You will be called a racist when you object to your child's school being renamed "George Floyd Elementary"

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Will I be called a sheep when I object to "Donald J. Trump Elementary"?

Nope, you will not, and comparing naming a school after a president to naming a school after a criminal does not make much sense. To be fair, this whole thread does not make much sense.

hombre3000 wrote:

You will make the point to the school board that George Floyd wasn't a role model and in fact, was a career criminal and habitual drug abuser and while his death was tragic, renaming the school(or street, or park, etc) after him would be inappropriate.

This view will be labeled as racist, and you will be ostracized from the community as a result.

Very republican reaction to all of this. Objecting to how Floyd was treated DOES NOT mean the man is going to be given hero status.

hombre3000 wrote:

[quote]Das Unkle wrote:

Schools are being renamed after him?

Where is that?

Well, within a year we've had streets, parks, plazas named after Saint George, and several serious proposals to re-name schools in his honor.

Can you point to one "serious proposal" to re-name a school in his honor?

donniehedgehog wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Will I be called a sheep when I object to "Donald J. Trump Elementary"?

Nope, you will not, and comparing naming a school after a president to naming a school after a criminal does not make much sense. To be fair, this whole thread does not make much sense.

Comparing a criminal that was a president to a criminal, is apples to oranges?

is that so wrote:

Very republican reaction to all of this. Objecting to how Floyd was treated DOES NOT mean the man is going to be given hero status.

Lol wut?

What would you call that?

hombre3000 wrote:

You will make the point to the school board that George Floyd wasn't a role model and in fact, was a career criminal and habitual drug abuser and while his death was tragic, renaming the school(or street, or park, etc) after him would be inappropriate.

This view will be labeled as racist, and you will be ostracized from the community as a result.

Hey y’all, let’s show some compassion for what hombre3000 is having to endure here.

Armstronglivs wrote:

Come on - say what you really mean; he deserved to die. Cross-burning also your thing?

No, and I'm sick of people making this false equivalence.

You can believe the following thoughts at the same time:

1) George Floyd was a criminal and not a hero

2) George Floyd did not deserve to die like he did

Why do people not get this?

hombre3000 wrote:

You will make the point to the school board that George Floyd wasn't a role model and in fact, was a career criminal and habitual drug abuser and while his death was tragic, renaming the school(or street, or park, etc) after him would be inappropriate.

This view will be labeled as racist, and you will be ostracized from the community as a result.

I think it’s odd that he is being made a martyr. I mean, he held a gun to a pregnant woman’s belly. He’s a drug abuser that contributes literally zero to society. Should have chosen a different poster boy.

Korean American wrote:

I think it’s odd that he is being made a martyr. I mean, he held a gun to a pregnant woman’s belly. He’s a drug abuser that contributes literally zero to society. Should have chosen a different poster boy.

That's because successful black men don't fit the liberal narrative.

White liberals secretly view black people as inferior (hence the white savior complex),and so their entire racial narrative is focused on oppressor/oppressed dynamics. Since the Floyd case so perfectly encapsulated this dynamic (the image of a white cop with his knee on the neck of a black man), white libs knew they had found "the one".

Keep in mind that the media consciously chooses [/I]whatnews to cover and what not to cover. There are dozens of important issues in the country that are newsworthy, but the (overall) liberal media chooses to focus on this particular one. Why? See above. They are obsessed with race.

hombre3000 wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

Come on - say what you really mean; he deserved to die. Cross-burning also your thing?

No, and I'm sick of people making this false equivalence.

You can believe the following thoughts at the same time:

1) George Floyd was a criminal and not a hero

2) George Floyd did not deserve to die like he did

Why do people not get this?

Point 1 is both false (an unproven allegation about a fake 20 dollar bill) and utterly irrelevant in relation to point 2. Except when you are really saying the opposite. As you are.

Following for White Grievance Thread of the Day, but only a little since I'm mostly watching Derek Chauvin get skewered by the prosecution right now.

hombre3000 wrote:

You will make the point to the school board that George Floyd wasn't a role model and in fact, was a career criminal and habitual drug abuser and while his death was tragic, renaming the school(or street, or park, etc) after him would be inappropriate.

This view will be labeled as racist, and you will be ostracized from the community as a result.

Yet another thread that will have the FBI scratching their heads.

"Is he a threat?"

Nah, just a really weird guy".

Armstronglivs wrote:

Point 1 is both false (an unproven allegation about a fake 20 dollar bill) and utterly irrelevant in relation to point 2. Except when you are really saying the opposite. As you are.

What about his 7 year stint in prison for a violent home invasion / assault?

I look forward to your head exploding when this happens.

Marion Barry has a statue and a government building named after him in Washington DC. Take that for what it's worth:

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/dc-names-building-after-marion-barry-mayor/65-41a834c8-80ec-4065-b0f2-ec96057c05dc

I know that if I'm in a strange city and I see a street sign saying Martin Luther King boulevard I immediately roll the windows up and lock the doors.

Their culture venerates criminals.

Society is better off without Floyd. But society doesn't make sense. PS I hate pig police abusing their power.

Clown World Resident wrote:

hombre3000 wrote:

You will make the point to the school board that George Floyd wasn't a role model and in fact, was a career criminal and habitual drug abuser and while his death was tragic, renaming the school(or street, or park, etc) after him would be inappropriate.

This view will be labeled as racist, and you will be ostracized from the community as a result.

Sadly I think this is correct and half the posters in this thread will be defending the school board when it happens.

Sadly, half the posters on this thread think it will happen.