Examples of the Where the Race Mob Takes us

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Tsing Tao, Jun 10, 2020.

  1. Ok see.........people don't learn and have to be taught a lesson:

    This is not a CrossFit gym but another franchise gym owner in Wisconsin who though this was funny to make a workout called "I Can't Breath"

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    #141     Jun 11, 2020
  2. userque

    userque

    They are. This is just one example (need to be subscriber to wsj); but there are other news clips clearly showing that protesters are not aligned with looters/rioters.

    You made the allegation; where is your evidence that they are not "against such actions?"

    [Emphasis added]
    At George Floyd Protests, Police and Protesters Try to Stop Looting
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-geo...nd-protesters-try-to-stop-looting-11591377543
     
    #142     Jun 11, 2020
  3. userque

    userque

    It's one thing to be a racist in your home. It says quite another thing about a community when a business feels fine with doing this.

    Apparently sure enough about the mentality of their customers to not be worried about blow back.

    Wonder what he'd say if his gym were to be firebombed? Not that that would be the proper answer, of course...just wondering how he'd square that circle.
     
    #143     Jun 11, 2020
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  5. Dr. Love

    Dr. Love

    The left has become totally stupid.

     
    #145     Jun 12, 2020
  6. elderado

    elderado

    The left is stupid and fascistic.

     
    #146     Jun 12, 2020
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  7. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    This is sheer insensitivity.
     
    #147     Jun 15, 2020
  8. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I'm not sure you can just leap to the racism tag here. Poor taste, yes. But he's just picking up a popular saying now (in completely the wrong light, of course), but does this make him racist? He might be racist, he might not. Is there anything other than this as evidence? Because I'm not sure you can immediately play the race card.

    I'd like to present this as evidence. Here is a crossfit workout that actually lead to this gym advertised workout. Please note that I still think it is in bad taste. But the Black Fitness Community below doesn't think it is racism.

    https://wodwell.com/wod/i-cant-breathe/

    “I CAN’T BREATHE”
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    MEMORIAL WOD FOR GEORGE FLOYD




      • For Time
      • 1,600 meter Run
      • 30 Burpees
      • 800 meter Run
      • 20 Burpees
      • 400 meter Run
      • 10 Burpees
      • 400 meter Run
      • 20 Burpees
      • 800 meter Run
      • 30 Burpees
      • 1,600 meter Run
    With a running clock, as fast as possible perform the prescribed work in the order written.

    Score is the time on the clock when the last round of the 1,600 meter Run is completed.

    Editor’s Note: We understand that without context the title of this workout can come across as tone deaf or hurtful. This is not the intent of the workout’s creator, Angelo Rogers, nor WODwell. Please see Angelo’s post about his inspiration and intent behind the workout he designed in George Floyd’s memory – it inspired us to share:

    From Angelo’s post: “I think the name “I Can’t Breathe” is an important reminder of the injustice that has sparked the need for change in all of us. The times we are experiencing humble us and remind us how much we can really push ourselves even when life seems to be crushing down on top of us. The message is not meant to offend anyone. The title is not meant to be a play on words. It’s meant to be a reminder of the injustice, to accept the challenge of change and adversity head on.

    He also posted the following in response to individuals no social media who said they were offended by the title of the workout:

    …you have that right to disagree. In my opinion there is no correlation between the pain of a man’s last moments and the strenuous capacity of the workout. Metaphorically speaking I can’t breathe indicates I can’t breathe I can’t catch my breath because of all the injustices that continue to happen. I can’t breathe because we keep seeing the same incidents occurring with the same end results. I can’t breathe because when is there going to be change. A metaphor carried out by millions of people, including strong, powerful African American leaders such as Jesse Jackson, Lebron James, Jamie Foxx, Nick Cannon, Kobe Bryant-RIP, etc. We are asking for a breath. We are crying for a breath. The message is largely a rally cry. It’s a reminder. Symbols can be painful. Hard to hear or look at but they are the cause for emotion inside you to motivate you to rise. It’s directed towards social change…

    We were moved by Angelo’s words and actions. When he reached out to us and asked us to share his workout, we agreed. Since then the feedback we received from the black fitness community has been overwhelmingly positive. Some not. We will continue to listen.
     
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    #148     Jun 15, 2020
  9. traderob

    traderob

    Dominic Frisby

    .


    .
    I am a white man and I’m sorry
    Cos everything is all my fault
    The list of wrongs will never end
    Must spend my life in recompense
    Just being born a white man is assault.

    So even though I didn’t do them
    I am the one who you should blame.
    For any kind of injury
    At any time in history
    Even if in antiquity
    The fault so clearly lies with me.

    I should be lynched, discredited and shamed
    I've googled what I'm to blame for.
    And there is ...

    Poverty, injustice, global warming, house prices
    Rape gangs, homelessness, Communism, drug addiction
    Terrorism, populism, chauvinism, fascism
    Population growth and plastic in the ocean.
    Bias in the media, religious fundamentalism
    Knife crime, gun crime, corporate crime & hate crime
    Obesity, inflation, bad traffic, unemployment
    Floods, teen depression, income inequality
    Anything bad that happens in Africa
    Misogyny, tsunamis, slavery and ISIS
    Covid 19, homophobia
    Animal abuse, mosquito-born diseases
    Famine, melting ice caps, lack of opportunity
    Suicide, racism, teenage pregnancy
    Erosion of the family, CO2 levels
    Meteor strikes, mass movement of people
    Corruption in the Third Word,
    Looting and riots
    The failures of socialism, wars, pedophilia.

    It’s hard to know what’s more offensive
    My being male or being white
    What’s more I went to public school
    I’m over 50. That ain’t cool
    We all know well that none of this is right.

    I am a privileged oppressor
    If I’d known, I’d have not been born
    I should be fined, pay extra tax
    Be mugged or looted and attacked
    Have all my property ransacked
    No-platformed if I dare speak back
    My just desert is to be left forlorn.

    I’m a white man and I’m sorry.
    For things like...

    The internet, the smartphone,
    Modern medicine, motor cars
    Steam engines, jet engines, petrol engines, railways
    Refrigeration, television, running water, space travel
    Radio, computers, the satellite, GPS
    Nuclear fission, electricity
    Photography, plastics, central heating, sewage systems
    The toilet, the light bulb, eye glasses, anaesthesia
    Aeroplanes, the printing press,
    The piano, the bicycle
    Video games, the telescope, the microscope,
    The training shoe, guitars, laser, microchips, nylon
    Amplified sound, vaccination, the battery
    The electric motor, antibiotics

    DEEP BREATH

    He is a white man and he’s sorry
    His role on earth is now complete
    Like dodos, landlines or the fax
    Cassettes, steam engines, betamax
    And now the white man is obsolete
     
    #149     Jun 15, 2020
  10. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Anyone want to take a stab at this?
     
    #150     Jun 15, 2020