Is violence becoming more socially acceptable than "offensive words"?

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TallSilhouette said:

GhaudePhaede010 said:

That is not why the, "multiple citywide riots happened". The violence itself was not the issue, the lack of JUSTICE FOR THE VIOLENCE is what sparked the riots. Not even inditing police officers is what caused the riots when you know damn well your ass would have been indited is the problem there. Nice spin though.

Semantics aside, you do have a point so I will be more careful when I post emotionally like I did.

How am I spinning anything? You said taking a knee during the national anthem sparked more backlash than notable examples of police brutality. I refuted that. Period.

The police brutality is not what sparked the violence... that would be the semantic. The fact that the violence started after the police were released without being charged was what sparked the violence. You did refute the point, you just missed with your refute unless I decide to ignore why the riots were really happening and just say, "police brutality" as a generalized reason. That would be stretching it a bit. Sure, if the police were not unjustly killing people, none of it would have happened, but the protest were nonviolent and very well organized until the it was announced that these people would be getting away with murder (in some cases) with no consequence. 

However, you are correct as I said. You do have a good point that overall, the acts of police brutality did spark as much if not more backlash. It was just which community the outrage and backlash came from which fucked over my perspective. I made the mistake of posting emotionally and not looking at the whole picture. Which you and another poster did help me to understand.