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I just...I have no more words. I want to say things, I want to point out flaws and explain things as more than a hard-numbers sort of discussion, but I Get the impression it doesn't matter how much logic and reason are used, a certain subset of people on this forum - and the world at large - want nothing to do with it.

I'm sorry, but posting a graph comparing COVID-19 deaths to police brutality deaths in an effort to diminish the importance or significance of the police brutality deaths is an absolutely abhorrent thing to do. There are so many things wrong with that mindset that I Genuinely don't know where to start. Like, obviously the ratio shouldn't matter. Both are disgusting and ideally neither should happen, but consider the following:

One of them is a disease, something we're (theoretically) trying to slow the spread of, and one is as a result of actions done by people. These two things are not even remotely comparable in intent, preventability, and effect.

Neither of them are acceptable numbers. COVID-19 numbers, especially in the US, are astronomically high, high enough that we have to completely change the way we live our lives. We're living in historic times for this disease...Yet the police brutality shit is pretty consistent.

Do you want me to compare the COVID deaths to heart disease or cancer or auto accidents or war? Again, you can't do that because they are NOT The same thing and NONE of them even REMOTELY come close to justifying that grossly high police brutality number.

There's a lot more I could argue but I'm screaming at the void. If you genuinely believe you're right to devalue the importance of these issues just because there are technically things that kill more people, then you're a soulless, compassion-free, amoral person. You lack any sense of empathy or you tacitly endorse the police violence. IT doesn't matter what your justification is.

Only a handful of people get burned by coffee each year, yet McDonalds and other coffee shops have to put warnings on the labels. You need a license to drive. you need a license to have a dog. you need to pass tests and prove your aptitude to do many jobs. IT's NOT too much to ask that police are put under the same scrutiny and we put equal or more effort into keeping people safe one way or another. You don't get to dismiss something just becuase it's not literally the worst thing out there. If you do, yu're either devoid of compassion or secretly okay with it. neither are morally okay.

And yes, I read both KLXVer and Coolbeans' posts in response to mine. Neither of them are well-reasoned enough to respond to and others have already done a good job countering their terrible, unsubstantiated claims and whataboutism and senseless deflection and various other logical fallacies. (Mostly it just boils down to 'no, you're wrong but I'm not going to offer equally or more compelling counter points to explain myself so I'm just gonna act smug about it')



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