I'm scared that this will be the new trend(gun violence) on both sides. I've never seen such a far gap between left and right. I'm a pretty centered person when it comes to beliefs, but even in this thread someone claimed that being centered is considered ALT Right. It's so not true, I just want the best for everyone.
It’s a nice sentiment, one I can relate to. It seems so level-headed and fair, not tending towards either extreme.
But the ‘center’ is only relative to the what is considered the edges of acceptable dialogue.
And in the states, that dialogue (except in the area of civil rights) has steadily drifted towards the right since the 50’s.
Your so-called ‘reasonable, centrist’ position is not stable, it drifts with the culture. And US culture is much more right-leaning than the rest of the secular world, in regards to policing, economics, wealth inequality, etc.
As the US marches rightward, so does the centrist position.
Nobody should be getting murdered by cops, nobody should be burning down cities, nobody should be travelling to riots with a rifle, nobody should be smacking people on the head with bike locks, nobody should be afraid because of the colour of their skin, nobody should be judging people based on the colour of their skin....
Sounds reasonable...
I know it's unrealistic, but it would be nice if people just worked as a team instead of being pitted against each other. The media and politicians play a huge role in dividing people for their own benefit. They've created a warzone.
Yes, it is unrealistic to expect people to cooperate with a government bent on restraining them, with an economic system bent on exploiting them.
In which case, where does the solution lie?
All people want is full transparency, and full accountability when it comes to policing. They should be subject to the laws we live by as citizens. Accountability for their actions...NO BREAKS BECAUSE OF THEIR STATUS. If the police were truly tasked with serving and protecting the community equally, nobody would be calling for defunding.
Well, I don’t quite believe this. The function of the police is not to prevent crime or solve crime. Statistics again and again show this to be false.
People interested in policing as a career tend to be extremely authoritarian. And it attracts people who enjoy power and who can get away with using power over people they believe to be inferior.
The police have limited function, and what I believe most people want are not ‘fairer’ police (because their function is to protect wealth inequality)
They want a society where policing is not needed. Where people’s needs are taken care of.
What happened in this situation was avoidable yet tragic. RIP Anthony.
Again, I’m not sure. This has been building for a long time. You mentioned at the very beginning of your post that you are worried about increasing gun violence in both sides.
How is this ‘centrist’? It ignores the fact that politically-motivated gun violence and murder is almost exclusively a right-wing phenomenon. Trying to spin it as ‘both sides’ is either extremely ignorant or extremely dishonest