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I've been seeing these all over facebook

Seriously you can't compare those deaths. Its tragic that service members have died in Afghanistan, but that doesn't make the victims of the shootings any less relevant. The point isn't that a black guy was killed, its the fact that they were killed wrongfully by the very people that were supposed to PROTECT them. Oh and the fact that none of these officers were even indicted despite the hard evidence.

Seriously these memes disrespect the actual service members who died in the Middle East as your using their deaths to trivialize and extremely important matter.

You're looking for respectful, reasonable discourse in Facebook image memes. There's your problem.

 curran12 wrote:
You're looking for respectful, reasonable discourse in Facebook image memes. There's your problem.

Looking for it on the internet is also the problem sadly. Too many jerks.

ATXMILEY wrote:

If those guys had been afghan civilians, I bet Obama not knowing their names would not bother those that made this meme .
On a completely unrelated news, Obama does not know the name of most victim of car crashes.

ATXMILEY wrote:


The point isn't that a black guy was killed, its the fact that they were killed wrongfully by the very people that were supposed to PROTECT them. Oh and the fact that none of these officers were even indicted despite the hard evidence.

Seriously these memes disrespect the actual service members who died in the Middle East as your using their deaths to trivialize and extremely important matter.

Lots of hilarious hypocrisy and misinformation in these statements.

"Hard evidence."

"Supposed to protect them."

"Disrespect."

Funny stuff. I'm going to enjoy reading this.

Seriously you can't compare those deaths. Its tragic that service members have died in Afghanistan, but that doesn't make the victims of the shootings any less relevant. The point isn't that a black guy was killed, its the fact that they were killed wrongfully by the very people that were supposed to PROTECT them. Oh and the fact that none of these officers were even indicted despite the hard evidence.

Seriously these memes disrespect the actual service members who died in the Middle East as your using their deaths to trivialize and extremely important matter.

Wait what cop shot Martin again?

I have a better meme for this thread:

Because noneveryone of them look like his imaginary son

 cincydooley wrote:

ATXMILEY wrote:


The point isn't that a black guy was killed, its the fact that they were killed wrongfully by the very people that were supposed to PROTECT them. Oh and the fact that none of these officers were even indicted despite the hard evidence.

Seriously these memes disrespect the actual service members who died in the Middle East as your using their deaths to trivialize and extremely important matter.

Lots of hilarious hypocrisy and misinformation in these statements.

"Hard evidence."

"Supposed to protect them."

"Disrespect."

Funny stuff. I'm going to enjoy reading this.

Indeed.

The "Hard evidence" actually supports that the people who shot these guys did nothing wrong. All blame is squarely on the person who was shot and killed.

Except Eric garner, I agree with the other cases that the police did nothing wrong, but the officer used an illegal headlock.

Actually, it wasn't the headlock. It was pressure on the chest and back from being prone and sat on by the officers. Thats why he could still sort of talk-think of him being squeezed by a big python. This is not an excuse. This is just a clarification.

It still bothers me that people point to Martin as some innocent kid who was ruthlessly murdered.

He was straddling a man, and pounding his head into a cement block.

If that is not a clear cut case of self-defense, then what the hell is?

That is a horrible meme.

Though Facebook is famous for having bigots.

Some people from the internet seem sane by comparison. My aunt being quite.. Ahem interesting in her arguments about barrack obama being the messenger of death.

 Asherian Command wrote:
That is a horrible meme.

Though Facebook is famous for having bigots.

Some people from the internet seem sane by comparison. My aunt being quite.. Ahem interesting in her arguments about barrack obama being the messenger of death.

It's not just Facebook. Every social media site out there is swamped with this stuff. TUMBLR, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, etc... it's found everywhere.

 djones520 wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
That is a horrible meme.

Though Facebook is famous for having bigots.

Some people from the internet seem sane by comparison. My aunt being quite.. Ahem interesting in her arguments about barrack obama being the messenger of death.

It's not just Facebook. Every social media site out there is swamped with this stuff. TUMBLR, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, etc... it's found everywhere.

ugh Tumblr. Man tumblr has some really crappy people on their especially a certain group that hate military people. For some odd reason.

Many of them misunderstanding the complications of Afghanistan.

Go on Google +. Nobody is there, so no meme .
(Actually there are people on Google +. Me, for instance. But less than those you quoted, I guess.)

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
Go on Google +. Nobody is there, so no meme .
(Actually there are people on Google +. Me, for instance. But less than those you quoted, I guess.)

Yeah Google + I just use for emails and google docs.

Google + is as much a social media platform as Aol is.

 Asherian Command wrote:
Yeah Google + I just use for emails and google docs.

That is not Google +. That is a Google account. The plus part is the social network.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
Yeah Google + I just use for emails and google docs.

That is not Google +. That is a Google account. The plus part is the social network.

That exists O.o

Social media is weird. No wonder why I rarely use my facebook other than to make fun of the people who post political babble and or social justice things.

On one hand, it's the internet. It's just what happens here.

On the OTHER hand, this is the internet... so I have to point out they kind of are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.

Its another one of the knockoffs Google has created that nobody ever uses.

Anybody that's not a Hipster anyway.

 Frazzled wrote:
Actually, it wasn't the headlock. It was pressure on the chest and back from being prone and sat on by the officers. Thats why he could still sort of talk-think of him being squeezed by a big python. This is not an excuse. This is just a clarification.

If his vagus nerve was compressed in a choke hold, that would cause a cardiac reaction, or so I am told by a 6th degree Ju Jistsu black belt.
Whatever the reason, the man is dead because of bad judgement on all sides.

 daedalus wrote:
On one hand, it's the internet. It's just what happens here.

On the OTHER hand, this is the internet... so I have to point out they kind of are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.

Eh... Not really some of them are found in falsity and some of them ignore what is going on and are ignorant of certain things. Infact one of the girls that posts on my facebook wants all men to be sterlizied and mutilated because she believes men are the reason the world is as it is right now and are guilty of the sins of mankind.

Facebook has crazy people and some of them are on my friendslist.


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Relapse wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Actually, it wasn't the headlock. It was pressure on the chest and back from being prone and sat on by the officers. Thats why he could still sort of talk-think of him being squeezed by a big python. This is not an excuse. This is just a clarification.

If his vagus nerve was compressed in a choke hold, that would cause a cardiac reaction, or so I am told by a 6th degree Ju Jistsu black belt.
Whatever the reason, the man is dead because of bad judgement on all sides.

I think that is the general thoughts on the whole situation.

 Asherian Command wrote:

 daedalus wrote:
On one hand, it's the internet. It's just what happens here.

On the OTHER hand, this is the internet... so I have to point out they kind of are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.

Eh... Not really some of them are found in falsity and some of them ignore what is going on and are ignorant of certain things. Infact one of the girls that posts on my facebook wants all men to be sterlizied and mutilated because she believes men are the reason the world is as it is right now and are guilty of the sins of mankind.

Facebook has crazy people and some of them are on my friendslist.

That was kind of, with a twist of irony, what I was trying to say.

 daedalus wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:

 daedalus wrote:
On one hand, it's the internet. It's just what happens here.

On the OTHER hand, this is the internet... so I have to point out they kind of are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.

Eh... Not really some of them are found in falsity and some of them ignore what is going on and are ignorant of certain things. Infact one of the girls that posts on my facebook wants all men to be sterlizied and mutilated because she believes men are the reason the world is as it is right now and are guilty of the sins of mankind.

Facebook has crazy people and some of them are on my friendslist.

That was kind of, with a twist of irony, what I was trying to say.

Ah. Well in all honesty If there was ever a day to committ a genocide of all social media. Can I ask. Can I push the button to start it?

 Asherian Command wrote:

Ah. Well in all honesty If there was ever a day to committ a genocide of all social media. Can I ask. Can I push the button to start it?

Only so long as you guarantee it gets absolutely all of it. Frankly, I wouldn't be sad if we did somehow get back to the days where you had to be smart enough to negotiate a BBS to be online.

As distasteful as the meme is to us in the military, I'll still ask.

Is the meme technically wrong?

 Supertony51 wrote:
As distasteful as the meme is to us in the military, I'll still ask.

Is the meme technically wrong?

Well, if they had been killed on Spring Break in Cancun, they wouldn't have cared either. Its kind of Stupid X2.

 Supertony51 wrote:
As distasteful as the meme is to us in the military, I'll still ask.

Is the meme technically wrong?

Technically probably not.

but it is still pretty fethin distasteful.

Actually better way to put it, the media wouldnt pick it up and no one outside of fam and friends would give a rats ass.

Isnt dakka dakka cosidered social media.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Isnt dakka dakka cosidered social media.

Sometimes I hope so.