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What was political about the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, aside from the response?

Floyd was not murdered for political reasons, unless you’re arguing that being black is in itself political. He was murdered by a white cop for the crime of being black and allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill.

Saying Floyd’s murder is political is racist, because there is nothing political about petty street crime unless you’re racializing the situation. And even then, it’s really only political in a post facto sense.

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mavu@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Saying Floyd’s murder is political is racist, because there is nothing political

I think you might be right. My reasoning was that if your political party/orientation includes racism, then this would make this a political reason, but that should probably be counted seperately.

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- Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  My reasoning was that if your political party/orientation includes racism, then this would make this a political reason
  
  If your political beliefs include racism, you are a racist who uses politics as a weapon. This is post hoc rationalizing to give an excuse for racist beliefs and using the political machine to harm people.
  
  There isn’t much difference in my mind between people who support racist parties and people like David Duke, the only difference is Duke is willing to be open and honest about his beliefs. And while the party has shunned Duke himself, good luck finding major differences these days.
  
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