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@nieceandtows The fact that there have been issues with sensors (which is true) does not disprove systemic racism (which exists). That’s like saying that because I put vinegar in the dressing the lemon juice wasn’t sour. It doesn’t follow.
Monsters from the Id! Fish from the Wardrobe! Or something.
(TTRPG/Coding/Linux/Politics/Snark/Woo/ASD, in no particular order.)
Boosts are almost certainly an endorsement of *something*. Possibly not _literally_ the post in question, though.
@nieceandtows The fact that there have been issues with sensors (which is true) does not disprove systemic racism (which exists). That’s like saying that because I put vinegar in the dressing the lemon juice wasn’t sour. It doesn’t follow.
@nieceandtows Plenty of proof of systemic racism in the police if you want to see it.
@nieceandtows ::gestures at mankind’s enormously long and complex history of systemic racism::
People are going to read your post and assume that you are apologising for the police *because* they are the police. You know, one of those “they must have done something wrong or the police wouldn’t have arrested them” people.
I’m sure you’re not one of those. Just saying how it looks.
@ConfusedLlama @jherazob @kool_newt At this point I’m starting to wonder if an iPhone might be the lesser of two evils… sheesh
@piratepost @lealternative @fediverse @fediversenews Elsewhere I hear that Lemmy’s primary instance has a fairly serious moderation problem which the mods – the developers – refuse to address. So there’s that.
@nieceandtows But we know that there is systemic racism in the police. There *is* vinegar in it.