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George Floyd was murdered by police officers for allegedly trying to use counterfeit money. Charlie Kirk was killed for spreading violent racist rhetoric. Are those comparable situations to you?

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mavu@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
A human was murdered by politically motivated people.
I think this aspect of the 2 things makes them comparable for the purposes of deciding if funny memes should be made. yes.

Otherwise? Absolutely not comparable.

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- Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  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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- Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  George Floyd was not killed for his political opinion.
  
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- TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  A human was murdered by politically motivated people
  
  But enough about Osama bin Laden.
  
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