George Floyd was not killed for his political opinion.
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mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 8 hours agoA 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.
Grimy@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
TheBat@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
A human was murdered by politically motivated people
But enough about Osama bin Laden.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 7 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.