The cop shooting that deserves attention

[krichardson]

Well,I am glad to see that that was not what you really meant but I don't see how misunderstanding the usage of the words that you post correlates with firearm ownership.

 

[celebrist]

Hello; Words on the Internet aren't meant to be taken literally in most situations. Did I mean a full fledged riot that involves looting and property destruction? No. Did I mean a demonstration in the community as well as a social media riot putting this issue on blast via the medium most people respond to? Absolutely. If you literally think that I would advocate for more violence as a response to violence, then I seriously hope you personally don't own any fire arms.

Well most of us don't know you personally and can only take you at your word/s. You did say 100% riot not demonstration or social media blast so I hope you can understand the confusion.

I also don't get the gun ownership reference, if I really and truly thought you were advocating for violent behavior with such incomplete information why would I not want to own a firearm?

That being said the incident in question needs to be at the forefront of the national discussion for sure

 

[davenmandy]

I'm going to bow out of this one because picking 1 word out of an entire dialogue and taking it literally and to the extreme is bound to diminish the quality of the conversation. There is plenty of other substances to my post, civil disturbance is but one of a few ways you can define riot, focus on that if you wish, but it's called context for a reason.

I've tried to resist because didn't think it was appropriate for this post, but screw it, jumped the gun comes to mind...

 

[Warborg]

ri·ot
ˈrīət/
noun
noun: riot; plural noun: riots
1.
a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd.



This is why people misunderstood you

 

[davenmandy]

ri·ot
ˈrīət/
noun
noun: riot; plural noun: riots
1.
a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd.



This is why people misunderstood you

You've actually proven my point by copying only part 1 of the definition you Google and omitting to copy part 2. It's an argumentative fallacy to focus on one meaning of a word or phrase to try to discredit an entire argument. It's on you if you assume I mean something when I mean something else and jump down my throat for it ignoring everything else I said, similar to how the cop assumed the guy was going to fire at him...

 

[Warborg]

You've actually proven my point by copying only part 1 of the definition you Google and omitting to copy part 2. It's an argumentative fallacy to focus on one meaning of a word or phrase to try to discredit an entire argument. It's on you if you assume I mean something when I mean something else and jump down my throat for it ignoring everything else I said, similar to how the cop assumed the guy was going to fire at him...

I admit I didn't even look at the second one. So, yes I/we assumed it meant the first one as there is a heavy connection between cop shootings and violent protests.

By the way... here's the second definition: an impressively large or varied display of something.

 

[krichardson]

No matter how you slice it that was a poor choice of words given how some in that community tend to react to such situations....but it's no big deal and you have already explained your position so can we move on?

 

[davenmandy]

No matter how you slice it that was a poor choice of words given how some in that community tend to react to such situations....but it's no big deal and you have already explained your position so can we move on?

Yes, you now have my permission to move on, considering I started all this. I'm sure I'm a better person now after being corrected for my poor choice of words on the internet.

Gotta say I love the irony though, namely that a major part of these types of shootings is people seeing what they choose to see (and streamline over social media) and not being open to other possibilities while being told other opinions are more valid. Reverse descrimination is an actual thing.

 

[Warborg]

No matter how you slice it that was a poor choice of words given how some in that community tend to react to such situations....but it's no big deal and you have already explained your position so can we move on?

Hate to bring up a (funny) show where there were more the one cop pointing gun(s) at someone. One said ,"Don't move!". The other said, "Get on the ground!"

This cop was in the wrong to tell him to get his DL and insurance then later claim he said don't move.

 

[Warborg]

Gotta say I love the irony though, namely that a major part of these types of shootings is people seeing what they choose to see (and streamline over social media) and not being open to other possibilities while being told other opinions are more valid. Reverse descrimination is an actual thing.

Most of the time in cases like this I blame both sides.

In this case itself I'm having a hard time seeing the cop's side. Sure he got nervous and thought maybe the guy was grabbing his gun but he was the one that asked for his DL and insurance.