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Originally Posted by BigElCat
You're thinking of the word 'conflate' wrong, maybe...
con·flate
/kənˈflāt/
verb
conflating: combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one.
"the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic and social issues"
You're saying we are hyping it up, just like I say you're down playing what the guy did to get shot in the back.
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Conflating protests and riots into one and the same. Nailer didn't say protests can turn into riots. He didn't say protests do turn into riots. He said protests can
and do turn into riots. A riot and a protest are separate things. Sure there have been rioters in with protests waiting for the opportunity to riot but they aren't really protesters to begin with. Maybe I'm a little touchy having been in several protests that began and ended peacefully.
On the subject of the shooting I just wonder when I see instances like that and people say deadly force is justified and then see ones like this
https://www.facebook.com/iAMSTEVEJON...743104796/?t=3