Posted: August 28, 2020 by datechguy in Uncategorized
I had a question for the NBA players and their supporters who were beating their chests today about their bravery due to their boycott of the season over what happened in Kenosha. Or I should say I HAD a question before they decided to suddenly reverse course and play.
Take a look at the names below:
Markus Belton
Calvin Boyd
Crystal Benson
Khallq Bennett
Rashard Wright
Latonio Stewart
Donya Short
Yohannes Carr
Andie Wilson
William Bellamy
Antonio Tyson
Thurman Gilliam
Andrew Frazier
Martin Coleman
Ronald Boyd
Antione Rose
Devon Nelson
Amos Tye
Oyele Olpuitan
Trevion McMorris
Tamyreon Jordan
Lakasia Gregory
Travis Curry
Charles McFee
Jeremy Curry
Michael Pittman
Aaron William
Montrell Lee
Jee Jones
Kourteny William
Keith Richmond
Tristan Mitchell
James, Kelly
Markive Mack
Darren Sims
Allen Britten
Quincy Ferguson
Briana Feguson
Nautica Thompson
Demarcus Wiggins
Aaron Brown.
Brandi Lorraine Parham
Alan Charles Snipes
Antonio Demetric Brown
Austin Edward Belisle
Derek Wilson
Semaj Brunassio Miller
Akeem Jamaal Coburn
Dominic Ladon Gooden
These people share something in common:
All were murdered in the last 30 days
All were black
All were killed in Cities Democrats have controlled for decades, namely Chicago, Baltimore and LA
NONE of their murders generated national protests, riots or commentary in the national media and they certainly weren’t important enough to get the attention of NBA players
I’d like the LA Clippers and the LA Lakers players to take particular note of this last batch of names in bold because all of those black people were murdered in LA. Cripes Semaj Miller was only 14 years old!
I submit and suggest that the reason why none of these black lives mattered enough for a group of men who make between six and eight figure to bounce and throw a round ball up and down a court is that none of these black men, women or children were murdered in circumstances that involved police and thus could not be turned into a platform for virtue signaling or attacks on the United States as a racist country or as a political tool to advance a specific agenda.
This is of course in complete agreement with DaTechGuy’s 3rd Law of Media Outrage that states:
The MSM’s elevation and continued classification of any story as Nationally Newsworthy rather than only of local interest is in direct correlation to said story’s current ability to affirm any current Democrat/Liberal/Media meme/talking point, particularly on the subject of race or sexuality.
Now if any NBA player wishes to offer an alternative reason why none of these murders of black men, women and children over the last 30 days in three major cities were worthy of protest feel free to leave said explanation in comments. Since the NHL and other sports decided to give today a pass they can jump in too if they want.
This past week Governor Charlie Baker, the esteemed Republican governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ventured further along the road to totalitarianism than any other governor during the Coronavirus pandemic. This article contains the gist of his latest and most outrageous proposal.
Gov. Charlie Baker says that the new flu vaccine requirement for Massachusetts students is aimed at trying to keep hospitalizations down this fall and winter as the coronavirus pandemic persists. The Department of Public Health announced Wednesday that all students in the state will be required to get the flu vaccine by Dec. 31.
The new mandate affects all children 6 months or older in Massachusetts child care, pre-school, kindergarten, K-12, and colleges and universities.
When Governor Baker made this proposal public I don’t believe he had any idea the outrage it would generate on social media. The amount of outrage it did generate was spectacular, even among those who blindly accepted all of his other overbearing Coronavirus decrees.
With his flu vaccine mandate Governor Baker is intruding rather forcefully into two sacred and intimate relationships. Parents alone should determine if their children should be vaccinated. Governor Baker is absolutely trampling on the parental rights of every single parent in the State of Massachusetts. That fact is at the very heart of the outrage that swept across this state.
Governor Baker is also sticking his nose into the sacred relationship between doctors and patients. That has also led to a lot of outrage. Government at no level has a right to intrude into that relationship just like it has no right to intrude into the child parent relationship.
With this one addition to his flu vaccine mandate Governor Baker did not descend into absolute totalitarianism:
Exemptions will be made for medical or religious reasons, the state said. Homeschooled students and college students who are completely off campus and only learning remotely are also exempted.
According to the article 81 percent of students got the flu vaccine last year. With that high rate already why is the mandate even necessary? I believe the mandate will actually lead to fewer students getting the flu shot. Government forcing someone to do something is a great way to make sure a sizable percent of individuals do not do that something even though it is in their best interest.
For the second month in a row Massachusetts has the highest unemployment rate. That is thanks to Governor Baker’s disastrous business lockdowns. Business owners are losing enormous amounts of money because they cannot open their doors. So many business will never open their doors again. All of this is unnecessary, About 200 individuals a day are discovered to be infected with the Coronavirus. That is only because about 10,000 a day are being tested. Deaths and hospitalizations are way down.
The left assumes that as long as they don’t strike first at the right they can do what they wish. It’s reached the point where the very suggestion that the right would fight back is almost quaint.
This forgets a basic fact about the traditional American Culture that the left have abandoned: Americans take a long time to reach their breaking point but if you keep prodding them they eventually reach it.
That’s all the folks in Kenosha they can stands, they can’t stands no more!
About a year ago I tweeted that I thought civil war was unlikely
I've been under the opinion that the likely hood of a hot one was minimal because the actual effects of such a thing , particularly on those used to an easy life, would be devastating.
But I'm also starting to believe that there is a growing body of folks too foolish to care
Portland, Seattle, Washington, Minneapolis and Atlanta reinforced the misconceptions of those folks too stupid to care. Now that people are fighting back they might start.
For those of you worried if we are going to see a full blown Civil War, the answer is No.
But what Kenosha represents what we WILL see if this continues, which is a lot of small “range” wars like the Lincoln County Wars where there is no “formal” war but different groups of citizens shoot each other.
This is bad news for people who want to live the ordinary life that America offers but if the alternative is to let people riot loot and burn I don’t any other solution.
One of the other disadvantages of being on the left is having an education that doesn’t teach actual history but teaches a parody of it that conforms to the left’s worldview.
If leftists knew history they would know that the police are historically a fairly modern invention. For example Boston was founded in 1630. Boston’s police force the 1st in the nation was founded in 1838 over 300 years later and 62 years after the Declaration of Independence. Before then the people who kept law and order were ordinary armed citizens who were not burdened by a lot of rules on the use of force.
It looks very much like that system is about to make a comeback.
For the record I don’t find the shootings in Kenosha funny or good. It’s more like having to undergo a painful operation, you don’t want to have it and there are risks involved but the alternative is much more dangerous.
But I confess I do find the reactions of some on the left online simply hilarious:
Well when you abolish the police this is what you get.
Let me make this clear, I wanted the #police abolished only while I'm attacking people burning buildings or intimidating people who don't share my worldview
Strange how unappealing a “world without police” is suddenly so unappealing to the left.
Oh and I used the image because the writer blocked me as soon after I replied. Nothing upsets the left more than being called out.
Finally I’ve been saying for a while that the goal of the left has been to produce a “Kent State” moment where they can put a body of a dead useful idiot on display as an attack on their enemies.
Now they have their bodies, but alas for them it wasn’t the national guard or federal troops who produced them.
The media spin on this is going to be very interesting.
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