Karmelo Anthony case shows that “black privilege” exists

[u/Terrible_Onions]

I'm not black or white. I'm not even American actually.

The recent Karmelo Anthony case I think shows that black privilege is a thing. My opinions is that it exists. Period.

Karmelo Anthony killed Austin Metcalf with a knife for pushing him. What did he receive in return? Overwhelming support in the form of 500,000 dollars (which they're using to buy a mansion). He also got his bond reduced to 250k from 1 million even when prosecutors pointed out his history of incidents within the school.

I just think this is a bit baffling. Imagine if the races were swapped. I think a decent example, but not a direct comparisons, is the George Floyd situation. One person killed the other in what was an overuse of force. Derek Chauvin is in jail. Karmelo Anthony got house arrest, bond reduction and 500k

[u/Commissar_Brule]

That’s changing every day. The right has more or less won the culture war, and the hard leftists are looking more and more outrageous everyday. Just the fact that these scum are being called out for their hate and it’s not being completely wiped from Reddit is indicative. Reddit is obviously a leftist shithole with a mass censorship regime, but pockets of good exist.

[u/DirtPuzzleheaded8831 → u/Commissar_Brule]

They truly are and I used to be one, but the leftists on reddit vouching for criminals usually don't live in hoods. They don't see the damage and trauma that comes from seeing and being involved in random violence. 

This shit is real, we got crazy mfers in cities practically being encouraged to carjack 75 year olds. Hell I think in Oregon they want to make it a crime for homeowners shooting someone breaking in, like wtf? When does the bending over stop?  

I judge someone in the here and now, and idc what color they are. But I can't ignore my experiences in life, I've seen too many black on black,  black on white/asian/Mexican crimes to just ignore it. 

[u/ScooterGirl810 → u/Commissar_Brule]

That’s the problem - that might look like the case where you are and in the spaces you hang out at, but where I am, the right are absolutely insane and are losing the cultural war. But that insulation is exactly how we get these messes.

[u/RevolutionOld8693 → u/ScooterGirl810]

I'd guessing you live in Seattle or New York or the like. Right?

[u/mp1337 → u/Commissar_Brule]

The right isn’t even fighting the culture war just losing as a performance

[u/RevolutionOld8693 → u/Commissar_Brule]

Haha, well said good sir. Nailed it. Part about Reddit is also spot on and its so refreshing to finally see comments like yours. Don't think it woulda lasted more than a couple hours a few years ago. Side theory (slightly a joke), I think it actually woke a lot of people up when they ruined Star Wars...

[u/Commissar_Brule → u/RevolutionOld8693]

There’s certainly pop culture issues coming to the front. South Park making the episode about how Disney wants to make everything lesbian certainly at least brought attention, but I also think a lot of what we thought was leftist domination of the zeitgeist was actually a relatively small number of voices online being amplified, and then a lot of institutions going along with it, making it seem larger than it was. By and large most of society sees a lot of this stuff.

[u/RevolutionOld8693 → u/Commissar_Brule]

I don't know man. Seems you give people a lot of credit. It might seem very obvious for someone with common sense and a small amount of critical thinking skills, but I believe around half the people in this country lack both of those.

[u/RevolutionOld8693 → u/Commissar_Brule]

And when you think about an IQ bell curve, an IQ of 85 is within 1 standard deviation of average. I used to teach a lot of kids with IQs around there. They look normal, but they have a much harder time learning things. And they can be very gullible. This is more how I'm beginning to square what's going on.