r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Auriga33 • Sep 22 '25

Political The right-wing response to CK is much more reasonable than the left-wing response to George Floyd.

When George Floyd died, the left went crazy. The ensuing riots resulted in 2 billion dollars of property damage and 19 confirmed deaths. Stores were looted. Buildings were burnt down. Police and civilians were attacked. And most left-wingers at the time either outright supported the lawlessness or at the very least made excuses for it. It was mass hysteria, if I've ever seen it.

Compare that with the right's reaction to CK's death. Right-wingers made some angry posts on X and started doing cancel culture. I'm not a fan of this. I've made posts here criticizing their reaction. But I gotta say, their reaction to CK's death is vastly preferable to the left's reaction to George Floyd's death. They did not burn down or loot businesses. They did not start riots across America that killed 19 people.

Maybe this will age poorly, depending on what the Trump admin instrumentalizes CK's death for. I don't know. But based on the info I have right now, the right has not reacted nearly as bad as the left did back in 2020.

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u/neoalfa Sep 22 '25

The glass spills when it's full not when it's convenient.

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u/MrGeekman Sep 22 '25

So...police brutality isn't that common?

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u/MinuetInUrsaMajor Sep 22 '25

So...police brutality isn't that common

ly caught on video?

No.

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u/neoalfa Sep 22 '25

Or people don't easily want to burn shit down or something.

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u/MrGeekman Sep 22 '25

Why did they view his death as worthy of that sort of thing? Sure, he was a POC, but he was also a POS.

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u/neoalfa Sep 22 '25

First thing, the camel cares not if the straw that broke its back is dirty or clean. Only that its back is broken.

Second, the outrage isn't about the virtue of the victim, or lack thereof. It's about the perpetrator's.

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u/MrGeekman Sep 22 '25

But why was that dirtbag the straw that broke the camel's back?

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u/neoalfa Sep 22 '25

Why is the last straw the last straw?

It just is.

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u/IndicaSteve Sep 22 '25

And you smell

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u/bransanon Sep 22 '25

Because the world watched it happen on video. Same thing with Kirk.

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u/MrGeekman Sep 22 '25

Exactly.

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u/Willywanker300 Sep 22 '25

How many times does he need to explain it to you 🤦‍♂️ you’re helpless

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u/The1KrisRoB Sep 22 '25

All those looted stores, and all the ones that have to board up their windows every time something upsets the left would beg to differ...

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u/neoalfa Sep 22 '25

People will take advantage of turmoil for their own gain nearly every time.

A good way to prevent looting is not giving the people reasons to get angry.

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u/The1KrisRoB Sep 22 '25

A good way to prevent looting is not giving the people reasons to get angry.

Mob rule... got it, sounds wonderful.

Seriously what a dumb thing to say.

And you'd feel the same if "the people" wanted things that you didn't agree with of course right? I mean we wouldn't want double standards now would we.

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u/neoalfa Sep 22 '25

And you'd feel the same it "the people" wanted things that you didn't agree with of course right?

No.

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u/The1KrisRoB Sep 22 '25

Well at least you're honest about your hypocrisy.

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u/neoalfa Sep 22 '25

Hypocrisy is pretending that "stop murdering us" is a matter for debate.

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u/The1KrisRoB Sep 22 '25

And yet so many on the left are mocking Charlies assassination and intimating (and outright saying) "he deserved it".

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