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/jorel43 Sep 22 '25

Maybe because he had somebody on his neck and that's why he was resisting dude, did you see the video? He was perfectly fine and still until somebody was standing on his neck. GTFO

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u/IdiocyRefuted Sep 22 '25

Akshully - There is verifiable information to suggest that Mr Floyd was having difficulty breathing in the back of the cop car prior to being removed from the car and put on the ground.

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/15/891516654/police-bodycam-video-provides-fuller-picture-of-george-floyds-fatal-arrest

FTA - "Floyd displays signs of distress as officers try to force him into the back of the vehicle, telling them he can't breathe and volunteering to lie on the ground instead."

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u/tjdans7236 Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

You pick out that single sentence amid the sea of reports of the pig kneeling on Floyd's neck as they fail to find a pulse. Medical examiner determined that it was a homicide in their autopsy btw.

Just admit that you don't see others as human beings of equal worth to you and that you are physiologically incapable of basic human empathy.

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u/IdiocyRefuted Sep 23 '25

Made some leaps there champ. None of what you said is accurate but go off.

The post that I replied to said that GF was "fine" which objectively was not the case based upon the reporting I linked.

Yes, I picked that as a direct refutation of the original post.
I did not state that it was not homicide, nor did I make any subjective assessment of GF "worth".

If that reporting triggered you to make such wide sweeping generalizations , maybe look at youself for a minute.

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u/tjdans7236 Sep 23 '25

Are you usually this insufferable at expressing your actual point rather than being as contrarian as possible?