To add to that, posting long diatribes about how "hey guys did you know sexism and racism is still around" followed by eye-rolling "OH WELL PROBLEM SOLVED RACISM IZ DEAD" is entirely masturbatory around these parts. This isn't Trump's home page comment section. Not a single person here is saying, or has said, that racism and sexism are gone. That's a shit tactic. You know goddamn well that nobody was saying this one case now proves that sexism and racism is gone forever. You fucking know that or are incapable of separating people who disagree with jumping to conclusions based on race with people who are posting things like "oh, another cop railroaded by Obummers America."
Either way, you're not coming across as a genuine person. If you're not willing to engage actual racist people, that's your prerogative. But don't levy your rhetoric on people who only very slightly disagree with some of your methods - and not your overall stance - and definitely don't try to lump them all in them same pot. In this scenario, there really isn't a "them" to frame an "us v. them" battle, and that seems to be some people's entire methodology when coming to discussions about race or gender. Nobody here, or on GAF is talking about this poor cop got hemmed up. Everybody is very clearly glad to see him go away and I think everybody is genuinely sad that it took extraordinary circumstances for the victims to come forward. It's extremely gratifying to see a white, male, American cop - the perfect nexus of privilege - go down for a crime that I personally view as equal to murder. Personally, I'm even a wee bit upset (and I know logically, I'm wrong here, but the lizard part of my brain wants blood) that he can't get the death penalty.
