Tom Sykes
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The biggest problem besides the receding polar ice caps. Is that the plankton in the ocean is disappearing at an alarming rate.
5 REASONS TO THANK PLANKTON THAT YOU’RE ALIVE TODAY.
1. Plankton make up 95 per cent of ocean life
2. They form the base of aquatic food webs
3. They generate half of the atmosphere’s oxygen
4. They help absorb carbon emissions
5. But our increasing emissions are harming them
Shhhhhhhhh. Don't throw reality at the boy. He's got his hands full with COVID-19. Only one disaster at a time.
We have completely lost our way as a country. When you start putting your financial desires over the health and well-being of your kids and society, you have really failed miserably as a nation.
But, you have the other side pandering for votes without any regard for people's safety. Sitting on your hands watching a mob do 55B dollars in damage to a city and its people should automatically disqualify you from public office.
Public safety? Did a rash of people die from the public outcry I'm not aware of?
The public displays following the George Floyd saga were a result of two centuries worth of neglect. I would hardly put those issues on an even plain. $55-billion dollars in damages is a small price to pay for 200 years of neglect and social injustice. In the end, the country is better for it. Flags have been eliminated. Statues have been torn down. Reform has started. As I see it, well worth the money spent.
Not sure how any of it relates to plankton growth in the ocean. That was a weird response to the issue of global warming.
29 have died. And the majority of the USA is sick of the rioting.
I'm sure you don't hear about it in SoCal.
And like JBusse said, the alienation of the police has turned people away from the Far Left.
I would disagree. That may be what they are saying in your circles, but not what they are saying in mine.
Nothing has come in this country without sacrifice and political strife. The riots and civil unrest were a necessary evil.
The results coming in the fallout from the George Floyd case have changed our landscape forever. Statues have fallen. Flags have been changed. NBA players are no longer frowned upon for taking a knee during the anthem. Professional teams are wearing slogans on their jerseys. The Washington football team changed its name. Police departments are finally losing funding and revisiting protocols. Just to name a few.
It may have been uncomfortable for some and exposed the police forces nationwide for institutional issues, but it was needed. In what has been a disastrous 3.5 years, it was the one beacon of hope. Black people and white people walked arm-in-arm in uniting against 200+ years of oppression. I was inspired. It was the only positive thing about 2020.
Some of the protests were inspiring.
Burning up minority businesses, starting police stations on fire(if they burn alive, so be it), 29 lives taken, etc... These events overshadow the good.
I'd be inspired as a Viking Fan if all I watched was the highlight reel of 2019. No showing Elfy getting pancaked, Rhodes get burnt, Cousins fumbling.
Get back to me in 20 years on this. In 2040, short of the owners, nobody will remember one business that got burned. The good will far outweigh the bad. Not even close.
I'm sorry it saddened you. I'm sorry it was a disappointment to you. I'm sorry it stirred up emotions in you. But if you can't see the point of it all, you need to check your values. The buildings and businesses can be rebuilt. For George Floyd and many others, however, life ended as a result of ongoing corruption and lack of institutional control that has existed for over 200 years.
It was time! Enough with the fancy talk and promises by politicians. Take to the streets and let your actions be heard. It if makes people uncomfortable for a few weeks, so be it. The alternative was life as usual, which for many, was no longer an option.
2020 was a bad year for pacifists.
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Send this post to the families of the 29 dead during the protests. You just gloss over that fact like it didn't happen.
Maybe you need to check your values.
What values are you talking about? Asking for a smoother, less 'messy' approach to social change?
Are you actually going to gloss over the social injustice of the last few hundred years to rail against the social unrest of the last two months?
Because 29 people have died / businesses and property have been damaged? Sure, those are incalculable losses to everybody closely involved. But weighing the last two months against the innumerable lives and families that have been destroyed throughout our history / are currently being destroyed as we speak ... is a very insulated and short-sighted calculation.
That's not about values, that's about being numb to the requirements of significant change.
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