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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll try to make it as general as possible. What if there is a hot topic, A  vs B. Say most people around you support A. You do, too, but you have questions or doubts about A, or you can understand (but not support) B’s reasoning. you don’t perceive A as something flawless. 
However if you ask those questions, or even don’t support A with all your heart, you are labeled as (insert whatever insult du jour you can think of). 
How to deal with it? 
I find that in the most recent conflicts I can’t support one side without reservation, yet it seems like I am expected to. I am genuinely scared of all the silence is violence type tropes. [/quote]

It sounds like you are talking about the Israel/Palestine conflict.  Israel was attacked by Hamas and attacked back, but if anyone expresses concern for the Palestinians (not Hamas), then you are labeled and a Hamas sympathizer.  I get it.  Like a PP said, we are now supporting loyalties, and there is no more critical thinking allowed.  It’s sad.[/quote]

OP here. This is part of it. I’ll say that the expression of sympathy to the innocent victims is allowed, however nothing more is. If I say that maybe it should be easier to deliver aid - I am the enemy. If so much as mention the settlements - I am the enemy. 
Next, take the Ukrainian conflict. There is a number of Russians who are suffering through no fault of their own, yet it is bad form to express sympathy for them. Saying that Ukraine has a history of corruption is also bad form. 
All right, now let’s look at covid. One can’t say that the businesses or schools were only closed until there was no more money/political will to keep them closed. They are labeled an old lady killer. 
BLM? Pointing out that the victim had criminal history makes you a racist.
All in all, One should not question The Good Guy! 
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Said with love, OP, but you’re being incredibly hypersensitive and incredibly online.

Pointing out that someone who was murdered by police has a criminal record is, at best, insensitive and might mean you’re a racist. Allegedly passing a counterfeit bill is not a crime punishable by extrajudicial death. It’s like rolling up to a funeral for someone who died of a heart attack and implying it’s their fault that they were always in the sun. Irrelevant and insensitive.[/quote]

To this day I have never actually even seen any evidence that the bill passed by Floyd was in fact counterfeit.  And based on the video from inside the store, Floyd shows no behavior that would suggest it's counterfeit.  He takes his time, lingers, chats with others in the store.

One would think that if someone were knowingly passing a fake bill they would try to be as fast, quiet, unmemorable and unremarkable as possible.

It's bad enough to commit an extrajudicial killing over a counterfeit $20.  But even worse to consider that perhaps it wasn't even a counterfeit $20 - or if it were, that Floyd wasn't aware that it was counterfeit.  [/quote]

Now do "Hands up, Don't shoot".

Surely no one was yelled down for having doubts about that one while it was going down.[/quote]

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