Mansa Musa owned slaves, and might have been the wealthiest person to ever live. If there was a statue of Mansa Musa standing in every major city in the world, people most likely wouldn't try to remove it. The image/idea that black people are marginalized and in need of saving by other groups is a relatively new one if you look at all of history, it's mostly just the last couple hundred years people came up with this image/idea. The reality is the people protesting the statues weren't doing it in the interest of humanity or human rights, they were doing it to support the agendas of the people they were following, especially the college dorks.
The image/idea that life is unfair to black people only nowadays is a recent development. The reality is life has always been unfair to most of the people living on the planet at any given time in history, no matter their sex, shade of skin, sexual orientation, religion, political beliefs, or personal beliefs about anything. People who try to get people to unify usually have a similar agenda to the ones who got them to divide in the first place. The Confederate statue protests are no different, the same ones trying to get people to divide try to get them to unify again before they wake up. The same ones that tear everyone and everything apart are the ones telling people they should be together on something.
by Solid Mantis October 8, 2020
Divided people more than politics into Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter camps. Before the protests, people of different races weren't really divided based on race or beliefs/viewpoints, there were people that didn't get along from all groups as there always has been and always will be. There is no such thing as total unity of everyone, it's not realistic.
The George floyd protests are meant to distract a country full of people from the reality that systemic violence can and does happen to anybody, not just black people. It always has been that way, and yet people have conveniently forgotten since George Floyd's death.
by Solid Mantis December 5, 2020
The George Floyd protests haven't actually been about George Floyd since a few weeks after his death. The protests over statues and bullshit by people who never met the guy never had anything to do with George Floyd, and had everything to do with a power struggle. Many, if not most of the people protesting the statues weren't even black people. The main difference between George Floyd and the protestors painting murals or trying to get statues removed is the protestors still have every right to do what they're doing like everybody else does, and still have shit down streets to limit the rights of others, meanwhile George Floyd doesn't have a right to do anything ever again. The protestors never gave a fuck about his life because they didnt know him, they were out looking to remove statues for a good time and to claim a gain in power, with George Floyd's death being their opportunity to do so.
Most of the George Floyd protests never had anything to do with his death, they were an attempt by a group of people to try and grab more power. You don't tend to care about or have any interest in (other than financial/power) somebody's life who you were never going to meet.
by Solid Mantis November 11, 2020
A horrible emo band who have weak riffs, whiny vocals and overall just ruined a perfectly good show. How these dicks got to tour with legends like DRAGONFORCE, I'll never know...
Those fucking emos Protest The Hero ruined the Metal show last night! Me and the other metalheads had to leave the building until their set was over!
by Maxx from Montreal April 30, 2006
- i got faced with a very hard question today
- Who do you hate more Abo's or animal rights protesters?
- i still have no answer
- Who do you hate more Abo's or animal rights protesters?
- i still have no answer
by __Skip__ May 4, 2005
Mansa Musa owned slaves, and might have been the wealthiest person to ever live. If there was a statue of Mansa Musa standing in every major city in the world, people most likely wouldn't try to remove it. The image/idea that black people are marginalized and in need of saving by other groups is a relatively new one if you look at all of history, it's mostly just the last couple hundred years people came up with this image/idea. The reality is the people protesting the statues weren't doing it in the interest of humanity or human rights, they were doing it to support the agendas of the people they were following, especially the college dorks.
The image/idea that life is unfair to black people only nowadays is a recent development. The reality is life has always been unfair to most of the people living on the planet at any given time in history, no matter their sex, shade of skin, sexual orientation, religion, political beliefs, or personal beliefs about anything. People who try to get people to unify usually have a similar agenda to the ones who got them to divide in the first place. The confederate statue protests are no different, the same ones trying to get people to divide try to get them to unify again before they wake up.
by Solid Mantis October 8, 2020
Mansa Musa owned slaves, and might have been the wealthiest person to ever live. If there was a statue of Mansa Musa standing in every major city in the world, people most likely wouldn't try to remove it. The image/idea that black people are marginalized and in need of saving by other groups is a relatively new one if you look at all of history, it's mostly just the last couple hundred years people came up with this image/idea. The reality is the people protesting the statues weren't doing it in the interest of humanity or human rights, they were doing it to support the agendas of the people they were following, especially the college dorks.
The image/idea that life is unfair to black people only nowadays is a recent development. The reality is life has always been unfair to most of the people living on the planet at any given time in history, no matter their sex, shade of skin, sexual orientation, religion, political beliefs, or personal beliefs about anything. People who try to get people to unify usually have a similar agenda to the ones who got them to divide in the first place. The confederate statue protests are no different, the same ones trying to get people to divide try to get them to unify again before they wake up. The same ones that tear everyone and everything apart are the ones telling people they should be together on something.
by Solid Mantis October 8, 2020