When a Boeing 737 crashes, you don’t see people rushing to “Back Boeing” or talk about how being a pilot is such a hard job. Instead, you see people mourn the loss of life and then demand an impartial investigation into what happened so that any accidents, mistakes, errors, or crimes can be appropriately addressed….
Author: Eric D. Puryear
Think about it for a moment
It is unreal how people who spent last year (quite correctly) recognizing that the American government is violent and racist are now asking that same government to have a monopoly on guns – and that it use the police to enforce such a monopoly.
Freedom of Speech – What it really means
There is a common misconception about what freedom of speech actually means. Hopefully this will clear things up. The text of the First Amendment Freedom of speech is enshrined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The text of the First Amendment reads as follows: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment…
Gun Control is Not the Solution to Recent Civil Unrest and Violence from White-Supremacists
If you think that being unarmed or supporting anti-gun laws is a prudent response to recent events (e.g. the attack on the capitol and the risk of white supremacist violence) then your thought process is defective. Remember, there are more guns than people in this country, and 2020 set records for gun/ammunition sales. The violent…
Why I won’t waste my time “debating” with you
I spend a fair amount of time on in-person and online discussions about politics, civil rights, gun rights, etc. While I love a good debate, I have come to recognize that not all debates are worth having. So, if you’re reading this, I’ve determined that debating with you is not worth my time for one…
Cops who commit crimes often avoid being held criminally accountable
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/24/nj-criminal-police-should-go-jail-records-show-they-dont/3514323001/
A response to the baseless “why don’t you join the police department and fix it” argument
The Dallas, TX police chief famously told people protesting police brutality to “Get off that protest line and put an application in [to become a police officer].” That sort of argument has been repeatedly used by those attempting to undermine protests, and it lacks any semblance of a basis in logic for the reasons discussed…
A response to the “Why don’t you protest for [Insert name here]” attempt to derail civil rights progress
I’ve seen some variation of the image shown below posted by some friends. Please allow me to explain why this is utter garbage. The reason why we protest police brutality and racism is because the police (who are sworn to serve and protect, and who are paid with our tax dollars) get away with murder…
What “Defunding” the police means
Defunding the police is a simple and viable solution that will go a long way towards reducing police brutality and racism. It involves having other agencies that are better equipped to handle a specific problem get the mission (and budget) to handle that problem, instead of giving the over-worked police departments that mission. Scaremongering from…
A Summary of Police Brutality and Racism
The purpose of this page is to compile a convenient list of articles on police brutality, racism, protesting, and that situation in general. More specifically, I wanted to create a single page I could use when debating those issues online, and to have a good starting point for those who are new to the subject….