Friday, July 24, 2020

Black Lives Matter (Part 1)

Yes, White lives matter, of course. I've never heard of anybody who said that they don't. If you are White and fear that the chances of getting killed by the cops are the same as the chances of Blacks getting killed by cops, fear not. According to Google and other federal agencies, Blacks are 2.8 times more likely to be killed by cops than Whites. Whites still have a slight majority of 52% (Google) while Blacks are a minority at 32% (Google.) In spite of this, the odds of Blacks getting killed by cops are 2.8 times higher than Whites (Google.)
Trump doesn't agree. He says that the rate of Blacks getting killed by cops is the same as the Whites. Where does he get his statistics? Surely it's not from Google. He will say that Google is "fake news." Or he will say that Obama paid Google to lie and say that it's 2.8 times more than Whites. Don't let Trump fool you. He just wants to scare you so that you will vote for him. Trump is a demigod.  A demigod is a person who gets his power by scaring poorly educated people and making them believe that he, the demigod, knows everything and he is the only person in the world who can get them out of trouble. It's like the fable of Chicken Little. The wolf said, "Yes in deed, the sky really is falling. But if you hide in my mouth, you'll be safe and I will protect you.
Or, like Jimmy Jones who said, "The capitalist government is out to take your money, property and your children. But if you give me all your money and sign over all your property to me, I will take you to our Garden of Eden in Guiana. In the end, he said: "We are all guilty of murdering a U.S. congressman. So we will be executed in the electric chair. So, take the poison and follow me to heaven."
Or, like Joseph Stalin who told his people: "The U.S. has many nuclear weapons that can blow all of us up. They will invade us as they did at Arch Angel and Vladivostok in 1919. But follow me and I'll save you as I did when Hitler and his fascist armies came to invade us."
Or, like Adolf Hitler who said that the communists and the Jews are out to get you. Follow me and I will get rid of all the Jews and communists.
Or, like Joseph McCarthy who... Do you get the idea?
Don't be a Chicken Little.  Don't follow the wolf in sheep's clothing. Don't vote for the wolf. He will lead you to the abyss.

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