Only she gained from this. Noah's squawking echo chamber viewers would whoop and cheer no matter what. She took his accusations and mockery on the chin. She just got more viewers.
He did not.
See, you did use plural, you've redesigned it to sound as if you only meant you being a viewer. On the other hand, making an educated guess on how Papa Bear behaves while he's on Comedy Central is based on something more tangible, his interviews that he had done there. Many commentators and critics have compared Lahren and Noah to O'Reilly and Stewart. O'Reilly has given interviews to Colbert since he switched to CBS, and their back and forth did not change. Yes, we can also make an educated guess, that as of now, Noah would not be ready to debate Papa Bear, but then again, Bill also doesn't make that many outrageous claims as Lahren does.
You've clearly never watched any of his interviews with Stewart or Colbert. Bill knows, when he's about to be trapped, and deflects them with either laughing at the joke or by bringing a joke of his own. An educated guess is a substantiated claim, but full verification only happens, when the 2 meet. However I focused on how Bill would have handled it (based on his record), so it's not dishonest. By the way, I won't play your ad hominem, so you might as well put them back in the cave, where you've found them.
So, your evidence is 2 videos, titled by people, who see all BLM activists as looters and criminals. To substantiate your claim, bring up the court cases on well known activists of the group, where they have been charged with a criminal act of looting or murder. During an act of general lawlessness, people tend to do things they think they can get away with, as it happened with general blackouts or natural disasters, it's not a skin color thing.
Dude, you both (you and Lahren) don't understand what you claim here "it was good, but it was hijacked". Just this year alone, 847 unarmed people have been shot dead by the police. You think it's about the past and the economic status. First of all, many well off people give a rat's behind about poor people, regardless of your skin color, ergo, poor white people too, and it won't change either with a new president. Second of all, you're misconstruing the meaning of privilege, as if it only covers wealth. It also includes a plethora of other things, and specifically in relation to law enforcement, the lack of constant suspicion.
If I still were an ultraconservative, I'd argue, that the rules to "randomly check" black and brown people has been enforced by selective Republicans, and doesn't represent its entire voter base, who have a great relation with minorities, especially in religious matters. I could cite, that carjacking is more related to individual wealth, and since most carjackers are not professionals, but poor schmucks, the aim isn't the problem, but the method. So, driving while black wouldn't be framed as racial profiling, except... if you stand by your claim and analyze what they're saying (something allegedly wasn't done for decades) you'd recognize, that many of these practices are also fervent in areas where crime is low. I'd lay the counterclaim, that the meaningful discussion on peaceful coexistence has been held back for decades, and even Bill Clinton went too tough on crime to carry favor with the GOP. So it's not a Republican thing either (which is true, in certain aspects North Carolina is more liberal on race, than the state of New York is).
So, it's not a "whitey" thing, it's an ignorant thing. To not experience being pulled over frequently without being charged, to not get shot while lying down, trying to protect an autistic person with special needs, to not have cops, who falsify evidence, to not have "gypsy cops" who can move from precinct to precinct, and can expunge their records of wrongdoings, to not be stopped because one allegedly resembles a description, or not to be tazed without confirming if the tazed is mentally ill, which is against correct usage. It's a personal privilege, not a financial one.
The actual Serpico is a Republican, he was a *beep* Yet, you remember, for what he fought for, and this battle isn't that much different from corruption, it's a different kind. The former police chief of Chicago, who between 1972 and 1990, had falsely accused and tortured people shares a prison with Bernie Madoff. In today's world, he probably still would lead the Chicago PD, as not many killer law enforcers get to trial and get convicted.
Comparing today's racism to the KKK is like comparing today's populism to bloody dictatorships. The bogey man exists, it got the new president elected, with unsubstantiated statements, like all Mexicans are rapists, they bring drugs, crime, but some, he assumed were good people. Unlike claiming direct calls to racism in his agenda, his supporters did make it clear how they wish to live in an ethnostate, which is something the KKK had not said publicly, it's a step beyond mere white supremacy. The attacks, which law enforcement agencies designate as terrorist attacks, are being committed by religious fundamentalists and white supremacists, and it has been on the rise since Obama took office. Some people, like Dylan Roof or David Duke can't stomach a non-white president. That's also a point of contention in regards of media bias: if a perpetrator is non-white, almost all media outlets report on their rap sheet, but when it is white, traumatic or social issues come to the foreground, despite the fact, that anyone, who is capable to bomb doctors isn't a person whose only brush with the law were parking tickets.
Being critical is not a question of skin color, and that ability is lost with every minute by listening to populists, like Lahren. Her being ultraconservative isn't the problem, existing in a bubble is. In a calm and civilized society, she wouldn't get a voice, as the only thing she knows is her own opinion based on second and third hand information. If she were a liberal and spout, how all conservatives are brain dead, I'd say the same thing. Being critical is one thing, but it also needs direct confrontation of said ideals, like, in addition to appear on Noah, actually go and book Kapernick so she could ask him directly, but that's not going to happen.
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