Angry Leopard Seal

Fed up with these SJW penguins, so I'll mostly be carefully deconstructing their illogical arguments. Feel free to ask me anything you want, and I'll probably answer if it's not too personal.

[angryleopardseal]

Saw this twitter screenshot floating around facebook, and it’s amazing how not one single word of this is even the slightest bit relevant to whether or not a fetus is a human life (it’s not true, either; conservatives donate MORE to charities that service all of those groups).

 I just think it’s fun to note how this wonderful twitter warrior doesn’t put any effort at all into even considering whether or not a fetus is a human life worth valuing. She can’t, because it obviously is, and that would be a losing argument for her. 

[mysterious-foxes]

It’s because how human the fetus is doesn’t matter. We all know the fetus is human and alive. But the first example holds extremely true. You guys don’t consider the life of the pregnant person who you’re advocating to go through torture. And even with the small percent of conservatives who donate to those charities, there are millions of people in need and conservatives are the ones who vote against helping them.

So no, understanding that the fetus is a human life isn’t a losing argument for the pro choice side. Because we also understand that sperm and ovum are human lives as well and if anti choicers admitted that, then it would be a losing argument for you guys 🤷🏻‍♀️

[angryleopardseal]

. So you agree with me that a fetus is a human life, but you just have no problem killing it for the sake of convenience. Cool. Nice to know what kind of person I’m talking to here. We will not agree that “sperm and ovum are human lives,” because those aren’t remotely the same thing as a fetus. Gametes (i.e., the aforementioned sperm and ovum) aren’t genetically distinct from the body they’re in; they are simply specialized cells. A fetus is genetically distinct from the mother’s body. Or, put another way, gametes are components of a human body; a fetus is a human body.

Also, “small percent of conservatives who donate”: 

If you think conservatives “don’t care about the poor,” it’s because you can’t imagine someone giving their own money to help the poor without being forced to by the government. 

Also: childbirth and torture aren’t the same thing (nobody every volunteers for more torture, but women will often choose to have several children), there are multiple conservative-run nonprofits devoted exclusively to maternal healthcare as an alternative to abortion, as well as multiple conservative adoption/foster care agencies. 

So, bottom line? The tweet is entirely false, but that doesn’t matter because pro-life people are those who believe that a fetus is a human life and (unlike certain monstrous people I could name) believe that that means they don’t have a right to kill them.

[angryleopardseal]

Saw this twitter screenshot floating around facebook, and it’s amazing how not one single word of this is even the slightest bit relevant to whether or not a fetus is a human life (it’s not true, either; conservatives donate MORE to charities that service all of those groups).

 I just think it’s fun to note how this wonderful twitter warrior doesn’t put any effort at all into even considering whether or not a fetus is a human life worth valuing. She can’t, because it obviously is, and that would be a losing argument for her. 

[pendejx-deactivated20200323]

A white person learning another language in the United States is a person looking to build a résumé.

A person of color learning English in the United States is a person looking to be treated like a human being.

It is not the same thing.

[pendejx-deactivated20200323]

Keep reblogging this white people are getting mad because they don’t know the difference between learning a language because it’s fun or to put it on applications and learning a language so you won’t get treated like garbage by everyone

[lizluvscupcakes]

Tumblr has been ignoring more nuance, I see.

Ok. Let’s break it down.

First. Why on earth shouldn’t people be able to learn languages because they want to? What business is it of yours why someone is learning a language? Does this mean nobody can learn French for fun? Portuguese? Latin? Spanish? Any other language of any place they’re not directly from?

And furthermore, what gives you the right to bully someone for learning a language? Did someone ask you to go on a crusade to eradicate anyone who uses their language? And how do you determine who isn’t allowed to use or learn a certain language? The colour of someone’s skin? Because god knows that won’t tell you anything.

In the words of a very intelligent friend,

“Yeah it’s not required for white people to learn another language, and learning another language for fun is a privilege compared to someone who has to learn English for any job/to live and be respected

That doesn’t mean you should automatically mock people for learning a new language for fun

They aren’t hurting anyone, or at least that alone isn’t harmful

If they learn a new language and mock other people’s accents, well then they’re a hypocrite

Being ‘woke’ isn’t about hating white people and knocking them down a peg, it’s about treating people fairly.”

TL;DR:

Being a good person isn’t all about “Punch racists/nazis/terfs/whatever. And being a good person isn’t just about taking down enemies/bad people. It’s about helping those they hurt

Does mocking someone for learning a language they’re not required to know help anything?

I doubt it.

[tricky-xcx]

Sorry, saw this in the reblogs and I had to say something: This op isn’t making fun of anyone. This op isn’t saying that white people can’t learn languages for fun. They’re saying that white people get to put on their resume that they know another language, and that’s a positive thing for them, while for non-white people, they are *required* to learn English or they’re doomed here in America. 

If a non-white person knows French and Spanish, but not English, they’re not getting any jobs. If a non-white person speaks more than one language, but doesn’t speak English, they don’t get anywhere in life here. They don’t get to learn English “for fun,” they *have* to learn it or else they have to risk being on the streets. 

This op isn’t mocking white people or “knocking them down a peg,” it’s just stating the simple truth. That learning a new language is different for white people than it is for POC who don’t know English, or don’t speak it fluently. 

Trying to argue against this simple fact just shows that you have more to learn about racism, and that you need to check yourself. This op wasn’t saying that white people can’t just learn languages, it’s saying that it’s a privilege we have that others don’t. 

[generallemarc]

while for non-white people, they are *required* to learn English or they’re doomed here in America. 

Because America is a country that overwhelmingly speaks English. Most “whites” who live and work in Brazil or Mexico are *required* to learn Portuguese and Spanish respectively or they’re doomed. Because that’s how the overwhelming majority of countries work.

If a non-white person knows French and Spanish, but not English, they’re not getting any jobs 

If they’re in America or the UK or other countries with English as the dominant language. If they’re in Honduras or Haiti they’re good to go while it’s the “white”(quotes because you’re using the term to mean whatever you want it to mean) person is up a creek.

If a non-white person speaks more than one language, but doesn’t speak English, they don’t get anywhere in life here.

You say that as if its some great moral failing of American society rather than the way that every language in the world works. Most people who come to America do so by choice, and if you choose to move to a country whose language you don’t speak its on you to learn it. If I move to Finland I don’t get to be pissed that I’ve gotta learn Finnish to get by-that’s what they speak over there and I’m the one who upped sticks. 

They don’t get to learn English “for fun,” they *have* to learn it or else they have to risk being on the streets.

You heard it here first folks; if your skin color isn’t creamy, you don’t get to learn foreign languages for fun. Oh, and I’m just now noticing this, but:

They’re saying that white people get to put on their resume that they know another language, and that’s a positive thing for them, while for non-white people, they are *required* to learn English or they’re doomed here in America.

What the fuck kind of job market do you live in where it’s only a positive to be bilingual if you’re white? I’ve worked the service industry in Texas and most of my jobs would’ve performed ritual sacrifices for enough Spanish speakers to cover all our shifts jic a customer didn’t know English, and I know damn well they hired everyone who put it on their resume. Now, that’s just my own experience. If I went to work for a charity group in Haiti, I’d probably get turned down if even one other person applying for my job spoke French. Language doesn’t recognize skin tone, and it honest to God sounds like you’re saying that it does.

That learning a new language is different for white people than it is for POC who don’t know English, or don’t speak it fluently.

No it isn’t. Not even remotely. Learning a new language is different based on what type of learning you respond to, what fields of study you’re predisposed to excel or struggle in, whether or not you grew up bilingual, and a ton of other things. Skin color is not one of them.

Trying to argue against this simple fact just shows that you have more to learn about racism, and that you need to check yourself

And you need to learn how to think about things logically instead of through your overly-tinted woke lens.

it’s saying that it’s a privilege we have that others don’t.

And it’s definitely not a privilege that african-americans have or the hispanics or asians or native americans have whose families have lived here for generations. It’s also all whites who have this privilege, because there are apparently no immigrants to America from white countries who would face this exact same struggle. Because that would imply that this was based around anything other than race, and we can’t have that now can we?

[siryouarebeingmocked]

>Trying to argue against this simple fact just shows that you have more to learn about racism, and that you need to check yourself

In other words “if you don’t blindly agree with my argument, you’re racist”. 

A simple claim, but not a very persuasive one, unless someone already agrees with you.

[angryleopardseal]

If a non-white person knows French and Spanish, but not English, they’re not getting any jobs.

That would also be true of a white person who knew French and Spanish but not English, you utter worm. 

[whitepeopletwitter]

[platypus-dictatorship]

Brainrot

[racist-virgin-darkwinter]

“We have a one party state and everyone who disagrees with me had their rights stripped. Bash the fash uwu”

[whitepeopletwitter]

[you-cannot-shut-me-up]

The places looted during BLM protests: Target, maybe an electronics store or something, consumer retailers. The places looted during MAGA protests: THE CAPITOL BUILDING, THE SEAT OF OUR NATION’S GOVERNMENT, ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING IN AMERICAN POLITICS

[siryouarebeingmocked]

You conveniently left out or were unaware of the firebombed courthouses. Including federal ones. And the attacks on cops protecting them.

I love how both you and OP and the other NPCs in the notes are consistently ignoring the “burned” part. You know, the many black neighbourhoods that were wrecked by the riots?

[angryleopardseal]

The places looted during BLM protests: Target, maybe an electronics store or something, consumer retailers. The places looted during MAGA protests: THE CAPITOL BUILDING, THE SEAT OF OUR NATION’S GOVERNMENT, ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING IN AMERICAN POLITICS

Yeah, that was the goddamn point. BLM was mad at the government and looted Target and burned down Wendy’s. The capitol rioters were mad at the government and went straight for ONLY AND EXACTLY THE FUCKIN’ GOVERNMENT. 

One of these was of no danger whatsoever to the establishment/elite/oligarchs, and the other was a direct threat to their power. 

One of these had massive corporate and media backing, while the other was universally condemned. 

Think for five goddamned seconds about whether you’re on the right side. 

[midnightssea]

When men bring up the injustices they face in comparison to women (the draft, bias in custody rulings, etc.) as if they’re the fault of women that’s just wild to me…..like I’m sorry that the patriarchy is a double edged sword but by conscious choice or not you’re still the one wielding the sword

[the-real-skye]

For those of you who can’t understand this, men made society believe women were incapable of serving in the military and that their sole role should be to raise children, thus they would be the ideal parent.

[angryleopardseal]

Oh for - Nobody was ever saying that the draft or custody bias was the fault of women. The argument is that those things are indicative of a flaw in the theory of patriarchy overall. They are clear examples of the fact that men do not act as a class for the benefit of men in general. But you can’t even think outside the terms of critical theory and class analysis. 

[a-case-for-wonder]

Even well meaning men are exhausting. No, Ryan, you have not "legitimately solved the abortion debate" with ur effing shower thoughts. No I am not even going to read the rest of your fb post, the fact that you think your forty year old white male a** has "new" ideas on this is insulting.

If you want to help, shut up and listen to a woman, then get your friends to do the same.

[thatsyouthatshowdumbyousound]

What makes you think any woman in 2020 has "new" ideas on abortion, either?

There is nothing new under the sun when it comes to this. Either you believe aborting a pregnancy is equivalent to murder, or you do not. That is the fulcrum on which the whole thing hinges. The abortion "debate" is a misnomer, as there is nothing to debate; you can't apply the scientific method to subjective, unfalsifiable beliefs.

Further, the believer's own sex is completely irrelevant. The notion that abortion is a 'men vs. women' issue, and that women somehow have more 'authority' about this belief (the very idea that any one human's beliefs intrinsically trump another's is frankly absurd), are feminist fabrications, created to stoke more animosity between the sexes; there are plenty of pro-life women, and plenty of pro-choice men. It is idiotic to tell a male to "shut up and listen to a woman" about a subject that females have no additional insight on. The fact that pregnancy occurs in the female body is not relevant to whether or not someone believes abortion is murder, full stop.

[pettyfeminaziwhohatesmen]

The fact that men never have had to play female characters in videogames, read female viewpoints in books and comics ect. Is another type of privilege tbh.

[thatsyouthatshowdumbyousound]

Are you saying there are no males who have ever played the Metroid franchise? Half-Life: Alyx? Mirror's Edge? Tomb Raider? Celeste? Bayonetta? Alien: Isolation? Horizon: Zero Dawn?

[angryleopardseal]

Don’t forget, they’re also saying that no males have ever read Dragonriders of Pern, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, any of Pratchett’s witch-centric books (including the Tiffany Aching novels), The Wizard of Oz (and other books in that series), Abarat, several of the Redwall books, Anne of Green Gables, or Little Women. Hell, even The Scarlet Pimpernel is mostly told from Marguerite’s point of view.

[sunfortune]

whats happening with crisp ratt

SO basically someone posted this on twitter:  

and everyone picked pratt that he started trending lmfao 

(and then people found out about him being MAGA/belonging to a church that supports conversion therapy)

SO NOW the marvel PR clown brigade is writing dissertations on how nice chris pratt is (like??)

and people are rightfully upset bc WHERE was this energy for people in the marvel cast who were actually harassed like

and ALL this was over a twitter joke about which ‘chris’ is better lmfao

[bella-c1ao]

Source on Pratt being MAGA? I know his church is dodgy

[log4]

trust me on this

[drdrunkpigeon-phd]

an excellent source

[headless-horseboy]

Wasn't it just he literally is Christian

[drdrunkpigeon-phd]

because he’s christian and actively doesn’t get involved in politics ironically enough. because everyone knows disliking politics makes you a nazi i guess ?

[truthandlibertarianism]

1. Most of the controversy of Anthony Mackie being the next Cap was NOT because he was black, but because most of the fan base wanted Sebastian Stan (aka Winter Solider) to be the next Cap. This was a two way discourse.

2. Tessa Thompson being casted as Valkyrie was an upset because of the huge shift in character continuity (but Ragnorok as a whole was not accurate to anything ever so eh I didn’t expect much). Overall, this backlash was very minimal, almost nonexistent, and not even worth mentioning.

3. Zendaya being cast as MJ was the not the problem. The problem was that the MCU once again made a huge character shift that’s literally nothing like the MJ we know in the comics. She is quite literally MJ in name only. Not to mention that the casting adds to the repeated tradition of Hollywood changing out traditionally red head characters for black people. Reminiscent of the anti Irish heritage of Hollywood.

4. Brie Larson made terrible anti male comments that were idiotic and stupid. If you say something discriminatory and stupid, people are going to get mad about it. That’s the life of a celebrity. And the “harassment” she received was almost nothing. It was people boycotting the movie, and calling her a bad actress (which, to be fair, she is).

5. The only thing Chris Pratt ever did was be Christian and apolitical and now everyone is calling him a homophobe. Something he has gone out of his way to say otherwise about. The original tweet was a stupid thing in the first place anyway, because why would you do that to people who happen to have the same name that’s just rude and hurtful.

6. James Gunn, RDJ, and Mark Ruffalo are all people who have closely worked with/personally know Chris Pratt. Of course they would want to defend a man who they consider to be a very respectable person. James Gunn, RDJ, and Mark Ruffalo have NOT worked with or know Tessa Thompson, Brie Larson, or Zendaya. They have no reason to defend those three outside of a loose connection through the MCU. Even Anthony Mackie has only worked very little with these specific people, they probably don’t know him as well as they do Chris Pratt.

I wish people would stop being so stupid...

[siryouarebeingmocked]

> She is quite literally MJ in name only.

Initials only. Which is quite deliberate. They spent an entire movie establishing her as Michelle. I think of her as an AU version.

[angryleopardseal]

Imagine calling someone’s friends a PR department and then getting mad because they didn’t defend other people because they aren’t a PR department

[lonelyheartsmember]

Way to spit on a dead woman’s memory to replace her against her wishes 8 days before the fucking election.

Fuck Trump. Fuck Amy Coney Barrett, Fuck McConnell, Everyone who voted her in.

Vote them ALL out

[cisnowflake]

You seem mad. Are you mad?

[becauseihaveyourback]

I’m still trying to find the dying wish clause. I keep missing it. 

[little-catholic-diva]

The left is insane. Completely and totally insane.

[angryleopardseal]

And you can bet your bottom dollar that they would have been thrilled to push through Merrick Garland’s confirmation over Scalia’s spinning corpse if they’d had the votes to do it. 

[liberalsarecool]

End the Electoral College. Give statehood to Puerto Rico and Washington DC.

Investigate voter suppression and strengthen voting rights.

The most votes wins.

[the-davest-of-uncles]

Los Angeles County has twice the population of my entire state, Kentucky.

They don't know shit about rural life. They don't need to try to tell me how to live.

[wherelibertydwells]

The tyranny of the mob is a real thing.

[the-davest-of-uncles]

[friendly-neighborhood-patriarch]

Tyranny of the Urban mob is a HUGE reason why the Roman Republic became an autocracy

[justheretofollowstuff]

Bro i don't know how to tell you that the social and material conditions of the Roman Empire are not the same of the United States of America in Current Year

[durkin69]

Dude I dunno how to tell you the differences between rural and urban areas are still a thing. Like what kind of backwards ass retard logic you working with to where you think mob rule suddenly is no longer a thing because internet?

[nopostradio]

Puerto Rico is not a state, so they don't get representation in our government. They've voted on it repeatedly and it's always been 'no'.

Washington DC is also not a state, it's a city where the government offices are.

Your propaganda poster is half wrong and half proves why the electoral college exists. Well done.

[angryleopardseal]

Also the first two pictures are just like... yes, you have successfully outlined the entire goddamn purpose of having the Senate as it is along with the House of Representatives. The whole system was literally exactly designed to be like this, to prevent highly populated states from having too much power over ones with lower populations. 

[gloomgaze]

how do i get tweets tattooed onto my brain stem

[cruelestqueen]

in what universe is sports and so called popularity better than art and the people who create it? what a fucking laugh; thanks for this. people like this peaked in junior high lmfao

[teralyri]

[cruelestqueen]

good to know that people who have a reputation for rape, injuring themselves to the point of death, developing early onset dementia and wasting money think they’re better than people who like to create shit lmfao

[mistah-oso]

you got that from hollywood. your’e assuming a whole lot of shit and then disparaging people for having brain injuries because the leagues dont’ give a shit about CTE. and then you’re trying to act like you are better.   @meanprncess​ i remember when i was a bitter faggot. and then i started to GROW UP.  if you were shit on, i’m sorry, but god damn you wanna give it right back? We’re supposed to do better.  I’ve seen a lot of the people that were put down put down others with fake ass accusations of bigotry and shit…all because they wanna be the bullies.  it’s a gross cycle. 

hell, were i come from the slurs and offensive words are terms of endearment and camaraderie… but people weren’t hip to that culture.   

[bizarrolord-deactivated20241123]

Jock does not necessarily equal asshole. Nerd does not necessarily equal good guy/underdog. 

Yeah, you’re waaaay too dependent on media for your depictions of people instead of looking around you and actually analyzing actual people. 

[mistah-oso]

yeah. and hey. a lot of people latched on to we have to fight against racism and sexism… which sounds nice but when they say “orcs are black people because Tolkien was a racist” when that’s MORE FALSE THEN A FLAT EARTH THEORY… one gets kinda… apprehensive what this hell site seems to churn out.  Just like gun crime.

it’s HARD but it pays to be more rational even when there is a tragedy that affects our hearts. 

[snowie-skyes]

Oh shit, Neil got something right? I didn’t think that was possible

[kaldicuct]

A proper scientist at least will acknowledge the law if averages. He was bound to get something right eventually.

[angryleopardseal]

[thisbibliomaniac]

needGod.com

[gahdamnpunk]

This is exactly why the electoral college system is useless and needs to be replaced

[disclaymore-deactivated20230920]

“Los Angeles county should have a bigger say on issues than states that have entirely different problems, mostly agriculture and poverty induced as they’re flyover country, simply because there’s more people crammed into a county than there are people growing food.”

Sounds like classism to me but okay.

[amaranthineanomie]

YES.

Because that’s what democracy is! Omfg it’s like Americans have Stockholm syndrome for every horrible facet of the country! Perhaps the “solution” to people having different problems (?!?!?) isn’t a small segment of the population having complete power over all other parts? Just a thought?

[disclaymore-deactivated20230920]

im never going to get over “yes, classism is what democracy is” for as long as i live.

okay. let me put this in a european analogy. let’s say that, for every country that is a member of the european union, they get one vote per citizen on issues that affect the union and that the countries need union help to handle.

and we’ll say that there’s a random amount of countries in the european union are all experiencing a problem. let’s say that these are the countries and these are their populations,

now, we’ll say that germany, france, italy, and spain (not uk bc they’ve left),

they don’t have this problem. and, quite frankly, they don’t want to put the money towards this issue, because that’s expensive and it doesn’t effect them.

and for the sake of the argument, let’s say everyone votes in favor of their country, as it’s a direct democracy and whatnot. germany, france, italy, and spain get 257 million votes in their favor, while the other 23 countries only got 169 million votes.

that means 23 countries in need of help from the union were ignored and left to fend for themselves simply because the issues of the majority of the union didn’t effect four countries.

and because we are the UNITED states of america, we need everyone to have a voice in their issues, even if that means that some people get megaphones to be heard. Because otherwise, we’d have the vast majority of states being silenced on their issues, simply because three states with high density disagree.

i’d also like to point out that my state? higher population than finland. an entire country’s worth of people, one that fended off a soviet invasion 80 years back, in one little state of farmers and fishers, and it would be ignored because a county the size of sweden on the oceanic coast doesn’t understand or care about the issues that are faced by farmers in the midwest.

we are the united states. not the united people. and we have shit like this in place so that millions of people aren’t ruled by people who will not and will never try to understand the issues they face. that’s why we need the electoral college.

[robert-the-redhead-lover-deacti]

@enigmatic-fool You should know: The United States has never, and will never, be a democracy. We’re a Constitutional Republic.

[the-davest-of-uncles]

[rainingflavor]

@the-davest-of-uncles @robert-the-redhead-lover

FUCKING

THANK YOU

[hentaihotsauce-deactivated20240]

Modern access to information has created people who have just enough info to think they have valid views while being complete idiots on a topic. It’s kinda terrifying. 

[angryleopardseal]

OP: *shows graphic that summarizes the exact purpose of the electoral college*

OP: “This is why we have to get rid of the electoral college!”

[thegreatmercutio]

[zahnegott-lives]

alternatively: women will go through this and not realize they are evil and unrestrained

[american--support]

She's claiming this is all white privilege when really its purely for having a pussy as to why she got off so light.

[sculptingsuccess]

First of all you wana know how i know this isnt even true

>15, sentenced to 6 months probation

>between 11 and 22, i have no criminal record

[ian-wins]

Lol was gonna say... Something seems fishy...

[angryleopardseal]

Most states let you expunge a juvie record. But yeah, this is very, very obviously pussy pass and she’s just dumb enough to think it’s ‘cause she’s white.

[jax-withoutmoon]

In México at least 10 women are murdered every day.

So on March 9, Mexican women (myself included) will be participating in a peaceful strike called A Day Without Women.

No women in offices or schools. No women in restaurants or stores. No women on public transportation, in cars or on the street. No women on social media.

A country without women, for one day.

That’s how we are going to make people conscious of what’s happening to us.

#UnDíaSinMujeres

#UnDíaSinNosotras

[thatsyouthatshowdumbyousound]

>In México at least 10 women are murdered every day.

And so are 85 men. Are you ever going to try and “make people conscious of what’s happening to” them? Somehow, I doubt it.

I wonder when was the last year the number of men murdered on average per day in Mexico was ‘only’ ten.

[feminismisahatemovement]

At last some peace and quiet.

[nicolaus99]

[tzimiscelord]

If you value the life of 10 persons over the life of 85 just because of their sex, you are EXTREMELY SEXIST.

[just-a-cruel-white-man]

Well now we have a lower bound for feminists' sexism. They value women's lives at least 8.5x more than men's lives.

[someoneidontknow]

[idlnmclean]

The President has in effect declared a shooting war against the people of the US. A number of governors are declaring what is going on as “urban warfare”.

[middleagedmorticia]

Funny how they tear gas unarmed, peaceful protestors of color but not armed white men.

[ricwulf]

I wonder if it might have anything to do with the armed people being able to fight back? Nah, that’d be insane. Must be something else.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

I like how they show the protesters in one, but the police response to unknown events in the other, without mentioning the riots.

Woke folk racebaiting, ignoring facts, and manipulating presentation to play on people’s emotions? Why, that never happens!

[hellooooooooooooooooooo]

This isn’t a play on emotions. If cops would stop showing excessive force on peaceful POC protest then maybe the riots wouldn’t happen. How about you hold cops responsible for their bias.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

“This isn’t a play on emotions!” says someone who is about to make the exact same play on emotions.

What is “excessive force”? We have no idea what the cops was doing in the picture on the right. Were they pointing their guns at some offscreen threat? Were they firing? Were they using pepperball guns? Beanbag rounds? What if the smoke is from devices thrown by the protesters, not tear gas?

It is absolutely designed to play on your emotions. On the left, you have a few protesters. On the right, you have a half-dozen jackbooted, faceless thugs facing the same way, some raising their weapons, at what we’re supposed to assume is a bunch of innocent people.

I’d say this is Photography 101, but it’s not. It’s TVTropes.

Also, the cops respond the same way to white protesters. In fact, that leg on the right looks pretty white to me.

I like how you just completely ignored how the riots influence cop responses. And the riots entirely, in fact. 

Not to mention how the actual Trump tweet on the right is clearly about looters and implicitly rioters. You know, the folks who are out there murdering “POC”? Do you think that’s wrong?

[angryleopardseal]

Lansing during the May 1 protest: 

And during the current “protest” (read: riot)