As several people made a journal about this I figured I'd jump in this bandwagon and do my own. Especially since this time I seem to share the opinion of the majority, which means that for once I can talk about a social issue without fearing something's going to explode once I open my mouth. So here my thoughts on the George Floyd protests on several key aspects:

• There's no denying that racism remains a problem in the US. Which kinda came as a surprise to me over the past years; I grew up believing that's an ancient part of this pre-1970 alien society where we had no internet and modern culture. To me it makes no sense why on Earth anyone cares about someone's skin color, gender roles, etc... in a world where everyone should have the ability to be whoever they want and do whatever they want! Why would such issues even occur to anyone today? It's ridiculous how far humanity loves clinging to illogical tribal mindsets for reasons that remain beyond me.

• Racism is not the only issue regarding the police: Cops generally being overpowered and making pointless displays of force is its own problem! There exists police violence against white people too, even if in a different form and frequency; This partly stems from the US being a police state, with pointless laws over all sorts of dumb things, the highest incarceration rate of all democracies, indoctrinated in the mindset of "anyone around me might be a criminal". Yes there are horrible people who will commit rape and murder and what not, every country has those bad apples... the difference is how other nations learned to be more chill, and when such incidents do come up they tackle them in a targeted manner without making a big fuss on the media and inducing the idea that evil is the norm. I hope someday America may copy the model of places like Sweden or the Netherlands or Japan, who seem to have gotten closest to getting society right.

• Donald Trump: I've been divided between conservative conspiracies about Trump saving the world from George Soros and his globalists enslaving the world, in contrast to literally all my US acquaintances being against Trump; Each side has its own reality and it's been hard to tell whether the left or the right is more liberal at present day. Now Trump has shown his true face following the events this week. If a month ago Republicans seemed like freedom fighters for protesting the Democrats locking people up over a stupid virus, the wheel has turned; Trump is acting like a crazed dictator over the riots, ordering the army to invade its own nation while screaming like a madman about how he's going to use force against protesters. I'm aware he's primarily referring to the violent folks and looters, who indeed have nothing to do with the cause of the real protest... that kind of attitude is unacceptable none the less. This time the Democrat media is well within its right to blast him, especially by pointing out that Trump is a president of division and what people need now is hope. Let's hope we'll see that in the presidential elections later this year... with another old fart like Biden things seem grim whoever wins right now.

• While I want to see justice, I'm not eager to encounter more tribal outrage infesting every website and community I frequent, something I can't stand in and of itself. Especially after what happened to George Floyd, people are well within their right to be outraged at injustice and racism including online! Unfortunately folks have often proven they don't know when to stop with that sort of thing. I have an allergy to attacks of the type "hey everyone, person X was seen making racist jokes on website Y, let's get everyone to hate them and maybe get them banned or why not destroy their livelyhood to show ourselves how moral we are". This is the point where I may upset folks but I'll say it straight: I don't give a shit if any of my watchers support Trump or even if they have some racist / xenophobic biases... long as they don't bring the later up to me or on my pages, I will be very critical if I actually see someone supporting that shit. I have a strict policy not to judge others for how they live their lives or what thoughts are present in their minds: If you believe in that sort of ideology, it's your wrongdoing toward yourself and others... I will advice you to please stop and learn why such judgments are wrong, and am also likely to keep my distance and feel crept out, but I see no point in letting this lead to more negativity that won't change a thing anyway. TLDR, approach those issues constructively rather than destructively.

• Regarding the protests: I 1000% believe the peaceful protests were needed... the less peaceful ones, let's say I'm 50% onboard with those. I agree with some rioting within a certain line, not with instigating to violence for the sake of violence though. In times like this there needs to be some fire and fury to highlight the gravity of the situation, a necessary ingredient for change. But it's also a volatile cocktail that needs to be carefully balanced: In this case I approve of protesters smashing police cars or setting some police stations on fire, particularly in places where the police are known to be assholes... please however don't destroy random property particularly privately-owned (eg: people's homes and stores), setting some dumpsters on fire is cool but spare the businesses of poor people. And for the love of god don't cross the line in harming any individuals: Throwing a few punches happens in times like this, but I've seen people knocked unconscious or killed just lying in a pool of blood... seriously, please, draw the line and stop where you reasonably need to stop! Remember also that being a police officer is a job at the end of the day, like working at a restaurant or being a medic or anything else... the police itself definitely needs reform, but individual officers are both good and bad people like anybody else, even they shouldn't be targeted indiscriminately.

• My closing thoughts on what needs to happen next: As I'm not the kind to get satisfaction from seeing individuals punished instead of an underlying issue being fixed, I can care less that the cops who killed George are finally in arrest, though of course agree they should be arrested just as any random murderer would have been. In my opinion it's far more important that there's a reform of government and the police in general, some better regulation of authority if you will. There are at least two things that should be urgently changed in the wake of this incident: First of all, the police should not be allowed to use any kind of force (even physically touching or handcuffing) on a suspect who's not showing signs of resistance (no tendency to be violent or run away), any suspect that's being cooperative should be politely talked to by police when asked questions or invited to their station. Second, cops should be trained to use a specific list of positions and tactics to tackle suspects when indeed necessary, using any unsafe technique should be considered failure to preform police duty... we all know the proper way is to sit on your knees over the suspect (not on them) as they're lying on their belly with their hands behind their back, which doesn't injure anyone so why abate from doing it like that?