I grew up with a (very racist) dad who claimed the video cut out “the part where Rodney was attacking the officers and they couldn’t get him under control”.
I also remember upon seeing American History X where the main guy in a flashback repeated the same lie my dad did damn near verbatim.
America has always been racist and the racists have always used the same unoriginal playbook time and time again.
I forget that I’m old where I watched it on TV as a kid and then got grown ass adults tell me, a literal kid, how this is fair treatment if you misbehave.
Yeah you’re that old. I’m that old too. Rodney King is a forever unforgettable name, and I’m just some white guy in what’s basically the midwest.
But for the name to have such an impact on somebody, they need to have lived through that cultural moment.
This is pretty early 90s we’re talking about here. Without a doubt there are GRANDPARENTS alive in this country right now who are mainstream media consuming normies and they do not remember Rodney King.
For those who Don’t know the story, his name was Rodney King.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King
I remember Rush Limbaugh saying, in his book, that the video played on the news was looped…
Even if that was true (I don’t know if it is), the cops were still hitting a guy who was already on the ground, with batons…
It would have been swept under the rug if someone hadn’t videotaped it.
A guy who was cuffed and on the ground as I recall.
I grew up with a (very racist) dad who claimed the video cut out “the part where Rodney was attacking the officers and they couldn’t get him under control”.
I also remember upon seeing American History X where the main guy in a flashback repeated the same lie my dad did damn near verbatim.
America has always been racist and the racists have always used the same unoriginal playbook time and time again.
I’ve always wondered about the Venn Diagram between Racists, Fascists and Narcissists. …
Because everything they do is summed up perfectly in the poem
"the narcissist's prayer"
by Dayna EM Craig
That didn’t happen.
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.
And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
And if it is, that’s not my fault.
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did
You deserved it.
I forget that I’m old where I watched it on TV as a kid and then got grown ass adults tell me, a literal kid, how this is fair treatment if you misbehave.
…I’m not sure if I’m that old, or if you think America is that dumb. I never thought the name “Rodney King” would need to be explained.
Sir/Ma’am, this is a
Wendy’sinternational network.Aussie here, definitely knew it was referring to King.
We all get front row seats to US insanity
I really like Saer as a gender neutral honorific, it’s used in Baldur’s Gate :)
One of my favorite authors simply distilled it down to M.
Mr? Mrs? Miss? Ms?
M. Makes it super simple.
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I use Mi’they/them.
Everyone has to learn it the first time at some point.
It is not dumb to not know something you haven’t been exposed to.
Yeah you’re that old. I’m that old too. Rodney King is a forever unforgettable name, and I’m just some white guy in what’s basically the midwest.
But for the name to have such an impact on somebody, they need to have lived through that cultural moment.
This is pretty early 90s we’re talking about here. Without a doubt there are GRANDPARENTS alive in this country right now who are mainstream media consuming normies and they do not remember Rodney King.
There are non-americans on here, you know