Yes that is my problem with this. Is Apple Music the platform that will CHANGE THE COUNTRY? I highly doubt it. So why attempt it and cause frustration to customers? The country absolutely cannot be saved unless Apple Music does this? Do people seriously think so?
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Yes that is my problem with this. Is Apple Music the platform that will CHANGE THE COUNTRY? I highly doubt it. So why attempt it and cause frustration to customers? The country absolutely cannot be saved unless Apple Music does this? Do people seriously think so?
Agreed it’s more intrusive but the same crap. I like the Internet because I can choose what I look at. If I watch the news 24/7 like some people do I would have a mental breakdown. I cannot do this at all. Some people have conditions where they simply cannot deal with all the stress. This doesn’t stress me though because I just don’t open the Apple Music app. This is one good reason to have alternatives like Spotify
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I really don’t know what everyone is in an uproar about. Apple Music isn’t that great. I love Apple and Apple products but Apple Music is like Siri. It’s OK but it’s not quite all there 😂
First, thanks for the respectful meaner of your reply — it's appriciated.
Because Blacks are charged at a higher rate than whites. We have no way to know who is committing every crime, but we do know that Blacks are disproportionally "charged" than whites in our current system. Now, if more are charged and because of economic disparity have less ability to fight weak charges, they plead — especially if it's for probation or a short amount of time.
I wish for punishment — not the death penalty. I wish for those in power who flex said "power" unjustifiably to be held accountable and the power stripped from them. I wish for those who have "power" to think about how they apply it and to use it justly for every citizen — not just the ones that look like them and finally, I wish for police to use their force in equal measure to the adversity they may face every day. "Who would in broad daylight and while being filmed knowingly suffocate a person in that manner?" Someone who thinks they can get away with it. These protests are meant to shine a light on the methodology of the "Blue Sheild". That police can use extreme force because he will be protected by his fellow officers at the detriment of the community — undermining the reason they exist — to serve and protect.
This is not a black and white thing — it's a Black and Blue Shield thing.
I feel a second opinion was absolutely acceptable to request. If you feel the police are covering up wrongdoing (they took forever to even arrest the main officer, and the rest of them who helped still haven't been charged as accomplices) so how can you trust their findings. People ask doctors for second opinions all the time and this without a reason to fear bias, a fear that should be easily understood here.
Because Blacks are charged at a higher rate than whites. We have no way to know who is committing every crime, but we do know that Blacks are disproportionally "charged" than whites in our current system. Now, if more are charged and because of economic disparity have less ability to fight weak charges, they plead — especially if it's for probation or a short amount of time.
I wish for punishment — not the death penalty. I wish for those in power who flex said "power" unjustifiably to be held accountable and the power stripped from them. I wish for those who have "power" to think about how they apply it and to use it justly for every citizen — not just the ones that look like them and finally, I wish for police to use their force in equal measure to the adversity they may face every day. "Who would in broad daylight and while being filmed knowingly suffocate a person in that manner?" Someone who thinks they can get away with it. These protests are meant to shine a light on the methodology of the "Blue Sheild". That police can use extreme force because he will be protected by his fellow officers at the detriment of the community — undermining the reason they exist — to serve and protect.
This is not a black and white thing — it's a Black and Blue Shield thing.
yeah you’re absolutely right. And I think for me I just need to cut out a lot of technology in my life. It doesn’t bring me value as it once did.
thanks for your grounded response.
- peace
Nice assuming someones race. This is the problem.
White people ignore the fact that for 100 years there was Apartheid in America.
Jim Crow and The Black Codes, codified racism in this country. It wasn't until 1967 that Civil Rights Laws were passed.
We still have banks and other institutions that deny access to Black Americans.
We have never called Jim Crow and The Black Codes - Apartheid; but that's what is was.
We have never called the internment of the Japanese Americans - ConcentrationCamps; but that's what they were.
We have never called the wars against Native Americans - Genocide; but that's what it was.
We had the abuse of farmworkers in the Central Valley of Ca; which is why we had major stakes in the 60/70's.
Denial or housing, education and employment in America for people of color.
During the Civil Rights Movement; dogs were set on Black Americans along with hoses, etc.
My uncles and relatives fought in WWII , the Korean War and Vietnam and were told they were less than whites when they came home.
You see the pattern? The language gets sanitized and we don't have a real discussion.
But, you know who has never gotten the short end of the stick in America, but always complain when they are inconvenienced?
I don't need to answer that.
I’d be willing to bet it’s more of African Americans statistically have less money. If you don’t have money then you can’t afford a lawyer. I don’t know if you’ve ever been arrested for anything but having a public defender is pretty much pleading guilty regardless if you are or not. If you have a good lawyer even if the evidence shows you might be guilty there’s a chance you’ll be found not guilty. A good example of that is O.J. Simpson. Our justice system is based on money so if you don’t have money you’ll get chewed up and spit out
Yes I am the same way. Which is why I went to Apple Music to find something calm to listen to and LOOK. I deal with this all day every day, and I have a very stressful job. I am suffering a bit due to the social distancing mentally and I need something to destress and relax.
It's not entitlement when you pay for something to recieve that thing as it was described. Apple didn't advertise political ads for their special interests for only $14.99 per month.
Also, keep giving me more reasons to never agree with this BS
Agree with your point, but disagree with having talks. I’m not black, but I used to get harassed a bit by the cops. Maybe because I’m not lily-white. Idk. But i was always respectful, and things tended to work out. I’ve taught my daughter how to behave with the police. “Yes sir/ma’am, no sir/ma’am, thank you”. And there are bad cops that abuse and/or kill white people. Believe me. And I’ve protested for all people. But, again, just because someone may not be black, you should still have those conversations with your kids.
And I respect that. I don't care if you are an actual Alien like Superman or have literally green skin like Piccolo from Dragon Ball. Everyone should be treated with respect. But is Apple Music the platform that will CHANGE THE COUNTRY? I highly doubt it. Its a paid service that is providing complications to customers. This is not a good decision.
My actual black friends don't think like this. You're just being a drama queen.
From your link. The move, though illegal in most states and by the DoJ, is legal but the application of the move was not.It’s legal in Minneapolis.
George Floyd death: Experts say knee-to-neck restraint is dangerous, but Minneapolis allows it
Law enforcement experts say the actions of four ex-cops involved in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis violated a number of rules.www.usatoday.com
He was not a threat to any of the officers, he was already restrained and was long since incapacitated meaning the move was still applied illegally by their own guidelines. Shooting a suspect is a "legal move", how that move is applied determines if it was a "good shoot" or not. If a cop kicks a suspect to prevent them from running away, it's not the same as kicking him when he's down and in cuffs, so it is the context that makes the move illegal, not just the move its self.
Same here. None of my co-workers or friends have had this experience too.
Especially when the company is so selective about who they support. So Apple is supporting the Black community here, bravo. But then we have to ask why Apple has attacked the Hong Kong movement by deleting apps in support of the police. I guess Apple is also against Taiwan and Apple feels that the Uyghur belong in concentration camps. There are more than 1 million people being held in concentration camps in China and yet Apple is very pro-China. And speaking of concentration camps, Apple has never once acknowledged Holocaust Remembrance Day, so clearly Apple thinks the Holocaust was a good idea. Apple is mute on all the human rights violations in the middle east, so I guess their stances here means they implicitly support those human rights violations too.
The thing is, once Apple decides they want to be a political entity, everything they do should be taken in a political light. If they actively support the rights of some and not others, it absolutely should be taken as they are against the rights of those others. We are a global community of smaller communities, and when Apple stands up for one community while dozens of others are currently being persecuted and attacked around the world, the whole world should stand up and denounce it.
Its wrong what happened. And bad cops do exist. But has it been confirmed that it was a race thing, or just that cop being mean to anyone?
Obviously not. Understanding the context was easy, complaining about a streaming service's inconvenience for one day is. it's myopic and petty.
All lives matter is the narrative of right wing racists.
When have white lives NOT mattered in America?
When have blue lives not mattered in America?
I can tell when Native American lives didn't matter.
I can tell you when Japanese and Hispanic lives didn't matter.
I can tell you for 100 years during American Apartheid that Black Lives didn't matter.
I can tell you today that a large percentage of law enforcement still don't think Black Lives Matter.
I can tell you how Tulsa Oklahoma burned in the 1920's because someone said a black man accosted a white woman.
More than 300 black people were killed and about 40 city blocks were burned by whites in a black area called Black Wall Street.
I can tell you how the American government experimented with syphilis on about 300 black men in the Bad Blood Experiment.
I can tell you how other states promote racism under the guise of souther heritage with confederate statues that were erected in the south during the 1920's in from of state and federal buildings as an oppressive tactic to show that whites were still in charge.
I can quote Alexander Stephens' Cornerstone Speech that details that the confederacy and everything about it was built on racism. Here is a quote from the speech.
" Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth. This truth has been slow in the process of its development, like all other truths in the various departments of science."
If you fly the confederate flag or talk about southern heritage, you ARE a racist.
I completely agree — it's not a black and white thing. It's a blue shield thing.
Agreed, I am not challenging the validity of requesting a second autopsy, I would have done the same but as easily understood as that is it should be equally as easily understood that Michael Baden could be biased as he was paid by the family and has a history of "telling people what they want to hear" and collecting a pay check while doing it. The problem here is who do we believe? Should we get another 7 autopsies?
This might be our "agree to disagree" moment, while "someone who thinks they can get away with it" could be the case I believe it far more likely that the officer didn't mean to kill but did. What he did do on purpose was neglect a plea for help... for minutes and he should be charged and prosecuted for that, I still feel premeditated murder 1 is not the case.
No person in their right mind could possibly think "I'm going to kill this guy with my knee in broad daylight while multiple people film me and I will get away with it. That is the definition of insane.
People's bubbles are nice and cozzy, man. It takes a glass-shattering moment for some people to register someone else perspective on things that don't happen to them.
I don’t think a good argument could be made to justify that officer's actions. well I’m not in some sort of jury so I don’t feel qualified to judge him if I was a betting man my bet would be on him being found guilty. I can’t see any reason why he was using that amount of force. This has nothing to do with Apple virtue signaling. Perhaps their marketing department calculated this will help them with African American sales IDK. I just hate when politics gets shoved into everything
Unsubscribe. There, done. But don't come on here bitching about loss of one day of service when there is a bigger picture here. You look petty and entitled.
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If loss of one day of service enough to turn you against the Black Lives Matter movement then you were never going to advocate for or on its behalf anyways.