Police often have to make split-second, life and death decisions — NOS4A2
I do not think we can deduce racism as a cause of death from the mere fact of the skin-colors of those involved, especially with the myriad other important situational factors of any police interaction. — NOS4A2
They use to be Operation Coldfront. If you look through their youtube archives they're actually doing journalism/reporting and they report antifa assaults on numerous occasions (some of these are captured on camera). Are you really going to try to push the thesis that the far left just never gets out of hand? Are you really ready to die on the hill that the far left just doesn't assault journalists, ever? What are they, saints? — BitconnectCarlos
if you're fine with mobs initiating violence against people - in this case a physically small gay minority - then I don't know what else to say here. I guess we can move on. — BitconnectCarlos
My general target here is really just the militant far left. — BitconnectCarlos
I've never associated the far left with white supremacy or patriotism. — BitconnectCarlos
Yet it acknowledges the threat.And that barely exists pace every FBI report on the issue since the mid 1990s. The FBI recognises that the threat of "right wing" domestic terrorism is much larger than that of "left wing" terrorism. — Benkei
In recent years, the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front have become the most active criminal extremist elements in the United States. Despite the destructive aspects of ALF and ELF's operations, their stated operational philosophy discourages acts that harm "any animal, human and nonhuman." In general, the animal rights and environmental extremist movements have adhered to this mandate. Beginning in 2002, however, this operational philosophy has been overshadowed by an escalation in violent rhetoric and tactics, particularly within the animal rights movement. Individuals within the movement have discussed actively targeting food producers, biomedical researchers, and even law enforcement with physical harm. But even more disturbing is the recent employment of improvised explosive devices against consumer product testing companies, accompanied by threats of more, larger bombings and even potential assassinations of researchers, corporate officers and employees.
Do black lives matter? — creativesoul
Someone who is vile, a menace to their own neighborhood and society as a whole, who happens to be black, does not get a "free pass" of their life automatically having value due to race- that's racist. — Outlander
What about other minorities in America who don't have the numbers to shut down entire metropolitan areas when someone who looks like them is killed? — Outlander
Fix the culture, lose the violent music, embrace faith, education, and the law, and participate in the system that by intent makes all men equal- yes even if it's corrupt. You can't fix it from the outside- especially if in jail or with dozens of felonies. Choice is yours. — Outlander
Face it, the life of a black person is not esteemed in the same way that the life of a white person is. The ideology of equity is not upheld.
Since you claim to know, and based on your pattern-reading, can you paraphrase a single racist belief or principle he holds? — NOS4A2
The fancy, intellectual sounding Latin phrase escapes me at present but in short this is a trick question. — Outlander
A person's life matters by content of character and not color of skin. Period. MLK said that. — Outlander
Someone who is vile, a menace to their own neighborhood and society as a whole, who happens to be black, does not get a "free pass" of their life automatically having value due to race- that's racist. — Outlander
I don't see how talking about black lives being lost in larger numbers just because we're not using racial conflict to stigmatize another nation we're not fond of is "changing the subject" of black lives having value. Why do you? I get this is a largely non-American site but come on guy, don't be so transparent with it. — Outlander
What about other minorities in America who don't have the numbers to shut down entire metropolitan areas when someone who looks like them is killed? — Outlander
I'm sure we're familiar with the fact that a slight majority of people killed by police are white (52%) while blacks who are killed are 32% of fatalities. And of course the fact that with only 13% of the population that is grossly disproportionate (black Americans are about 3x likely to be killed that white Americans).
As usual we're spending all our time, energy, and emotion on the symptom of a problem rather than the cause- and there are some people who want nothing less- because then nothing will change. There is a cultural problem in black communities and what has been fed to them as "this is my culture". Unless you have a time machine and can go back in time and prevent slavery, there's no point in getting upset over what happened to the point you riot, commit violent crimes, destroy your own neighborhoods, and then get felony charges that essentially cripple you socially for the remainder of your life if you're not locked up for the rest of it- like some people want! Do you agree or disagree? — Outlander
Guy, you don't have to be my buddy it just would seem from the position you attempt to convey on this forum you should at least be a friend to positive change (or simple logic) versus the same old status quo which as shown has failed time and time again to change anything for the better. Fix the culture... — Outlander
Wait. So just saying racist shit to get votes doesn't count as racism?
Isn't that a bit like saying it's OK if I'd call some black person a "stupid monkey" if I did it only to get some laughs from actual racists? — Benkei
Ok, A lot of like BLM talk here last pages. Explain to a fellow on other side of the big waters, what has been the story for the african american(I abbreviate AA) community, generally speaking, since the days of the civil rights movements in the 60`s? — Ansiktsburk
He has defended all statues, including the statues of the first African American regiment, abolitionists, and Frederick Douglass. He wants MLK, Harriot Tubman, Booker T Washington, Frederick Douglass, Jackie Robinson in his “heroes park”. — NOS4A2
These are the actions of a racist president? — NOS4A2
He has defended all statues
He won the Bipartisan Justice Award for justice reform
He has had many roundtables with “black leaders” and black supporters. — NOS4A2
Assuming what you say here is true(that's probably a stretch, but for the sake of argument), sure those are the actions of a racist president. A racist president today cannot publicly admit it(yet), but will instead claim to support the black community in their fight for racial justice reform in public spaces while simultaneously doing all of the things I mentioned above. Which leads us back to that...
I offered nine different paragraphs setting out Trump's behaviour and the only reasonable conclusion drawn from what he has actually done. You neglected to directly address any of them, in lieu of proposing a defense for three charges that I did not make. Which paragraph, if any, are you claiming is not true?
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