Dallas Shooting

[Efficacy]

Originally Posted by Babylon

Depends on how often you discredit worldviews for stylistic approaches before even being exposed to them

edit: also whats wrong with a good late night basement sacrifice every now and then?

Word. IHMS&WTD2k16

[Efficacy]

Originally Posted by Babylon

Depends on how often you discredit worldviews for stylistic approaches before even being exposed to them

edit: also whats wrong with a good late night basement sacrifice every now and then?

Word. IHMS&WTD2k16

Esso with those #BlackLivesMatter statistics. If you want the numbers to fulfil your agenda, they will.

A white person could say "How many of those police officers are from my neighbourhood?", "How many of those police officers grew up in my class system?" etc.

White people have no "collective" with other white people. Police never think "Oh, this guy's white, he's fine". A racist cop is probably just as likely to be a prick to a white person, because these guys are just that...pricks. They are pricks in pretty much every aspect of their lives. They will use someone being a minority as an excuse for abuse, but they would have found another excuse to abuse another person. That's what they do.

White people aren't conditioned to "believe in the system". White people face the same bullshit black people face from police officers. The reason it doesn't hit the news is because it doesn't play into the racial agenda which has taken over. After the Trayvon situation, if I'm correct there was a black man who said he would hit the first white person he seen, which happened to be an elderly white man who died. This didn't hit the news. The same day of the Mike Brown situation (That sweet and innocent youngster who had never done a thing wrong in his life) a black cop killed an unarmed non threat white guy and claimed racial profiling as his reason behind it. I've personally been dragged to the ground, completely innocent, by a police officer in a very similar fashion to what happened to Eric Garner.

Cops are random people. They are the same people that work in Starbucks and McDonalds. There is going to be loads of them that are pricks and incompetent. Loads of them with stupid beliefs and actions. Very rarely are these people delightful nice people....who just happen to be massively prejudiced and racist. For example, clearly George Zimmerman is a horrible human being, racist or not. PC culture dictates that race, gender and sexual orientation is more important than anything else. Instead of "Police officer murders teenager", the headline reads "White police officer murders black teenager". Is the race really important in a situation that murder occurred?


tl;dr? Fuck yo opinion.

Esso with those #BlackLivesMatter statistics. If you want the numbers to fulfil your agenda, they will.

A white person could say "How many of those police officers are from my neighbourhood?", "How many of those police officers grew up in my class system?" etc.

White people have no "collective" with other white people. Police never think "Oh, this guy's white, he's fine". A racist cop is probably just as likely to be a prick to a white person, because these guys are just that...pricks. They are pricks in pretty much every aspect of their lives. They will use someone being a minority as an excuse for abuse, but they would have found another excuse to abuse another person. That's what they do.

White people aren't conditioned to "believe in the system". White people face the same bullshit black people face from police officers. The reason it doesn't hit the news is because it doesn't play into the racial agenda which has taken over. After the Trayvon situation, if I'm correct there was a black man who said he would hit the first white person he seen, which happened to be an elderly white man who died. This didn't hit the news. The same day of the Mike Brown situation (That sweet and innocent youngster who had never done a thing wrong in his life) a black cop killed an unarmed non threat white guy and claimed racial profiling as his reason behind it. I've personally been dragged to the ground, completely innocent, by a police officer in a very similar fashion to what happened to Eric Garner.

Cops are random people. They are the same people that work in Starbucks and McDonalds. There is going to be loads of them that are pricks and incompetent. Loads of them with stupid beliefs and actions. Very rarely are these people delightful nice people....who just happen to be massively prejudiced and racist. For example, clearly George Zimmerman is a horrible human being, racist or not. PC culture dictates that race, gender and sexual orientation is more important than anything else. Instead of "Police officer murders teenager", the headline reads "White police officer murders black teenager". Is the race really important in a situation that murder occurred?


tl;dr? Fuck yo opinion.

Horrible situation, along with Philando castille and the other recent shooting.

Horrible situation, along with Philando castille and the other recent shooting.

[Esso]

Originally Posted by iCaL

Esso with those #BlackLivesMatter statistics. If you want the numbers to fulfil your agenda, they will.

A white person could say "How many of those police officers are from my neighbourhood?", "How many of those police officers grew up in my class system?" etc.

White people have no "collective" with other white people. Police never think "Oh, this guy's white, he's fine". A racist cop is probably just as likely to be a prick to a white person, because these guys are just that...pricks. They are pricks in pretty much every aspect of their lives. They will use someone being a minority as an excuse for abuse, but they would have found another excuse to abuse another person. That's what they do.

White people aren't conditioned to "believe in the system". White people face the same bullshit black people face from police officers. The reason it doesn't hit the news is because it doesn't play into the racial agenda which has taken over. After the Trayvon situation, if I'm correct there was a black man who said he would hit the first white person he seen, which happened to be an elderly white man who died. This didn't hit the news. The same day of the Mike Brown situation (That sweet and innocent youngster who had never done a thing wrong in his life) a black cop killed an unarmed non threat white guy and claimed racial profiling as his reason behind it. I've personally been dragged to the ground, completely innocent, by a police officer in a very similar fashion to what happened to Eric Garner.

Cops are random people. They are the same people that work in Starbucks and McDonalds. There is going to be loads of them that are pricks and incompetent. Loads of them with stupid beliefs and actions. Very rarely are these people delightful nice people....who just happen to be massively prejudiced and racist. For example, clearly George Zimmerman is a horrible human being, racist or not. PC culture dictates that race, gender and sexual orientation is more important than anything else. Instead of "Police officer murders teenager", the headline reads "White police officer murders black teenager". Is the race really important in a situation that murder occurred?


tl;dr? Fuck yo opinion.

numbers from govt agencies and newspapers...heres a few more.

You sound smart but come from a country that's 96% white and 3% Asian and .16% black....A racist cop in Scotland has literally 8000 black folks to pick out of 5.5 million population. Of course he's gonna be a prick to a white person because his chance of finding a black person to be a prick to is slim and none. There is barely an opportunity for racism to exist where you come from.....no offense, but your perspective isnt rational because youre essentially commenting from inside a bubble. Want real perspective? Walk around as a white dude with black friends around South Newark or the 4th in Paterson or any other dangerous, predominantly black neighborhood in this country....youll see and hear from the cops (who tell you to get out, you dont belong down here, stop associating with these hoodrats) , youll see and hear from the black folks living that reality (people who dont know you, automatically not trusting you because any white dude coming around gotta be undercover), you'll hear from other white people (Ive never been to that neighborhood because theyre animals living there. theyll kill you there). On the flip, theres towns outside the cities where "Driving While Black" seems to be an actual charge. Round here, the divide and the mistrust is real and its not going away anytime soon.

[Esso]

Originally Posted by iCaL

Esso with those #BlackLivesMatter statistics. If you want the numbers to fulfil your agenda, they will.

A white person could say "How many of those police officers are from my neighbourhood?", "How many of those police officers grew up in my class system?" etc.

White people have no "collective" with other white people. Police never think "Oh, this guy's white, he's fine". A racist cop is probably just as likely to be a prick to a white person, because these guys are just that...pricks. They are pricks in pretty much every aspect of their lives. They will use someone being a minority as an excuse for abuse, but they would have found another excuse to abuse another person. That's what they do.

White people aren't conditioned to "believe in the system". White people face the same bullshit black people face from police officers. The reason it doesn't hit the news is because it doesn't play into the racial agenda which has taken over. After the Trayvon situation, if I'm correct there was a black man who said he would hit the first white person he seen, which happened to be an elderly white man who died. This didn't hit the news. The same day of the Mike Brown situation (That sweet and innocent youngster who had never done a thing wrong in his life) a black cop killed an unarmed non threat white guy and claimed racial profiling as his reason behind it. I've personally been dragged to the ground, completely innocent, by a police officer in a very similar fashion to what happened to Eric Garner.

Cops are random people. They are the same people that work in Starbucks and McDonalds. There is going to be loads of them that are pricks and incompetent. Loads of them with stupid beliefs and actions. Very rarely are these people delightful nice people....who just happen to be massively prejudiced and racist. For example, clearly George Zimmerman is a horrible human being, racist or not. PC culture dictates that race, gender and sexual orientation is more important than anything else. Instead of "Police officer murders teenager", the headline reads "White police officer murders black teenager". Is the race really important in a situation that murder occurred?


tl;dr? Fuck yo opinion.

numbers from govt agencies and newspapers...heres a few more.

You sound smart but come from a country that's 96% white and 3% Asian and .16% black....A racist cop in Scotland has literally 8000 black folks to pick out of 5.5 million population. Of course he's gonna be a prick to a white person because his chance of finding a black person to be a prick to is slim and none. There is barely an opportunity for racism to exist where you come from.....no offense, but your perspective isnt rational because youre essentially commenting from inside a bubble. Want real perspective? Walk around as a white dude with black friends around South Newark or the 4th in Paterson or any other dangerous, predominantly black neighborhood in this country....youll see and hear from the cops (who tell you to get out, you dont belong down here, stop associating with these hoodrats) , youll see and hear from the black folks living that reality (people who dont know you, automatically not trusting you because any white dude coming around gotta be undercover), you'll hear from other white people (Ive never been to that neighborhood because theyre animals living there. theyll kill you there). On the flip, theres towns outside the cities where "Driving While Black" seems to be an actual charge. Round here, the divide and the mistrust is real and its not going away anytime soon.

Originally Posted by Esso

numbers from govt agencies and newspapers...heres a few more.

You sound smart but come from a country that's 96% white and 3% Asian and .16% black....A racist cop in Scotland has literally 8000 black folks to pick out of 5.5 million population. Of course he's gonna be a prick to a white person because his chance of finding a black person to be a prick to is slim and none. There is barely an opportunity for racism to exist where you come from.....no offense, but your perspective isnt rational because youre essentially commenting from inside a bubble. Want real perspective? Walk around as a white dude with black friends around South Newark or the 4th in Paterson or any other dangerous, predominantly black neighborhood in this country....youll see and hear from the cops (who tell you to get out, you dont belong down here, stop associating with these hoodrats) , youll see and hear from the black folks living that reality (people who dont know you, automatically not trusting you because any white dude coming around gotta be undercover), you'll hear from other white people (Ive never been to that neighborhood because theyre animals living there. theyll kill you there). On the flip, theres towns outside the cities where "Driving While Black" seems to be an actual charge. Round here, the divide and the mistrust is real and its not going away anytime soon.

I can reply with any amount of government numbers. The % of black people that are criminals is HUGE compared to the % of white people that are criminals in America...but this means nothing. There are so many more factors in there that this stupid logic of taking numbers and using them to explain an entire thing isn't enough. It's not, pardon the pun, black and white. Some people actually believe the high numbers of black criminals is a racial thing...as if black people are inherently more violent or something idiotic like that. They are using the statistics the same way you are, using them to push an agenda when really there's a lot more to the numbers.

Don't white people have "privilege" and never get pulled over in their car? So more black people get pulled over than white people...yet more white people die? Huh? (That first part isn't a fact, but it's the type of bullshit #BlackLivesMatter logic).

I completely don't use Scotland (or Ireland) as a reference point. You don't need experience to comment on things, and if anything experiences might cloud someone's judgement.

White people typically will deal with the same bullshit that black people will in America. Racist cops don't come in higher numbers than dickhead and unfair cops overall, who don't discriminate in their negativity and hatred of random people. In some specific areas, alright race will absolutely be a higher issue. But right now in America, well just google "White privilege" and you can see for yourself. An example, on the back of your driving while black statement, is "You know that getting pulled over by the police isn't a result of your race". Oh, well, that makes it just alright then. As long as it's not a racial issue...it's almost like you never got pulled over then eh? It's being put across that race (and more recently, gender and whatever the word 'cis' is in reference to) is the only actual crime possible. If 10 white people get pulled over, that's "routine" and just the cops doing their job. If 10 black people get pulled over, that's racial profiling and a horrendous thing to do. It doesn't matter that the exact same amount of white people got pulled over, that's apparently irrelevant.

My only real point was, racism is fucking nothing. There's people out there using this shooting as an example of why black people are horrible, using dickheads on twitter praising it as some sort of proof of something. This is the exact same reflection of things the BlackLivesMatter folks do in reverse. Everything gets pointed at race...but who gives a fuck about race...this cunts a fucking murderer. That's a bit more serious than a racist.

The one plus side is that you cited Scotland and not my race as the reason I haven't experienced it. It's always quite funny when people say "You don't know about racism, you're white". Yeah, cause dismissing an entire opinion based on someone's skin colour is completely tolerant and nice, good job person

Racism is just something that fucking annoys me. It's become an excuse as opposed to a crime. People talking about being oppressed as if they had the same issues their great grand parents did and shit. Almost every single racial issue (or feminist issue, or sexual/gender identity issue) is easily refuted by pointing to similar issues that even "white cis males" face in tonnes of situations, but there's no way there's ever making a film about a white guy fighting to get into the Black Panther's (Men of Honour), complaining that there's not enough diversity in a film like Friday or the story of a man who is working so hard to get into Curves (Million Dollar Baby).

On the plus side, races and genders are getting so hipster that they are turning on each other.

Originally Posted by Esso

numbers from govt agencies and newspapers...heres a few more.

You sound smart but come from a country that's 96% white and 3% Asian and .16% black....A racist cop in Scotland has literally 8000 black folks to pick out of 5.5 million population. Of course he's gonna be a prick to a white person because his chance of finding a black person to be a prick to is slim and none. There is barely an opportunity for racism to exist where you come from.....no offense, but your perspective isnt rational because youre essentially commenting from inside a bubble. Want real perspective? Walk around as a white dude with black friends around South Newark or the 4th in Paterson or any other dangerous, predominantly black neighborhood in this country....youll see and hear from the cops (who tell you to get out, you dont belong down here, stop associating with these hoodrats) , youll see and hear from the black folks living that reality (people who dont know you, automatically not trusting you because any white dude coming around gotta be undercover), you'll hear from other white people (Ive never been to that neighborhood because theyre animals living there. theyll kill you there). On the flip, theres towns outside the cities where "Driving While Black" seems to be an actual charge. Round here, the divide and the mistrust is real and its not going away anytime soon.

I can reply with any amount of government numbers. The % of black people that are criminals is HUGE compared to the % of white people that are criminals in America...but this means nothing. There are so many more factors in there that this stupid logic of taking numbers and using them to explain an entire thing isn't enough. It's not, pardon the pun, black and white. Some people actually believe the high numbers of black criminals is a racial thing...as if black people are inherently more violent or something idiotic like that. They are using the statistics the same way you are, using them to push an agenda when really there's a lot more to the numbers.

Don't white people have "privilege" and never get pulled over in their car? So more black people get pulled over than white people...yet more white people die? Huh? (That first part isn't a fact, but it's the type of bullshit #BlackLivesMatter logic).

I completely don't use Scotland (or Ireland) as a reference point. You don't need experience to comment on things, and if anything experiences might cloud someone's judgement.

White people typically will deal with the same bullshit that black people will in America. Racist cops don't come in higher numbers than dickhead and unfair cops overall, who don't discriminate in their negativity and hatred of random people. In some specific areas, alright race will absolutely be a higher issue. But right now in America, well just google "White privilege" and you can see for yourself. An example, on the back of your driving while black statement, is "You know that getting pulled over by the police isn't a result of your race". Oh, well, that makes it just alright then. As long as it's not a racial issue...it's almost like you never got pulled over then eh? It's being put across that race (and more recently, gender and whatever the word 'cis' is in reference to) is the only actual crime possible. If 10 white people get pulled over, that's "routine" and just the cops doing their job. If 10 black people get pulled over, that's racial profiling and a horrendous thing to do. It doesn't matter that the exact same amount of white people got pulled over, that's apparently irrelevant.

My only real point was, racism is fucking nothing. There's people out there using this shooting as an example of why black people are horrible, using dickheads on twitter praising it as some sort of proof of something. This is the exact same reflection of things the BlackLivesMatter folks do in reverse. Everything gets pointed at race...but who gives a fuck about race...this cunts a fucking murderer. That's a bit more serious than a racist.

The one plus side is that you cited Scotland and not my race as the reason I haven't experienced it. It's always quite funny when people say "You don't know about racism, you're white". Yeah, cause dismissing an entire opinion based on someone's skin colour is completely tolerant and nice, good job person

Racism is just something that fucking annoys me. It's become an excuse as opposed to a crime. People talking about being oppressed as if they had the same issues their great grand parents did and shit. Almost every single racial issue (or feminist issue, or sexual/gender identity issue) is easily refuted by pointing to similar issues that even "white cis males" face in tonnes of situations, but there's no way there's ever making a film about a white guy fighting to get into the Black Panther's (Men of Honour), complaining that there's not enough diversity in a film like Friday or the story of a man who is working so hard to get into Curves (Million Dollar Baby).

On the plus side, races and genders are getting so hipster that they are turning on each other.

Originally Posted by iCaL

Don't white people have "privilege" and never get pulled over in their car? So more black people get pulled over than white people...yet more white people die? Huh? (That first part isn't a fact, but it's the type of bullshit #BlackLivesMatter logic).

Yes lol, thats a very real thing here. Most white people aren't privilege cognizant though. It's easy to overlook some advantages of being white in US. I'm not saying all white people have easy lives or that my life is a struggle lol. Theres plenty of white people that have a waaaaay harder life than me. All I'm saying is I can give you a lot of examples- just little things i've seen here and there -of white privilege in work.

Originally Posted by iCaL

Don't white people have "privilege" and never get pulled over in their car? So more black people get pulled over than white people...yet more white people die? Huh? (That first part isn't a fact, but it's the type of bullshit #BlackLivesMatter logic).

Yes lol, thats a very real thing here. Most white people aren't privilege cognizant though. It's easy to overlook some advantages of being white in US. I'm not saying all white people have easy lives or that my life is a struggle lol. Theres plenty of white people that have a waaaaay harder life than me. All I'm saying is I can give you a lot of examples- just little things i've seen here and there -of white privilege in work.

Originally Posted by Dean

Yes lol, thats a very real thing here. Most white people aren't privilege cognizant though. It's easy to overlook some advantages of being white in US. I'm not saying all white people have easy lives or that my life is a struggle lol. Theres plenty of white people that have a waaaaay harder life than me. All I'm saying is I can give you a lot of examples- just little things i've seen here and there -of white privilege in work.

Black man to white man: "You have white privilege"
Skinny woman to black man: "You have male privilege"
Fat woman to skinny woman: "You have skinny privilege"
Trans woman to fat woman: "You have cis privilege"
Gay white man to trans woman: "You have straight privilege"
Black man to gay white man: "You have white privilege"

You've seen some black people deal with things some white people haven't. Cool. Have you seen some things white people have dealt with that black people havent? Privilege isn't a racial thing. It doesn't exist in bulk. It exists in individual cases. You going to tell me that some black kid growing up in Bel Air to rich parents is at a disadvantage to some white kid who's parents raped them and threw them out on the streets...cause of their race?

Everybody deals with different shit. We've heard all the white privilege shit yeah? Well how about we flip it...



Black privilege is being able to be proud of your race without being branded as a racist.

Black privilege is being able to take advantage of affirmative action to gain easier spots in colleges or jobs.

Black privilege is to be able to claim that no matter what you do, it is impossible that it is a racist act.

Black privilege is being able to condemn white people for the actions of their ancestors 70 years ago.

Black privilege is praised for experimenting with new genres of music, but claiming white people are "taking your culture" if they enter hip hop.

Black privilege is never having people assume you got handed everything in life due to your race if you are successful.

Black privilege is having outrage from all races when a crime is committed upon a person of your skin colour.

Black privilege is glorifying people like Malcom X or Muhammad Ali who were known racists.

Black privilege is having an award ceremony and television station to represent your racial culture.

Black privilege is having "white privilege" being a taught subject in universities.




Now, do I care about any of this? Absolutely not. This is just a consequence of evolution. Things developed this way. But tell me, can you refute any of that as true...and even more so...how fucking annoyed were you reading it? You feel like I'm saying "You black folks have it all" don't you? Fucking annoying to feel like someone would quickly refute any success or progression you ever have as nothing more than to do with your race eh? Well...welcome to the world of being told you're privileged.

Really, different people in different places face different shit. People just mistake everything for the class structure. Who gets pulled over first, black man in a tuxedo walking down Hollywood, or white kid in Fubu walking down the NY projects? No doubt, because of past racism there is a gulf in earnings between white and black people overall. The "ghettos" are still majorly filled with black people. I'm split on this. On one side, it's rough because you're being born into a horrible situation as a result of racism which was committed decades ago. On the other side...it's on you. You're an individual. You don't have to go out, sell drugs and get involved in gangs just because you were raised in a rough area. It's hard to be able to unlock that intelligence when your schools are terrible and your family are on drugs, but at the end of the day by the time you're a grown man...it's up to you to get yourself out of that situation. PLENTY of black people took their bad situation, worked hard and have went on to have success in every field. Doctors, teachers, lawyers, musicians, artists, architects, athletes etc. You can't use your race as a defence when the black man next to you didn't let it hold him back you know? (Not speaking to you personally, just a figurative black man born in a low income area).

It's the same everywhere. You get born poor, you face more challenges. In some areas in America, the poor areas are majorly filled with "minorities". This is true. But that doesn't mean right now anyone's holding those people down and oppressing them. As it is for white people and people of all colours, if you want to make shit happen that's on you.

---------- Post added at 11:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:38 PM ----------

Originally Posted by Rant

You mean to tell me that a marginalized, and recurrently targeted sub-sect of the populous acted out against those who target them???


Shocking.

Horrible logic. Essentially, you have just completely okayed police officers to slay innocent black people because the police officers were made a marginalised, targeted sub sect of the populous who should now be able to act out against those who target them.

Those cops were people with a job. You wanted to be a pro wrestler right? Well a lot of pro wrestlers have been involved in rape in the past. This makes you a rapist now.

Sure, there's some horrible fucker cops out there. Plenty of racist ones to boot. So does this make it okay to murder random ones at will because they chose a specific occupation?

Originally Posted by Dean

Yes lol, thats a very real thing here. Most white people aren't privilege cognizant though. It's easy to overlook some advantages of being white in US. I'm not saying all white people have easy lives or that my life is a struggle lol. Theres plenty of white people that have a waaaaay harder life than me. All I'm saying is I can give you a lot of examples- just little things i've seen here and there -of white privilege in work.

Black man to white man: "You have white privilege"
Skinny woman to black man: "You have male privilege"
Fat woman to skinny woman: "You have skinny privilege"
Trans woman to fat woman: "You have cis privilege"
Gay white man to trans woman: "You have straight privilege"
Black man to gay white man: "You have white privilege"

You've seen some black people deal with things some white people haven't. Cool. Have you seen some things white people have dealt with that black people havent? Privilege isn't a racial thing. It doesn't exist in bulk. It exists in individual cases. You going to tell me that some black kid growing up in Bel Air to rich parents is at a disadvantage to some white kid who's parents raped them and threw them out on the streets...cause of their race?

Everybody deals with different shit. We've heard all the white privilege shit yeah? Well how about we flip it...



Black privilege is being able to be proud of your race without being branded as a racist.

Black privilege is being able to take advantage of affirmative action to gain easier spots in colleges or jobs.

Black privilege is to be able to claim that no matter what you do, it is impossible that it is a racist act.

Black privilege is being able to condemn white people for the actions of their ancestors 70 years ago.

Black privilege is praised for experimenting with new genres of music, but claiming white people are "taking your culture" if they enter hip hop.

Black privilege is never having people assume you got handed everything in life due to your race if you are successful.

Black privilege is having outrage from all races when a crime is committed upon a person of your skin colour.

Black privilege is glorifying people like Malcom X or Muhammad Ali who were known racists.

Black privilege is having an award ceremony and television station to represent your racial culture.

Black privilege is having "white privilege" being a taught subject in universities.




Now, do I care about any of this? Absolutely not. This is just a consequence of evolution. Things developed this way. But tell me, can you refute any of that as true...and even more so...how fucking annoyed were you reading it? You feel like I'm saying "You black folks have it all" don't you? Fucking annoying to feel like someone would quickly refute any success or progression you ever have as nothing more than to do with your race eh? Well...welcome to the world of being told you're privileged.

Really, different people in different places face different shit. People just mistake everything for the class structure. Who gets pulled over first, black man in a tuxedo walking down Hollywood, or white kid in Fubu walking down the NY projects? No doubt, because of past racism there is a gulf in earnings between white and black people overall. The "ghettos" are still majorly filled with black people. I'm split on this. On one side, it's rough because you're being born into a horrible situation as a result of racism which was committed decades ago. On the other side...it's on you. You're an individual. You don't have to go out, sell drugs and get involved in gangs just because you were raised in a rough area. It's hard to be able to unlock that intelligence when your schools are terrible and your family are on drugs, but at the end of the day by the time you're a grown man...it's up to you to get yourself out of that situation. PLENTY of black people took their bad situation, worked hard and have went on to have success in every field. Doctors, teachers, lawyers, musicians, artists, architects, athletes etc. You can't use your race as a defence when the black man next to you didn't let it hold him back you know? (Not speaking to you personally, just a figurative black man born in a low income area).

It's the same everywhere. You get born poor, you face more challenges. In some areas in America, the poor areas are majorly filled with "minorities". This is true. But that doesn't mean right now anyone's holding those people down and oppressing them. As it is for white people and people of all colours, if you want to make shit happen that's on you.

---------- Post added at 11:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:38 PM ----------

Originally Posted by Rant

You mean to tell me that a marginalized, and recurrently targeted sub-sect of the populous acted out against those who target them???


Shocking.

Horrible logic. Essentially, you have just completely okayed police officers to slay innocent black people because the police officers were made a marginalised, targeted sub sect of the populous who should now be able to act out against those who target them.

Those cops were people with a job. You wanted to be a pro wrestler right? Well a lot of pro wrestlers have been involved in rape in the past. This makes you a rapist now.

Sure, there's some horrible fucker cops out there. Plenty of racist ones to boot. So does this make it okay to murder random ones at will because they chose a specific occupation?

You mean to tell me that a marginalized, and recurrently targeted sub-sect of the populous acted out against those who target them???


Shocking.

You mean to tell me that a marginalized, and recurrently targeted sub-sect of the populous acted out against those who target them???


Shocking.

[Student]

*Sits and waits for the punchlines*

[Student]

*Sits and waits for the punchlines*

THE COLD WITHIN

SIX HUMANS TRAPPED BY HAPPENSTANCE
IN BLACK AND BITTER COLD,
EACH ONE POSSESSED A STICK OF WOOD,
OR SO THE STORY’S TOLD.

THEIR DYING FIRE IN NEED OF LOGS,
THE FIRST WOMAN HELD HERS BACK,
FOR ON THE FACES AROUND THE FIRE,
SHE NOTICED ONE WAS BLACK.

THE NEXT MAN LOOKING ACROSS THE WAY
SAW ONE NOT OF HIS CHURCH,
AND COULD’T BRING HIMSELF TO GIVE
THE FIRE HIS STICK OF BIRCH.

THE THIRD ONE SAT IN TATTERED CLOTHES.
HE GAVE HIS COAT A HITCH.
WHY SHOULD HIS LOG BE PUT TO USE
TO WARM THE IDLE RICH?

THE RICH MAN JUST SAT BACK AND THOUGHT
OF THE WEALTH HE HAD IN STORE,
AND HOW TO KEEP WHAT HE HAD EARNED
FROM THE LAZY SHIFTLESS POOR.

THE BLACK MAN’S FACE BESPOKE REVENGE
AS THE FIRE PASSED FROM HIS SIGHT.
FOR ALL HE SAW IN HIS STICK OF WOOD
WAS A CHANCE TO SPITE THE WHITE.

AND THE LAST MAN OF THIS FORLORN GROUP
DID NOT EXCEPT FOR GAIN.
GIVING ONLY TO THOSE WHO GAVE,
WAS HOW HE PLAYED THE GAME.

THE LOGS HELD TIGHT IN DEATH’S STILL HANDS
WAS PROOF OF HUMAN SIN.
THEY DIDN’T DIE FROM THE COLD WITHOUT,
THEY DIED FROM THE COLD WITHIN.

- James Patrick Kinney

THE COLD WITHIN

SIX HUMANS TRAPPED BY HAPPENSTANCE
IN BLACK AND BITTER COLD,
EACH ONE POSSESSED A STICK OF WOOD,
OR SO THE STORY’S TOLD.

THEIR DYING FIRE IN NEED OF LOGS,
THE FIRST WOMAN HELD HERS BACK,
FOR ON THE FACES AROUND THE FIRE,
SHE NOTICED ONE WAS BLACK.

THE NEXT MAN LOOKING ACROSS THE WAY
SAW ONE NOT OF HIS CHURCH,
AND COULD’T BRING HIMSELF TO GIVE
THE FIRE HIS STICK OF BIRCH.

THE THIRD ONE SAT IN TATTERED CLOTHES.
HE GAVE HIS COAT A HITCH.
WHY SHOULD HIS LOG BE PUT TO USE
TO WARM THE IDLE RICH?

THE RICH MAN JUST SAT BACK AND THOUGHT
OF THE WEALTH HE HAD IN STORE,
AND HOW TO KEEP WHAT HE HAD EARNED
FROM THE LAZY SHIFTLESS POOR.

THE BLACK MAN’S FACE BESPOKE REVENGE
AS THE FIRE PASSED FROM HIS SIGHT.
FOR ALL HE SAW IN HIS STICK OF WOOD
WAS A CHANCE TO SPITE THE WHITE.

AND THE LAST MAN OF THIS FORLORN GROUP
DID NOT EXCEPT FOR GAIN.
GIVING ONLY TO THOSE WHO GAVE,
WAS HOW HE PLAYED THE GAME.

THE LOGS HELD TIGHT IN DEATH’S STILL HANDS
WAS PROOF OF HUMAN SIN.
THEY DIDN’T DIE FROM THE COLD WITHOUT,
THEY DIED FROM THE COLD WITHIN.

- James Patrick Kinney