Guess she never watches the news, Anytime the race huslter Sharpton gets invovled, it gets worse, not better. Can anyone name ONE thing he has done to improve black lives and living conditions? Nope, well he has made plenty of money along the way, right?
Baltimore, MD entertaining riots
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Guess she never watches the news, Anytime the race huslter Sharpton gets invovled, it gets worse, not better. Can anyone name ONE thing he has done to improve black lives and living conditions? Nope, well he has made plenty of money along the way, right?
Could say a whole bunch of political or social stuff about this, ain't necessary or the place.
But amazed and amused that several different people last night at different times used the dumb couch burnings by UK students last month as justification for what was happening in Baltimore at the time
But amazed and amused that several different people last night at different times used the dumb couch burnings by UK students last month as justification for what was happening in Baltimore at the time
Because they will have fire returned on them and then a riot becomes a massacre when the Police (rightfully) feel threatened.
It truly saddens me to see some of the insensitive and racist comments made by folks regarding this Baltimore situation and any other situation of this nature for that matter. Comments on food stamps, overall generalizations of a culture, ignorant white supremacists statements etc. The world is truly headed for a bitter end. There is very little humanity left anywhere in this world.
wow dude your looting game needs some serious work. but hey, enjoy that free $1.99 12 pack of TP.
You're crying racism for this group of looters who absolutely hate whites? Assaulted and robbed tons of white people yesterday as well? Have a look on Twitter and see how many racist are from the other side.
Also, any comments about the looters are about those specifically robbing ; not the entire race. I think it's safe to say that many of those do not have jobs that are robbing and destroying. But luckily, there are some good people of Baltimore who are cleaning up the streets today.
Nah fam. Not a troll I am a human being capable of empathy. Try it sometimes.
I am not crying racism. How do you know these people "hate whites"? I'm sure a lot of white people were robbed and/or injured yesterday. I bet black people were also robbed/injured. I am not discounting the fact that racism lives in all races either. I have seen it first hand from Blacks, Whites, Asians, Hispanics etc.
While I am happy you are at least trying to make a distinction between looters and a race as a whole I'm afraid that most do not take the time to discern between the two. Like I said before I don't condone looting but I am just tired of the real issue (Freddie Gray in this case) being pushed aside anytime there is backlash from that issue. Police are still killing CITIZENS, regardless of color, for next to nothing. It always seems that folks are more outraged at the destruction of property than they are the loss of a human life.
Opportunistic thugs and losers...also trouble making kids calling for a purge caused the problems yesterday...wasn't about anything other than destruction - it was fun to them.
Peaceful protests had been going on for days, if they cared for the cause they could've joined in.
Only sympathy goes to the family of the original death, business owners whose livelihoods may be ruined, and the cops that had to cover this event and their families who had/have to worry.
Peaceful protests had been going on for days, if they cared for the cause they could've joined in.
Only sympathy goes to the family of the original death, business owners whose livelihoods may be ruined, and the cops that had to cover this event and their families who had/have to worry.
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Many are at the point of not discerning right from wrong. Black or white, what does burning a CVS do? Bring attention to police brutality? Really?
Bruce Jenners doctor made an incredibly ignorant comment. She said "gender has nothing to do with genitals." Really??? Has our society blurred such things so much that we can't call things as they are? SOME police are brutal, redneck, racists. However, most serve and protect when some of us would rather not do their jobs. Some whites are racists, some are not. Do cops lives matter? Do white peoples lives matter? We shouldn't even have to ask such questions but unfortunately we do.
Bruce Jenners doctor made an incredibly ignorant comment. She said "gender has nothing to do with genitals." Really??? Has our society blurred such things so much that we can't call things as they are? SOME police are brutal, redneck, racists. However, most serve and protect when some of us would rather not do their jobs. Some whites are racists, some are not. Do cops lives matter? Do white peoples lives matter? We shouldn't even have to ask such questions but unfortunately we do.
empathy: (noun) the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
So, you want to steal and destroy innocent people's property, or attack those innocent people... like the bottom-feeders that have been mentioned in this thread?
I hope your neighbors own firearms.
You sir are an idiot. What you described were ACTIONS. These ACTIONS are the end game from a set of FEELINGS. Anger, hopelessness, pain, and fear would be the feelings I would use to describe it. Like I have said for the third or fourth time I DO NOT CONDONE LOOTING! Looting is the reason people like you get to peek there head out of the sand and spew misinformed garbage. Maybe if you spent as much time actually reading the thread as you did goggling the word empathy you wouldn't have made this post.
Goggling? Must be some of those see through devices like beer classes. See the world only the way you want to see it.
LOL! I think an anal orifice like you should be the one "goggling" words.
You must be on the teat.
How can you argue that I am? Looting is not the answer but no one seems to have a solution or suggestion as to what you expect an impoverished and downtrodden group of people to do. Cops came come into a neighborhood, chased a man that they had no responsible suspicion to think was committing a crime, arrested said man who then dies in their custody. Can you imagine what other transgressions have been committed by that law enforcement agency? While these stories are released as isolated incidents they are in fact prevalent. The reaction comes from a group of people that fully expect to be next to die. Never in any of your lives could you begin to fathom that.
If all you can focus on is a possibly made up word I used (googling) then you have clearly missed the point. You cannot tell people how to act if you haven't first been in their shoes. Most of folks that sit back and comment on these types of things have never been harassed by police. I have been harassed by police on multiple occasions. I am a law abiding citizen. I pay my taxes and provide for my family. I have no criminal record nor have I ever participated in any activities that would possibly provide me with a criminal record. To warrior cat, I see the world from a lens of multiple cultures. I sympathize with officers and citizens alike. I pray that each officer in these streets makes it home to their families regardless of where they stand on the issue. To dezydeco, your limited political and social sensibilities are saddening. You have reduced the world to two sides. This is a multi-faceted place we are living in. Nothing is cut and dry.
While I know this post will probably be met with more trolling and accusatory statements I truly hope some of you will attempt to look beyond yourselves. Research the neighborhoods these folks live in. Research the public policy of Baltimore. Research the Baltimore PD. Research Freddie Gray's arrest and the subsequent events. BE INFORMED.
Coolcat, if you went to Baltimore to join in the protest, and became a victim, would you have the same amount of empathy for the rioters?
Yes I would. First of all I understand that, while I feel strongly about it, I am not necessarily involved in the events. I'm not a native of Baltimore and I have never lived in these neighborhoods. IF I decided to head to Baltimore I would do so with the understanding of just how dangerous it is at the ground level. I am an outsider so I will most likely contribute by trying to keep this from happening in my own town.
This thread starting as a way for folks to make light of the issues in Bmore. This thread also allowed posters to chastise the people of Baltimore for their behavior (I don't condone anything other than protesting) This thread then became the life story of a member before ultimately spiraling out of control with racist statements. I then jumped in because it truly hurts me to see humans speak about each other in this manner. It then became a chance for folks to attack my thinking on the issues at hand. I rebutted each claim and here we are brother!
Thanks for the perspective boss. Love is truly the way. I apologize to any posters I may have attacked or called a name. This is just a subject I am extremely passionate about.
I just saw your posts in another thread where you were crying about name-calling, and such... yet you immediately threw an "idiot" label towards me as soon as you could. So, we can add "hypocrite" to your loooonnng list of undesirable attributes.
As for your pompous guesstimate about me: Unlike you, I have plenty of experience "in these neighborhoods." Get back to me when you leave your Ivory Tower.
I guess I was writing my preceding note when this was posted.
Great stuff.
I wish there was someone like Dr. King around now.
Highly unllikely, no one knows how they would react unless they have been in situations like that before. All too often peoples opinions change once they have been threatened or have seen things first hand for themselves. But, to put a point on it for me, I have no sympathy for the ones who are going crazy and looting. Only for the ones who have to suffer for the actions of a bunch of thugs.
"Can you imagine what other transgressions have been committed by that law enforcement agency? While these stories are released as isolated incidents they are in fact prevalent. The reaction comes from a group of people that fully expect to be next to die. Never in any of your lives could you begin to fathom that."
It is responses like this that will have people not taking you serious. Have you any idea that there are poeple on this board from all walks of life and many have lived and do live in dangerous situations today. What have you ever done to put your life on the line? You make it seem as if these thugs are innocent. Most law abiding citizens would not destroy their own neighborhood. Most would protest peaceably and find other venues to voice their greivances. Even though you say that you do not condone violence you turn around in the next statement and say but what can they do. Well, you do not tear up your own neighborhood and punish they people who are in the same boat as you. Animals do that, Humans do not.
It is responses like this that will have people not taking you serious. Have you any idea that there are poeple on this board from all walks of life and many have lived and do live in dangerous situations today. What have you ever done to put your life on the line? You make it seem as if these thugs are innocent. Most law abiding citizens would not destroy their own neighborhood. Most would protest peaceably and find other venues to voice their greivances. Even though you say that you do not condone violence you turn around in the next statement and say but what can they do. Well, you do not tear up your own neighborhood and punish they people who are in the same boat as you. Animals do that, Humans do not.
Your assumptions are why I can't leave this thread. I have been in such situations. I have marched with folks on injustices. I have seen hostile environments and been caught in the crosshairs of conflict. Read this sentence that YOU wrote and truly digest it, "Highly unllikely, no one knows how they would react unless they have been in situations like that before. All too often peoples opinions change once they have been threatened or have seen things first hand for themselves." You also reduced HUMAN BEINGS to ANIMALS. You are a sick person. These people live and breath just like you and don't deserve to be demeaned regardless of their actions. YOU cannot say what "most people" would do because you don't know most people. People process grief in a myriad of ways. Maybe I misspoke that no one on this board could understand the mentality these folks face but it still doesn't detract from the fact that they feel it.
This final statement is for you and whoever uses the word "thug" to describe black people they don't know. At least man up and use the word you REALLY want to use. Thug is just a diet version of the N word these days. Its thrown around to describe any and every black man who is victim to police violence as well as any black man who opposes it regardless of his means of opposition. Was the Batman shooter called a thug? No and he KILLED people. Are white collars criminals that steal millions if not billions of dollars called "thugs"? No they get slaps on the wrist and are sent back into the population. C'mon man!
This is what I'm talking about. I show emotion misspeak and apologize but it isn't enough for some. People will find fault in you and completely write you off from there for good. Btw you don't know me personally so you can't begin to assess my "looooonnng list of undesirable attributes". If you truly have experience "in these neighborhoods" and still hold the viewpoints you hold I'd say you didn't take a lot of time to truly get to know the people as a whole but I could be assuming again. As for my pompous guesstimate I believe you just made one as well.
"Unlike you, I have plenty of experience "in these neighborhoods."
Everybody's a hypocrite today huh!
I know many, many individuals I would classify as thugs that are white. I DO NOT interchange that word with the N word.