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originally posted by: theantediluvian
a reply to: thesmokingman
So you're expressing your disgust at somebody else expressing disgust? You're effectively doing the same thing as the OP which is not only ironic but in your case, hypocritical. I don't think anyone was advocating against anyone else's right to free speech. Using your logic, criticizing is tantamount to a violation of civil liberties.
Stop embarrassing white people and shut the hell up.
Stop trying to convince black people that their run in's with the law are normal. Its not.
originally posted by: Lynk3
a reply to: thesmokingman
Let's have a dramarized hypothetical situation for the purposes of our argument.
Humans have complete free will by nature, making our laws invalid. This means humans can kill ruthlessly, because nature permits it. Now, say a human starts killimg off your entire family because laws don't exist in a natural world full of free will and no limitations. That human tells you you're wife and children are next. Are you going to let him continue killing because it's allowed in his narural free will?
My point is this very exaggerated example is that even with freedoms, one shouldn't push their luck. Screaming bomb in an airport isn't freedom of speech.
My next point is, language is very persuasive when used right. Riots and anger can easily be cooked in the pot when a few trigger words are thrown in the recipe.
We need to learn to speak and in neutral terms. Black cops kills white man, or white cop kills black man are both wrong in my opinion when telling a story. Both examples, different in circumstances should be expressed the same, neutral way. Cop kills man. Or even citizen if you want to differentiate their rolea in society. The problem is, we'll never reach a point where an article says Human kills Human. Usually a role in society gives motive to the aggressor.
originally posted by: theantediluvian
a reply to: NotMoose
I disagree. Most of the threads I have seen recently have had almost nothing to do with white people being victims of police brutality and are more along the lines of the murder of Zemir Begic or VA policemen, Kevin Quick. Right wing websites have been pushing a concept that could basically be summed up as:
"White people are killed by black people everyday and there's no national news coverage because it's basically open season on whitey"
It's a pathetic game of tit-for-tat that exists because a lot of right wingers honestly feel that minorities, gays, Muslims, atheists, etc have all sorts of advantages and special privileges not afforded to white heterosexual Christians.
Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in America. 78% of their clinics are in minority communities. Blacks make up 12% of the population, but 35% of the abortions in America. Are we being targeted? Isn't that genocide? We are the only minority in America that is on the decline in population. If the current trend continues, by 2038 the black vote will be insignificant. Did you know that the founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, was a devout racist who created the Negro Project designed to sterilize unknowing black women and others she deemed as undesirables of society? The founder of Planned Parenthood said, "Colored people are like human weeds and are to be exterminated." Is her vision being fulfilled today?
originally posted by: thesmokingman
It always amazes me and disgusts me at the same time when someone takes the time to make a thread, about the very subject they are tired of reading about, and especially the fact that they are basically advocating AGAINST that members freedom of speech!! Just like in life, if you do not like something, simply do not participate. Simple as that. Not to mention, now there is yet ANOTHER thread about the very subject you so greatly despise.
originally posted by: NotMoose
I think what a lot of white people are trying to express is that police brutality is not just limited to minorities, and we need to unite together and demand change. I think that portraying it as just minority issue is only dividing the people of the US (that's what the system, MSM, and PTB want).