Protests and Riots Thread

[Taylor]

Blarg, don't you live in a predominantly black neighborhood? Have you ever had conversations with your neighbors about these issues?

[Taylor]

14 minutes ago, calscuf said:

The “smarter people” likely have  ulterior motives.  The answer is out there.  You believe one narrative because you’re a caring person and you have a desire to help.  But understand that if I am correct, you are doing more damage than you are doing good.

People have ulterior motives so we should never trust what anyone says about anything. 

Thanks for calling me a caring person with a desire to help.

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, calscuf said:

Don’t forget I also said you were doing more harm than good.

I disagree because I don't think I'm wrong. Again, if you've read any books or studies that refute the existence of systemic racism, please refer them to me. I'd be happy to read what a real expert has to say. 

[Taylor]

And before you say, "You can't prove something's non-existence," in this case you can prove that factors other than racism are the primary cause of more black men being locked in prison than any other demographic. Blarg asked for the context of those statistics. The context might just be that black people don't get a fair shot in the system. Maybe the context is that it's black people's fault for breaking the law. Let's see some evidence, or at least point me somewhere that has evidence.

[Taylor]

Just now, calscuf said:

I’m sure you could google it.  

I literally just googled "Books that refute systemic racism," and nothing came up on the first page of Google.

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, calscuf said:

Would it change your opinion?

It might, or at least open my eyes to other factors that lead to our broken criminal justice situation. 

[Taylor]

14 minutes ago, calscuf said:

Google is run by liberals.

This is true. BRB, checking Drudge Report.

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Blarg, don't you live in a predominantly black neighborhood? Have you ever had conversations with your neighbors about these issues?

That was 30 years ago. I now live in a primarily multicultural neighborhood where everyone waves at each other as they walk around the block. No BLM, no riots, no spray paint or mob beatings. Pretty dull. The way America could be if more people would pull their head out of their asses and act civil. 

But, teams.

[Lhalo]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

This is true. BRB, checking Drudge Report.

You haven't been on Drudge Report in a while. It hasn't been conservative for quite some time.

[St1ck]

2 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

You haven't been on Drudge Report in a while. It hasn't been conservative for quite some time.

By not conservative do you mean they don't just suckle from Trump's orange nutsack in every article?

[AngelsLakersFan]

4 hours ago, calscuf said:

Give me examples of “systemic” or “institutional” racism in America.

A black man in a hoodie and a white man in a hoodie are approaching you from different directions. Which one has a gun?

[Lhalo]

24 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

By not conservative do you mean they don't just suckle from Trump's orange nutsack in every article?

Their anti-Trump to be honest.

[Lhalo]

2 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

A black man in a hoodie and a white man in a hoodie are approaching you from different directions. Which one has a gun?

Me.

[St1ck]

Just now, Lhalo said:

Their anti-Trump to be honest.

That was my point. 

[Lhalo]

Just now, st1ckboy said:

That was my point. 

*They're

Man I've been doing that a lot lately.

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

That was 30 years ago. I now live in a primarily multicultural neighborhood where everyone waves at each other as they walk around the block. No BLM, no riots, no spray paint or mob beatings. Pretty dull. The way America could be if more people would pull their head out of their asses and act civil. 

But, teams.

Yeah, black people should STFU and just accept what's coming to them.

[tdawg87]

A bunch of white guys saying there's no systemic racism is absolutely on brand for this forum.

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

A black man in a hoodie and a white man in a hoodie are approaching you from different directions. Which one has a gun?

@Jason but he has a conceal carry permit. 

[Fish Oil]

11 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

A bunch of white guys saying there's no systemic racism is absolutely on brand for this forum.

So, since I'm white I cannot objectively state whether I'm racist?

 

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Fish Oil said:

So, since I'm white I cannot objectively state whether I'm racist?

 

Correct.

[Taylor]

7 minutes ago, Fish Oil said:

So, since I'm white I cannot objectively state whether I'm racist?

Maybe you're racist or not. None of us can say that for sure. But systemic racism is different than person-to-person racism.

[Fish Oil]

3 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Maybe you're racist or not. None of us can say that for sure. But systemic racism is different than person-to-person racism.

Sounds about right. In a sense, my belief that I am not racist is little more than an educated opinion.
For fifty years or more whenever my mother receives a notice for jury duty she replies that she believes the court system in inherently biased against black people and that she flatly refuses to participate.
Certainly there are many examples of anti-black bias occurring in individual events, but I am unconvinced the bias is systemic.

[Jason]

1 hour ago, Lhalo said:

*They're

Man I've been doing that a lot lately.

Dummy 

[Jason]

2 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

A black man in a hoodie and a white man in a hoodie are approaching you from different directions. Which one has a gun?

 

27 minutes ago, Blarg said:

@Jason but he has a conceal carry permit. 

I do.

[Jason]

25 minutes ago, Fish Oil said:

So, since I'm white I cannot objectively state whether I'm racist?

 

You’re white and if you don’t support BLM then you’re racist