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Embarrassed to be an American today

shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,231
edited August 2011 in A Moving Train
Look at all the ignorant comments by the people in the comment section of the WM3 case. This goes to show that people are headline readers and do zero research. They have this thing called the internet where they can look info up very quickly but they probably just know how to navigate through on FaceBook

http://news.yahoo.com/us-judge-accepts- ... 09977.html
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  • mikepegg44mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    shadowcast wrote:
    Look at all the ignorant comments by the people in the comment section of the WM3 case. This goes to show that people are headline readers and do zero research. They have this thing called the internet where they can look info up very quickly but they probably just know how to navigate through on FaceBook

    http://news.yahoo.com/us-judge-accepts- ... 09977.html


    well if that is all it takes why did it take so long to be embarrassed?

    Comment boards under articles should be read as entertainment and nothing more. If you take that shit seriously you are going to drive yourself crazy. People love sticking it to others. It is a hobby for some and a compulsion for others.

    I think you should be looking at the fact that they were released from prison and that it is a good day to be an American. That the american people can band together for a cause that goes past politics and socioeconomic status once in a while. That these three formerly young men felt and got the support from thousands of total strangers is very uplifting...like anything else, it is all how you look at it
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Acting stupid on the internet is not confined to the borders of the United States.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,231
    SatansFuton wrote:
    Acting stupid on the internet is not confined to the borders of the United States.
    Your right.
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    shadowcast wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    Acting stupid on the internet is not confined to the borders of the United States.
    Your right.

    Make a note of that, it doesn't happen often.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Ignorance does not recognize international borders. :twisted:
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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    yahoo's comment board is useless to read. always full of hate, racism, spam and garbage.
    81 is now off the air

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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    If anyone ever doubt's their own intelligence, sense of justice or spelling/grammar skills, they should go read the Yahoo comments on almost any topic.

    You will leave feeling great about yourself! :)
  • EdsonNascimentoEdsonNascimento Posts: 5,522
    Here's the funny part - this should make you PROUD to be an American. In some countries, that freedom of speech and of the internet does not exist.

    And, the clearly stupid are not the dangerous ones....
    Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    81 wrote:
    yahoo's comment board is useless to read. always full of hate, racism, spam and garbage.
    agreed. i think when news sites started allowing comments is when i started to feel embarrassed for some of my fellow americans...those comment features serve no purpose IMO...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,231
    EdsonNascimento wrote:
    Here's the funny part - this should make you PROUD to be an American. In some countries, that freedom of speech and of the internet does not exist.

    And, the clearly stupid are not the dangerous ones....
    Good point but they piss me off becasue they do have a right but fail to do any research on anything.
  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    You should be embarrassed of the justice system. Comments are whatever but I'm not surprised people are all over the place when the justice system is so screwed!
  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    81 wrote:
    yahoo's comment board is useless to read. always full of hate, racism, spam and garbage.

    Personally, I think it reflects our world, society. People posting those things are real people, who feel those things, they just don't often have the 'courage' to say those things in public.

    We read the comments on YouTube Vids or Yahoo article comments. It's scary and very real.
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Idris wrote:
    81 wrote:
    yahoo's comment board is useless to read. always full of hate, racism, spam and garbage.

    Personally, I think it reflects our world, society. People posting those things are real people, who feel those things, they just don't often have the 'courage' to say those things in public.

    We read the comments on YouTube Vids or Yahoo article comments. It's scary and very real.

    True, but I think we can also assume that some of those people are just saying stuff they know will get a rise out of people as well, whether they feel that way or not. That doesn't necessarily make things better, it just points to a whole different brand of stupidity.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • IdrisIdris Posts: 2,317
    SatansFuton wrote:
    Idris wrote:
    81 wrote:
    yahoo's comment board is useless to read. always full of hate, racism, spam and garbage.

    Personally, I think it reflects our world, society. People posting those things are real people, who feel those things, they just don't often have the 'courage' to say those things in public.

    We read the comments on YouTube Vids or Yahoo article comments. It's scary and very real.

    True, but I think we can also assume that some of those people are just saying stuff they know will get a rise out of people as well, whether they feel that way or not. That doesn't necessarily make things better, it just points to a whole different brand of stupidity.

    Yeah dude for sure,
  • EZ1221CEZ1221C Posts: 2,645
    I am more embarrassed to be an American today because of the way this case was handled by the justice system. The first trial was a farce at best, then the WM3 get their freedom, but at what cost? The state has next to nothing on them, but still they have enter an Alford plea, which technically is a guilty plea to win the freedom they should have 18 years ago. That's sick.
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  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    Only today?
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,157
    AMT's only (unlocked) sticky is now on the endangered list.

    It's about to share the same fate of the wolves in Montana.
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,157
    stickfig13 wrote:
    Only today?
    Well, American Idol is only on once a week. Throw this in, and we are 2 for 7.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • Alpine BoundAlpine Bound Posts: 1,809
    I can never read comments in yahoo!... I dont even get why they allow comments to be made, people hate everything and everyome... I learned along time ago that americans were not smart, dont need Yahoo! to reinforce that believe :(
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,157
    Alpine Bound wrote:
    I can never read comments in yahoo!... I dont even get why they allow comments to be made, people hate everything and everyome... I learned along time ago that americans were not smart, dont need Yahoo! to reinforce that believe :(
    I truly believe it's a sociology experiment.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,435
    Idris wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:

    True, but I think we can also assume that some of those people are just saying stuff they know will get a rise out of people as well, whether they feel that way or not. That doesn't necessarily make things better, it just points to a whole different brand of stupidity.

    Yeah dude for sure,

    My thoughts exactly.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,435
    Also: cheap entertainment+boredom.
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    It kills me all the comments by people who want these guys dead, just because they "feel" these guys did it.. Fucking amazing..




    In my ideal world, there would be harsh laws against people and their prejudism.
  • dikdavisdikdavis Posts: 32
    I have never been embarassed to be a citizen of the United States of America; not when I sat my fat ass in my living room and drank beers; not when I spent six months on a NATO mission to stop religious genocide in Bosnia, not when I spent 2 years in Stuttgart teaching young Marines to not be killed by IED's. I thought the idea was that we take every voice, that we welcome differing points of view. Does the U.S. of A. get everything right? Absolutetly not. I will hit my knees tonight and thank someone that I don't live in Tripoli.
    Humility is not a bad thing; most great things were done before I was born.
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