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Oh you worked hard? That's amazing, you are just like 90% of the population! Did you work hard to overcome crowded schools with apathetic teachers and funds so low there were no textbooks? Did you work hard to catch up to the 3rd graders in middle class schools which were already years ahead of you? Did you work hard to stay out of trouble in a neighborhood filled with drugs and violence, where only the strong survive? Did you work hard to avoid being harassed by police for being a darker hue than the Brady Bunch?Last-12-Exit said:
I disagree with you. I'm not lucky. I worked hard for what I have. Call it what you want, but I can say with 100% certainty that I will not EVER feel the need to destroy my local pharmacy if someone I know is killed. Grow up.callen said:This thread a perfect example of whites living their lucky ass lives and looking down at the poor and weak and getting the superiority bug.
Again you aren't special. You aren't smarter. Your definitely not more aware or enlightened. Your just lucky.
Rather than looking at things and saying hmmm what the FK and why and how to change things you sit behind your keyboards in your safe little white neighborhoods and stroke yourselves
Think of the human condition along with some history of human behavior, and whites as well, and you will not only understand "Baltimore" but maybe think what we can do as humans to prevent situations such as this.
But alas stroking ones insecurities is easier and I expect from observing human behavior that the stroking and stroking each other will continue. Just get your hanky and windex before hand.
Edit: The grow up comment is intended for the criminals that are doing the rioting, not anyone here.
Or did you just work hard like everyone else who was lucky not to be born in poverty?Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
I have empathy for the folks who woke up today without a family member because the police killed him while he was in custody.JimmyV said:
No, they are going to say we should have empathy and understanding for the looters. Sorry, I have empathy for the folks who woke up this morning without a job because their shop burned. Or without a car because that burned.dignin said:
I would argue that just because someone is offended by being called out, it doesn't make it any less true.JimmyV said:
Because I would argue selectively charging someone with something is doing so unfairly and, sometimes, dishonestly. Is hypocrisy truly the issue here, or is that some just don't like the discussion?dignin said:
I agree, and I'm sure there is hypocrisy throughout the AMT on almost every subject, I'm sure I'm guilty of it often. You are more than welcome to call me out on my hypocrisy when you see it, I welcome it. So because I see it here and call it out makes it any less true?JimmyV said:
I can recognize what you're calling hypocrisy, but I would argue that it exists all over the board and we have all been guilty of it. We discuss variations of "The West" vs "Muslim Extremism" all the time, and Israel over and over again, and all of it is important. But did anyone start a thread about the university attacks in Kenya? I didn't see it if they did. The charge of hypocrisy is too selectively placed to not ring hollow here.dignin said:The failure for some here to not recognize the hypocrisy is interesting.
Why must some get so defensive when they are called out on it?
I would also argue that the people who want a discussion are the ones who are pointing out that there may be other reasons for this community destroying itself than the typical circle jerk of "these criminal thugs need to go to jail". That adds nothing to the discussion, it's boring and tired.
No one is going to say that rioting and looting is good.
Did people make off the wall comments in the thread? Sure. Did it go both ways? Yep.
The riots are the fever. The situation between blacks and police in America is the flu. You can fight the fever all you want, but preventing the flu is the only real solution.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
I just don't know why people here think that black people are the only ones that grow up poor. It amazes me.rgambs said:
Oh you worked hard? That's amazing, you are just like 90% of the population! Did you work hard to overcome crowded schools with apathetic teachers and funds so low there were no textbooks? Did you work hard to catch up to the 3rd graders in middle class schools which were already years ahead of you? Did you work hard to stay out of trouble in a neighborhood filled with drugs and violence, where only the strong survive? Did you work hard to avoid being harassed by police for being a darker hue than the Brady Bunch?Last-12-Exit said:
I disagree with you. I'm not lucky. I worked hard for what I have. Call it what you want, but I can say with 100% certainty that I will not EVER feel the need to destroy my local pharmacy if someone I know is killed. Grow up.callen said:This thread a perfect example of whites living their lucky ass lives and looking down at the poor and weak and getting the superiority bug.
Again you aren't special. You aren't smarter. Your definitely not more aware or enlightened. Your just lucky.
Rather than looking at things and saying hmmm what the FK and why and how to change things you sit behind your keyboards in your safe little white neighborhoods and stroke yourselves
Think of the human condition along with some history of human behavior, and whites as well, and you will not only understand "Baltimore" but maybe think what we can do as humans to prevent situations such as this.
But alas stroking ones insecurities is easier and I expect from observing human behavior that the stroking and stroking each other will continue. Just get your hanky and windex before hand.
Edit: The grow up comment is intended for the criminals that are doing the rioting, not anyone here.
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I find the ones justifying the riot infinitely more interesting.dignin said:To make it clear, I have no problem with the subject of the thread. It's the comments within it that are so over the top with outrage that I find interesting.
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There can be middle ground.JimmyV said:
No, they are going to say we should have empathy and understanding for the looters. Sorry, I have empathy for the folks who woke up this morning without a job because their shop burned. Or without a car because that burned.dignin said:
I would argue that just because someone is offended by being called out, it doesn't make it any less true.JimmyV said:
Because I would argue selectively charging someone with something is doing so unfairly and, sometimes, dishonestly. Is hypocrisy truly the issue here, or is that some just don't like the discussion?dignin said:
I agree, and I'm sure there is hypocrisy throughout the AMT on almost every subject, I'm sure I'm guilty of it often. You are more than welcome to call me out on my hypocrisy when you see it, I welcome it. So because I see it here and call it out makes it any less true?JimmyV said:
I can recognize what you're calling hypocrisy, but I would argue that it exists all over the board and we have all been guilty of it. We discuss variations of "The West" vs "Muslim Extremism" all the time, and Israel over and over again, and all of it is important. But did anyone start a thread about the university attacks in Kenya? I didn't see it if they did. The charge of hypocrisy is too selectively placed to not ring hollow here.dignin said:The failure for some here to not recognize the hypocrisy is interesting.
Why must some get so defensive when they are called out on it?
I would also argue that the people who want a discussion are the ones who are pointing out that there may be other reasons for this community destroying itself than the typical circle jerk of "these criminal thugs need to go to jail". That adds nothing to the discussion, it's boring and tired.
No one is going to say that rioting and looting is good.
Did people make off the wall comments in the thread? Sure. Did it go both ways? Yep.
Do I condone the rioting? No, I've witnessed a riot first hand and I was disgusted. Can I empathize with them, yes, I can try. That's how we can begin to find solutions to these problems.
And I think everyone here empathizes with the shop owners and others who had their property destroyed, that's a no brainer.
Off the wall comments......for sure, you find that in every thread.
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That's the thing. That family is forgotten in this.rgambs said:
I have empathy for the folks who woke up today without a family member because the police killed him while he was in custody.JimmyV said:
No, they are going to say we should have empathy and understanding for the looters. Sorry, I have empathy for the folks who woke up this morning without a job because their shop burned. Or without a car because that burned.dignin said:
I would argue that just because someone is offended by being called out, it doesn't make it any less true.JimmyV said:
Because I would argue selectively charging someone with something is doing so unfairly and, sometimes, dishonestly. Is hypocrisy truly the issue here, or is that some just don't like the discussion?dignin said:
I agree, and I'm sure there is hypocrisy throughout the AMT on almost every subject, I'm sure I'm guilty of it often. You are more than welcome to call me out on my hypocrisy when you see it, I welcome it. So because I see it here and call it out makes it any less true?JimmyV said:
I can recognize what you're calling hypocrisy, but I would argue that it exists all over the board and we have all been guilty of it. We discuss variations of "The West" vs "Muslim Extremism" all the time, and Israel over and over again, and all of it is important. But did anyone start a thread about the university attacks in Kenya? I didn't see it if they did. The charge of hypocrisy is too selectively placed to not ring hollow here.dignin said:The failure for some here to not recognize the hypocrisy is interesting.
Why must some get so defensive when they are called out on it?
I would also argue that the people who want a discussion are the ones who are pointing out that there may be other reasons for this community destroying itself than the typical circle jerk of "these criminal thugs need to go to jail". That adds nothing to the discussion, it's boring and tired.
No one is going to say that rioting and looting is good.
Did people make off the wall comments in the thread? Sure. Did it go both ways? Yep.
The riots are the fever. The situation between blacks and police in America is the flu. You can fight the fever all you want, but preventing the flu is the only real solution.
I like your comparison to the flu. However, what we saw last night wasn't a pitched battle between civilians and police. Instead it was looting, followed by police moving in, followed by looters moving to another location, followed by the police, again and again. That is just theft and destruction.
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It certainly seems like they are implying it.dignin said:
I would argue that just because someone is offended by being called out, it doesn't make it any less true.JimmyV said:
Because I would argue selectively charging someone with something is doing so unfairly and, sometimes, dishonestly. Is hypocrisy truly the issue here, or is that some just don't like the discussion?dignin said:
I agree, and I'm sure there is hypocrisy throughout the AMT on almost every subject, I'm sure I'm guilty of it often. You are more than welcome to call me out on my hypocrisy when you see it, I welcome it. So because I see it here and call it out makes it any less true?JimmyV said:
I can recognize what you're calling hypocrisy, but I would argue that it exists all over the board and we have all been guilty of it. We discuss variations of "The West" vs "Muslim Extremism" all the time, and Israel over and over again, and all of it is important. But did anyone start a thread about the university attacks in Kenya? I didn't see it if they did. The charge of hypocrisy is too selectively placed to not ring hollow here.dignin said:The failure for some here to not recognize the hypocrisy is interesting.
Why must some get so defensive when they are called out on it?
I would also argue that the people who want a discussion are the ones who are pointing out that there may be other reasons for this community destroying itself than the typical circle jerk of "these criminal thugs need to go to jail". That adds nothing to the discussion, it's boring and tired.
No one is going to say that rioting and looting is good."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
I grew up "poor". My school was the easternmost district considered to be "Appalachia". Being "poor" and white in a small town is so far ahead of being poor and black in the inner city it's ridiculous.Last-12-Exit said:
I just don't know why people here think that black people are the only ones that grow up poor. It amazes me.rgambs said:
Oh you worked hard? That's amazing, you are just like 90% of the population! Did you work hard to overcome crowded schools with apathetic teachers and funds so low there were no textbooks? Did you work hard to catch up to the 3rd graders in middle class schools which were already years ahead of you? Did you work hard to stay out of trouble in a neighborhood filled with drugs and violence, where only the strong survive? Did you work hard to avoid being harassed by police for being a darker hue than the Brady Bunch?Last-12-Exit said:
I disagree with you. I'm not lucky. I worked hard for what I have. Call it what you want, but I can say with 100% certainty that I will not EVER feel the need to destroy my local pharmacy if someone I know is killed. Grow up.callen said:This thread a perfect example of whites living their lucky ass lives and looking down at the poor and weak and getting the superiority bug.
Again you aren't special. You aren't smarter. Your definitely not more aware or enlightened. Your just lucky.
Rather than looking at things and saying hmmm what the FK and why and how to change things you sit behind your keyboards in your safe little white neighborhoods and stroke yourselves
Think of the human condition along with some history of human behavior, and whites as well, and you will not only understand "Baltimore" but maybe think what we can do as humans to prevent situations such as this.
But alas stroking ones insecurities is easier and I expect from observing human behavior that the stroking and stroking each other will continue. Just get your hanky and windex before hand.
Edit: The grow up comment is intended for the criminals that are doing the rioting, not anyone here.
Or did you just work hard like everyone else who was lucky not to be born in poverty?Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
Justifying and empathizing are completely different things.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I find the ones justifying the riot infinitely more interesting.dignin said:To make it clear, I have no problem with the subject of the thread. It's the comments within it that are so over the top with outrage that I find interesting.
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That's not what is happening at all, if you read it that way you do so because you choose to.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
It certainly seems like they are implying it.dignin said:
I would argue that just because someone is offended by being called out, it doesn't make it any less true.JimmyV said:
Because I would argue selectively charging someone with something is doing so unfairly and, sometimes, dishonestly. Is hypocrisy truly the issue here, or is that some just don't like the discussion?dignin said:
I agree, and I'm sure there is hypocrisy throughout the AMT on almost every subject, I'm sure I'm guilty of it often. You are more than welcome to call me out on my hypocrisy when you see it, I welcome it. So because I see it here and call it out makes it any less true?JimmyV said:
I can recognize what you're calling hypocrisy, but I would argue that it exists all over the board and we have all been guilty of it. We discuss variations of "The West" vs "Muslim Extremism" all the time, and Israel over and over again, and all of it is important. But did anyone start a thread about the university attacks in Kenya? I didn't see it if they did. The charge of hypocrisy is too selectively placed to not ring hollow here.dignin said:The failure for some here to not recognize the hypocrisy is interesting.
Why must some get so defensive when they are called out on it?
I would also argue that the people who want a discussion are the ones who are pointing out that there may be other reasons for this community destroying itself than the typical circle jerk of "these criminal thugs need to go to jail". That adds nothing to the discussion, it's boring and tired.
No one is going to say that rioting and looting is good.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
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I understand that.dignin said:
Justifying and empathizing are completely different things.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I find the ones justifying the riot infinitely more interesting.dignin said:To make it clear, I have no problem with the subject of the thread. It's the comments within it that are so over the top with outrage that I find interesting.
Let's not be ultra selective with whom we choose to 'empathize' with then. We can explain every behavior, but doing so doesn't make the behavior any less deplorable when the behavior is deplorable. For the people lashing out at others outraged over rioting in Baltimore, be consistent: also lash out at people who express outrage for, say, the next pedophile to creep on to the MT- he was abused as a child.
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Perhaps. Or perhaps people need to construct their posts in such a way where such an implication doesn't jump off the page.rgambs said:
That's not what is happening at all, if you read it that way you do so because you choose to.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
It certainly seems like they are implying it.dignin said:
I would argue that just because someone is offended by being called out, it doesn't make it any less true.JimmyV said:
Because I would argue selectively charging someone with something is doing so unfairly and, sometimes, dishonestly. Is hypocrisy truly the issue here, or is that some just don't like the discussion?dignin said:
I agree, and I'm sure there is hypocrisy throughout the AMT on almost every subject, I'm sure I'm guilty of it often. You are more than welcome to call me out on my hypocrisy when you see it, I welcome it. So because I see it here and call it out makes it any less true?JimmyV said:
I can recognize what you're calling hypocrisy, but I would argue that it exists all over the board and we have all been guilty of it. We discuss variations of "The West" vs "Muslim Extremism" all the time, and Israel over and over again, and all of it is important. But did anyone start a thread about the university attacks in Kenya? I didn't see it if they did. The charge of hypocrisy is too selectively placed to not ring hollow here.dignin said:The failure for some here to not recognize the hypocrisy is interesting.
Why must some get so defensive when they are called out on it?
I would also argue that the people who want a discussion are the ones who are pointing out that there may be other reasons for this community destroying itself than the typical circle jerk of "these criminal thugs need to go to jail". That adds nothing to the discussion, it's boring and tired.
No one is going to say that rioting and looting is good."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
I don't see people who loot and burn property on the same plain as child rapists.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I understand that.dignin said:
Justifying and empathizing are completely different things.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I find the ones justifying the riot infinitely more interesting.dignin said:To make it clear, I have no problem with the subject of the thread. It's the comments within it that are so over the top with outrage that I find interesting.
Let's not be ultra selective with whom we choose to 'empathize' with then. We can explain every behavior, but doing so doesn't make the behavior any less deplorable when the behavior is deplorable. For the people lashing out at others outraged over rioting in Baltimore, be consistent: also lash out at people who express outrage for, say, the next pedophile to creep on to the MT- he was abused as a child.
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I don't think that's the case. Every time someone tries to understand the motivation behind a crime some people on here confuse empathy and trying to understand with justification and condoning.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Perhaps. Or perhaps people need to construct their posts in such a way where such an implication doesn't jump off the page.rgambs said:
That's not what is happening at all, if you read it that way you do so because you choose to.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
It certainly seems like they are implying it.dignin said:
I would argue that just because someone is offended by being called out, it doesn't make it any less true.JimmyV said:
Because I would argue selectively charging someone with something is doing so unfairly and, sometimes, dishonestly. Is hypocrisy truly the issue here, or is that some just don't like the discussion?dignin said:
I agree, and I'm sure there is hypocrisy throughout the AMT on almost every subject, I'm sure I'm guilty of it often. You are more than welcome to call me out on my hypocrisy when you see it, I welcome it. So because I see it here and call it out makes it any less true?JimmyV said:
I can recognize what you're calling hypocrisy, but I would argue that it exists all over the board and we have all been guilty of it. We discuss variations of "The West" vs "Muslim Extremism" all the time, and Israel over and over again, and all of it is important. But did anyone start a thread about the university attacks in Kenya? I didn't see it if they did. The charge of hypocrisy is too selectively placed to not ring hollow here.dignin said:The failure for some here to not recognize the hypocrisy is interesting.
Why must some get so defensive when they are called out on it?
I would also argue that the people who want a discussion are the ones who are pointing out that there may be other reasons for this community destroying itself than the typical circle jerk of "these criminal thugs need to go to jail". That adds nothing to the discussion, it's boring and tired.
No one is going to say that rioting and looting is good.
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Yeah, mother of the year here. All mothers should punch their sons in the face repeatedly. Has a real Jerry Springer quality to it.Dirtie_Frank said:Best video of all from yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q16QY7xtCnw
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I believe she is doing the right thing. Maybe if there were more parents involved in Baltimore there would be less rioting?dignin said:
Yeah, mother of the year here. All mothers should punch their sons in the face repeatedly. Has a real Jerry Springer quality to it.Dirtie_Frank said:Best video of all from yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q16QY7xtCnw
Great Mother!!!
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