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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,373
    JC29856 said:
    brianlux said:
    JC29856 said:
    where are all the amt lefties on real racial issues? I guess they only care about race when it's politically expedient to call someone racist.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/minority-neighborhoods-higher-car-insurance-premiums-white-areas-same-risk
    YEAH, DAMN IT!!  SON OF A BITCH!!

    (I don't know why I said that, but I sincerely hope that qualifies as the emotive rageophonic verbal effluence you were seeking!  :smile:  )
    I don't see much on Yemen either. 
    US UK arm Saudis and destroy a starving Yemen meanwhile Russia Russia Russia sends 25 million tons of food.

    "don't it make you smile, don't it make you smile"
    Feel free to start a thread but I guess most trolls don't pay attention to who posts what about what. They just push their agenda, usually on queue?
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    Tomorrow !!
  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,173
    JC29856 said:
    brianlux said:
    JC29856 said:
    where are all the amt lefties on real racial issues? I guess they only care about race when it's politically expedient to call someone racist.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/minority-neighborhoods-higher-car-insurance-premiums-white-areas-same-risk
    YEAH, DAMN IT!!  SON OF A BITCH!!

    (I don't know why I said that, but I sincerely hope that qualifies as the emotive rageophonic verbal effluence you were seeking!  :smile:  )
    I don't see much on Yemen either. 
    US UK arm Saudis and destroy a starving Yemen meanwhile Russia Russia Russia sends 25 million tons of food.

    "don't it make you smile, don't it make you smile"
    You seem to think that, like you, people choose to share every thought that comes to mind on here - and if they don't, they simply don't care.

    I find the US arming and refuelling of Saudi army jets to facilitate the bombing of Yemen to be absolutely despicable. I also see no way to debate that ugliness, as it's utterly incomprehensible and without a defendable position - so why would I waste my time posting about it when I'm powerless to facilitate change or even learn more about it?

    Clearly you want to be the board's shining beacon who educates the masses - and no one is stopping you - but to assume that because we're not here up in arms and preaching about how sad and corrupt things are, that we just don't care - is a really terrible and likely false assumption on your part. 

    Also, your tongue-in-cheek sarcastic quips on serious topics about nefarious actions are just distasteful. I'm no PC Nazi, but I'm at least self-aware enough to recognize that showing smugness in taking adversarial positions to those you're trying to convince is one of the least effective way to sway opinion. 
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,845
    JC29856 said:
    where are all the amt lefties on real racial issues? I guess they only care about race when it's politically expedient to call someone racist.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/minority-neighborhoods-higher-car-insurance-premiums-white-areas-same-risk
    What is your point here? That someone can't be against racism if they don't post about every single incidence of racism that exists today? I don't think you reach that bar either, but feel free to try. I personally don't have time to post on everything.
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,373
    oftenreading said:
    JC29856 said:
    where are all the amt lefties on real racial issues? I guess they only care about race when it's politically expedient to call someone racist.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/minority-neighborhoods-higher-car-insurance-premiums-white-areas-same-risk
    What is your point here? That someone can't be against racism if they don't post about every single incidence of racism that exists today? I don't think you reach that bar either, but feel free to try. I personally don't have time to post on everything.
    And you know, for some of us, it's just not news but rather another example, in a long list of them, of white privilege and institutionalized racism. I'm sure Trump's justice department is working hard to combat it.
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  • dignindignin Posts: 9,337
    JC29856 said:
    where are all the amt lefties on real racial issues? I guess they only care about race when it's politically expedient to call someone racist.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/minority-neighborhoods-higher-car-insurance-premiums-white-areas-same-risk
    Sorry, but when you voted for Trump you lost any stake you may have had on the moral high ground.


  • ShynerShyner Posts: 1,226
    The songs of ones fallen away matter. 
    The songs of ones remaining matter. 
    You matter
    I do too
  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    edited August 2017
    A woman called Heather Heyer
    Post edited by JC29856 on
  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    edited August 2017
    JC29856 said:
    A woman called Heather Heyer
    There are women of many descriptions
    In this queer world, as everyone knows
    Some are living in beautiful mansions
    And are wearing the finest of clothes
    There are blue blood queens and princesses
    Who have charms made of diamonds and pearl
    But the only and thoroughbred lady
    Is the Rebel Girl

    That’s the Rebel Girl, the Rebel Girl!
    To the working class, she’s a precious pearl
    She brings courage, pride and joy
    To the fighting Rebel Boy
    We’ve had girls before, but we need some more
    In the Industrial Workers of the World
    For it’s great to fight for freedom
    With a Rebel Girl

    Yes, her hands may be hardened from labor
    And her dress may not be very fine
    But a heart in her bosom is beating
    That is true to her class and her kind
    And the grafters in terror are trembling
    When her spite and defiance she’ll hurl
    For the only and thoroughbred lady
    Is the Rebel Girl

    That’s the Rebel Girl, the Rebel Girl!
    To the working class, she’s a precious pearl
    She brings courage, pride and joy
    To the fighting Rebel Boy
    We’ve had girls before, but we need some more
    In the Industrial Workers of the World
    For it’s great to fight for freedom
    With a Rebel Girl
    Post edited by JC29856 on
  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    JC29856 said:
    JC29856 said:
    A woman called Heather Heyer
    There are women of many descriptions
    In this queer world, as everyone knows
    Some are living in beautiful mansions
    And are wearing the finest of clothes
    There are blue blood queens and princesses
    Who have charms made of diamonds and pearl
    But the only and thoroughbred lady
    Is the Rebel Girl

    That’s the Rebel Girl, the Rebel Girl!
    To the working class, she’s a precious pearl
    She brings courage, pride and joy
    To the fighting Rebel Boy
    We’ve had girls before, but we need some more
    In the Industrial Workers of the World
    For it’s great to fight for freedom
    With a Rebel Girl

    Yes, her hands may be hardened from labor
    And her dress may not be very fine
    But a heart in her bosom is beating
    That is true to her class and her kind
    And the grafters in terror are trembling
    When her spite and defiance she’ll hurl
    For the only and thoroughbred lady
    Is the Rebel Girl

    That’s the Rebel Girl, the Rebel Girl!
    To the working class, she’s a precious pearl
    She brings courage, pride and joy
    To the fighting Rebel Boy
    We’ve had girls before, but we need some more
    In the Industrial Workers of the World
    For it’s great to fight for freedom
    With a Rebel Girl


  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,373
    You sure do like quoting yourself, must be difficult to engage otherwise? Not an sly-stupid statement or question.
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  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    JC29856 said:
    A woman called Heather Heyer
    Do not stand at my grave and weep
    I am not there; I do not sleep.
    I am a thousand winds that blow,
    I am the diamond glints on snow,
    I am the sun on ripened grain,
    I am the gentle autumn rain.
    When you awaken in the morning's hush
    I am the swift uplifting rush
    Of quiet birds in circled flight. 
    I am the soft stars that shine at night. 
    Do not stand at my grave and cry, 
    I am not there; I did not die.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,319
    "I quote myself, therefor I am."  :lol:
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  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    With all of this focus on various forms of hate recently, here is a list of different groups deemed "hate groups" by state.
    http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/us/hate-groups-us-map-trnd/index.html
  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,173
    PJPOWER said:
    With all of this focus on various forms of hate recently, here is a list of different groups deemed "hate groups" by state.
    http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/us/hate-groups-us-map-trnd/index.html
    I love the pie chart. One hundred organizations exist to practice "general hate". Can you imagine joining an organization just committed to hatred?

    What do you hate?
    I DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE - I JUST HATE.
    Do you hate me?
    OF COURSE I DO, MY COMMITMENT IS GENERALLY TO HATE.
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  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,376
    Things that matter:

    1. Your health

    2. Your family and friends

    Some people do not realize how much these things matter, until they lose one of them.
  • PJPOWERPJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    benjs said:
    PJPOWER said:
    With all of this focus on various forms of hate recently, here is a list of different groups deemed "hate groups" by state.
    http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/us/hate-groups-us-map-trnd/index.html
    I love the pie chart. One hundred organizations exist to practice "general hate". Can you imagine joining an organization just committed to hatred?

    What do you hate?
    I DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE - I JUST HATE.
    Do you hate me?
    OF COURSE I DO, MY COMMITMENT IS GENERALLY TO HATE.
    lol, evidently some people are just haters 
  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    do the resident progressives care about this non-white?
    please advise time and location of nationwide protests. 

    https://www.change.org/p/eric-greitens-do-not-execute-marcellus-williams

    http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/08/marcellus-williams-broken-justice-system-170820131952701.html
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,171
    edited August 2017
    JC29856 said:
    do the resident progressives care about this non-white?
    please advise time and location of nationwide protests. 

    https://www.change.org/p/eric-greitens-do-not-execute-marcellus-williams

    http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/08/marcellus-williams-broken-justice-system-170820131952701.html
    I like the snarky antagonism. The topic of institutional racism often gets discussed in here. But as you see in other threads, many people think racism only comes from the guys in pointy hoods and want to call BLM a terrorist group. 
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,491
    benjs said:
    PJPOWER said:
    With all of this focus on various forms of hate recently, here is a list of different groups deemed "hate groups" by state.
    http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/us/hate-groups-us-map-trnd/index.html
    I love the pie chart. One hundred organizations exist to practice "general hate". Can you imagine joining an organization just committed to hatred?

    What do you hate?
    I DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE - I JUST HATE.
    Do you hate me?
    OF COURSE I DO, MY COMMITMENT IS GENERALLY TO HATE.

  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617

    Marcellus Williams, 48, was set to be put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday at 6:00pm at the Missouri state prison in Bonne Terre.

    https://www.rt.com/document/599ba2e5dda4c8ed378b4567/amp/400464-marcellus-williams-dna-set-to-be-executed

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Greitens

    Americans are regularly advised by the State Department to avoid going to countries — like Venezuela, Haiti, or the Philippines — that are considered too violent or politically unstable to visit. But according to the NAACP, people of color don’t need to cross an international border for their lives to be in danger. Racism is so bad in Missouri that the civil rights organization has issued a travel advisory warning people of color that they could be endangering their lives if they visit the state.
  • JC29856JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/22/us/execution-missouri-marcellus-williams/index.html

    Mr Williams will live to see another day, stay of execution.

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