America's Gun Violence #2
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This story is taking me down quite the rabbit hole... anyone who thinks lynching's are just something that happened a long time ago or don't have any modern day relevance should do some reading.
https://www.epi.org/blog/black-deaths-at-the-hands-of-law-enforcement-are-linked-to-historical-lynchings-u-s-counties-where-lynchings-were-more-prevalent-from-1877-to-1950-have-more-officer-involved-killings/
"U.S. counties where lynchings were more prevalent from 1877 to 1950 have more officer-involved killings"“A lynching is much more than just a murder. A murder may occur in private. A lynching is a public spectacle; it demands an audience… A lynching is a majority’s way of telling a minority population that the law cannot protect it.” — Aatish Taseer, British journalist
George Floyd’s death was more than just a murder, it was a modern-day lynching.
The agonizing similarity in the death of Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, is that current and former police officers participated in their lynching. From 1877 to 1950, nearly 4,000 individuals were the victims of lynchings. Some have speculated that as many as 75% of historical lynchings “were perpetrated with the direct or indirect assistance of law enforcement personnel.” Despite drawing attention from large crowds, many perpetrators of historical lynchings were never charged with a crime—a fact seen in many modern-day officer-involved shootings.
While historical lynchings peaked more than a century ago, these racist acts can be linked to officer-involved shootings today.
Using county-level data on historical lynchings and present-day officer-involved shootings, Figure A shows that historical lynchings are positively associated with officer-involved shootings for Blacks. That is, counties that experienced a higher number of historical lynchings have larger shares of officer-involved shootings of Blacks in the last five years...."
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tempo_n_groove said:The Juggler said:Apparently the not so small town this Aldean fella comes from has one of the highest murder and crime rates in the country. So...apparently this kind of stuff he's upset with has actually been tried, successfully, in his town.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ga/macon/crime#:~:text=With a crime rate of,here is one in 27.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/three-shootings-south-macon-leave-144121516.html
https://247wallst.com/city/macon-ga-is-among-the-most-dangerous-us-metro-areas/
https://baldwin2k.com/g/milledgeville-ga/n/121460/macon-running-2022-murder-rate-national-championship#:~:text=A murder rate is based,roughly 1.35 murders per week.Macon in the running for 2022 murder rate national championship
With three more murders over the weekend, nearby Macon is now up to 50 homicides so far this calendar year, a relatively astronomical number for an American city of roughly 150,000 people.
A murder rate is based on "number of murders per 100,000 residents." Based on Macon's most recent Census population estimate – 156,762 – as well as the 50 murders, Macon's murder rate for 2022 is now up to 31.9.
Macon currently is averaging roughly 1.35 murders per week. At that current pace, Macon would finish 2022 with 70 homicides, which would equal a murder rate of 44.7.
So, how would a murder rate of 44.7 rank nationally? More recent data isn't publicly available, as the FBI's "Uniformed Crime Reporting" annual statistics haven't been finalized for 2020 and 2021. Back in 2019, however, a murder rate of 44.7 would've ranked fourth in the nation, one spot ahead of Detroit and one spot below Birmingham.
Out of the 50 homicides in Macon so far this year, a total of 43 have been documented on the www.gunmemorial.org website
For whatever it's worth, a Tweet from July 1 of this year has been cited in numerous national news outlets. The tweet came from a man named Jeff Asher, who identifies himself as the "co-founder of AH Datalytics." According to the tweet, which only covered "major American cities," Macon's murder rate was on pace to be higher than any major American city and roughly four times higher than Chicago and more than three times higher than Atlanta.
James Brown is from the Big M too.
Well, try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town
A. His hometown is not that small to begin with.
B. That town is awash in crime.
C. Seems like many cross that line regularly.
D. Modern day country music is watered down garbage and this guy sucks.Post edited by The Juggler onwww.myspace.com0 -
The Juggler said:tempo_n_groove said:The Juggler said:Apparently the not so small town this Aldean fella comes from has one of the highest murder and crime rates in the country. So...apparently this kind of stuff he's upset with has actually been tried, successfully, in his town.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ga/macon/crime#:~:text=With a crime rate of,here is one in 27.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/three-shootings-south-macon-leave-144121516.html
https://247wallst.com/city/macon-ga-is-among-the-most-dangerous-us-metro-areas/
https://baldwin2k.com/g/milledgeville-ga/n/121460/macon-running-2022-murder-rate-national-championship#:~:text=A murder rate is based,roughly 1.35 murders per week.Macon in the running for 2022 murder rate national championship
With three more murders over the weekend, nearby Macon is now up to 50 homicides so far this calendar year, a relatively astronomical number for an American city of roughly 150,000 people.
A murder rate is based on "number of murders per 100,000 residents." Based on Macon's most recent Census population estimate – 156,762 – as well as the 50 murders, Macon's murder rate for 2022 is now up to 31.9.
Macon currently is averaging roughly 1.35 murders per week. At that current pace, Macon would finish 2022 with 70 homicides, which would equal a murder rate of 44.7.
So, how would a murder rate of 44.7 rank nationally? More recent data isn't publicly available, as the FBI's "Uniformed Crime Reporting" annual statistics haven't been finalized for 2020 and 2021. Back in 2019, however, a murder rate of 44.7 would've ranked fourth in the nation, one spot ahead of Detroit and one spot below Birmingham.
Out of the 50 homicides in Macon so far this year, a total of 43 have been documented on the www.gunmemorial.org website
For whatever it's worth, a Tweet from July 1 of this year has been cited in numerous national news outlets. The tweet came from a man named Jeff Asher, who identifies himself as the "co-founder of AH Datalytics." According to the tweet, which only covered "major American cities," Macon's murder rate was on pace to be higher than any major American city and roughly four times higher than Chicago and more than three times higher than Atlanta.
James Brown is from the Big M too.
Well, try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town
A. His hometown is not that small to begin with.
B. That town is awash in crime.
C. Seems like many cross that line regularly.
D. Modern day country music is watered down garbage and this guy sucks.Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
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2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt20 -
Gern Blansten said:The Juggler said:tempo_n_groove said:The Juggler said:Apparently the not so small town this Aldean fella comes from has one of the highest murder and crime rates in the country. So...apparently this kind of stuff he's upset with has actually been tried, successfully, in his town.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ga/macon/crime#:~:text=With a crime rate of,here is one in 27.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/three-shootings-south-macon-leave-144121516.html
https://247wallst.com/city/macon-ga-is-among-the-most-dangerous-us-metro-areas/
https://baldwin2k.com/g/milledgeville-ga/n/121460/macon-running-2022-murder-rate-national-championship#:~:text=A murder rate is based,roughly 1.35 murders per week.Macon in the running for 2022 murder rate national championship
With three more murders over the weekend, nearby Macon is now up to 50 homicides so far this calendar year, a relatively astronomical number for an American city of roughly 150,000 people.
A murder rate is based on "number of murders per 100,000 residents." Based on Macon's most recent Census population estimate – 156,762 – as well as the 50 murders, Macon's murder rate for 2022 is now up to 31.9.
Macon currently is averaging roughly 1.35 murders per week. At that current pace, Macon would finish 2022 with 70 homicides, which would equal a murder rate of 44.7.
So, how would a murder rate of 44.7 rank nationally? More recent data isn't publicly available, as the FBI's "Uniformed Crime Reporting" annual statistics haven't been finalized for 2020 and 2021. Back in 2019, however, a murder rate of 44.7 would've ranked fourth in the nation, one spot ahead of Detroit and one spot below Birmingham.
Out of the 50 homicides in Macon so far this year, a total of 43 have been documented on the www.gunmemorial.org website
For whatever it's worth, a Tweet from July 1 of this year has been cited in numerous national news outlets. The tweet came from a man named Jeff Asher, who identifies himself as the "co-founder of AH Datalytics." According to the tweet, which only covered "major American cities," Macon's murder rate was on pace to be higher than any major American city and roughly four times higher than Chicago and more than three times higher than Atlanta.
James Brown is from the Big M too.
Well, try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town
A. His hometown is not that small to begin with.
B. That town is awash in crime.
C. Seems like many cross that line regularly.
D. Modern day country music is watered down garbage and this guy sucks."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."0 -
Yes! He is as predictable as his maga supporters on this forum!
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Gern Blansten said:The Juggler said:tempo_n_groove said:The Juggler said:Apparently the not so small town this Aldean fella comes from has one of the highest murder and crime rates in the country. So...apparently this kind of stuff he's upset with has actually been tried, successfully, in his town.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ga/macon/crime#:~:text=With a crime rate of,here is one in 27.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/three-shootings-south-macon-leave-144121516.html
https://247wallst.com/city/macon-ga-is-among-the-most-dangerous-us-metro-areas/
https://baldwin2k.com/g/milledgeville-ga/n/121460/macon-running-2022-murder-rate-national-championship#:~:text=A murder rate is based,roughly 1.35 murders per week.Macon in the running for 2022 murder rate national championship
With three more murders over the weekend, nearby Macon is now up to 50 homicides so far this calendar year, a relatively astronomical number for an American city of roughly 150,000 people.
A murder rate is based on "number of murders per 100,000 residents." Based on Macon's most recent Census population estimate – 156,762 – as well as the 50 murders, Macon's murder rate for 2022 is now up to 31.9.
Macon currently is averaging roughly 1.35 murders per week. At that current pace, Macon would finish 2022 with 70 homicides, which would equal a murder rate of 44.7.
So, how would a murder rate of 44.7 rank nationally? More recent data isn't publicly available, as the FBI's "Uniformed Crime Reporting" annual statistics haven't been finalized for 2020 and 2021. Back in 2019, however, a murder rate of 44.7 would've ranked fourth in the nation, one spot ahead of Detroit and one spot below Birmingham.
Out of the 50 homicides in Macon so far this year, a total of 43 have been documented on the www.gunmemorial.org website
For whatever it's worth, a Tweet from July 1 of this year has been cited in numerous national news outlets. The tweet came from a man named Jeff Asher, who identifies himself as the "co-founder of AH Datalytics." According to the tweet, which only covered "major American cities," Macon's murder rate was on pace to be higher than any major American city and roughly four times higher than Chicago and more than three times higher than Atlanta.
James Brown is from the Big M too.
Well, try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town
A. His hometown is not that small to begin with.
B. That town is awash in crime.
C. Seems like many cross that line regularly.
D. Modern day country music is watered down garbage and this guy sucks.
But I'm agreeing on A-D.0 -
The Juggler said:tempo_n_groove said:The Juggler said:Apparently the not so small town this Aldean fella comes from has one of the highest murder and crime rates in the country. So...apparently this kind of stuff he's upset with has actually been tried, successfully, in his town.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ga/macon/crime#:~:text=With a crime rate of,here is one in 27.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/three-shootings-south-macon-leave-144121516.html
https://247wallst.com/city/macon-ga-is-among-the-most-dangerous-us-metro-areas/
https://baldwin2k.com/g/milledgeville-ga/n/121460/macon-running-2022-murder-rate-national-championship#:~:text=A murder rate is based,roughly 1.35 murders per week.Macon in the running for 2022 murder rate national championship
With three more murders over the weekend, nearby Macon is now up to 50 homicides so far this calendar year, a relatively astronomical number for an American city of roughly 150,000 people.
A murder rate is based on "number of murders per 100,000 residents." Based on Macon's most recent Census population estimate – 156,762 – as well as the 50 murders, Macon's murder rate for 2022 is now up to 31.9.
Macon currently is averaging roughly 1.35 murders per week. At that current pace, Macon would finish 2022 with 70 homicides, which would equal a murder rate of 44.7.
So, how would a murder rate of 44.7 rank nationally? More recent data isn't publicly available, as the FBI's "Uniformed Crime Reporting" annual statistics haven't been finalized for 2020 and 2021. Back in 2019, however, a murder rate of 44.7 would've ranked fourth in the nation, one spot ahead of Detroit and one spot below Birmingham.
Out of the 50 homicides in Macon so far this year, a total of 43 have been documented on the www.gunmemorial.org website
For whatever it's worth, a Tweet from July 1 of this year has been cited in numerous national news outlets. The tweet came from a man named Jeff Asher, who identifies himself as the "co-founder of AH Datalytics." According to the tweet, which only covered "major American cities," Macon's murder rate was on pace to be higher than any major American city and roughly four times higher than Chicago and more than three times higher than Atlanta.
James Brown is from the Big M too.
Well, try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town
A. His hometown is not that small to begin with.
B. That town is awash in crime.
C. Seems like many cross that line regularly.
D. Modern day country music is watered down garbage and this guy sucks.
These country stars all write songs from what I've read and other artists buy them and use them. It's pop music with a twang.
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The Juggler said:Yes! He is as predictable as his maga supporters on this forum!
Or is it more of a death bell?
Trump supporting this throws any arguments out the window now and I will stop...0 -
tempo_n_groove said:The Juggler said:tempo_n_groove said:The Juggler said:Apparently the not so small town this Aldean fella comes from has one of the highest murder and crime rates in the country. So...apparently this kind of stuff he's upset with has actually been tried, successfully, in his town.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ga/macon/crime#:~:text=With a crime rate of,here is one in 27.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/three-shootings-south-macon-leave-144121516.html
https://247wallst.com/city/macon-ga-is-among-the-most-dangerous-us-metro-areas/
https://baldwin2k.com/g/milledgeville-ga/n/121460/macon-running-2022-murder-rate-national-championship#:~:text=A murder rate is based,roughly 1.35 murders per week.Macon in the running for 2022 murder rate national championship
With three more murders over the weekend, nearby Macon is now up to 50 homicides so far this calendar year, a relatively astronomical number for an American city of roughly 150,000 people.
A murder rate is based on "number of murders per 100,000 residents." Based on Macon's most recent Census population estimate – 156,762 – as well as the 50 murders, Macon's murder rate for 2022 is now up to 31.9.
Macon currently is averaging roughly 1.35 murders per week. At that current pace, Macon would finish 2022 with 70 homicides, which would equal a murder rate of 44.7.
So, how would a murder rate of 44.7 rank nationally? More recent data isn't publicly available, as the FBI's "Uniformed Crime Reporting" annual statistics haven't been finalized for 2020 and 2021. Back in 2019, however, a murder rate of 44.7 would've ranked fourth in the nation, one spot ahead of Detroit and one spot below Birmingham.
Out of the 50 homicides in Macon so far this year, a total of 43 have been documented on the www.gunmemorial.org website
For whatever it's worth, a Tweet from July 1 of this year has been cited in numerous national news outlets. The tweet came from a man named Jeff Asher, who identifies himself as the "co-founder of AH Datalytics." According to the tweet, which only covered "major American cities," Macon's murder rate was on pace to be higher than any major American city and roughly four times higher than Chicago and more than three times higher than Atlanta.
James Brown is from the Big M too.
Well, try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town
A. His hometown is not that small to begin with.
B. That town is awash in crime.
C. Seems like many cross that line regularly.
D. Modern day country music is watered down garbage and this guy sucks.
These country stars all write songs from what I've read and other artists buy them and use them. It's pop music with a twang.
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Gern Blansten said:The Juggler said:tempo_n_groove said:The Juggler said:Apparently the not so small town this Aldean fella comes from has one of the highest murder and crime rates in the country. So...apparently this kind of stuff he's upset with has actually been tried, successfully, in his town.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ga/macon/crime#:~:text=With a crime rate of,here is one in 27.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/three-shootings-south-macon-leave-144121516.html
https://247wallst.com/city/macon-ga-is-among-the-most-dangerous-us-metro-areas/
https://baldwin2k.com/g/milledgeville-ga/n/121460/macon-running-2022-murder-rate-national-championship#:~:text=A murder rate is based,roughly 1.35 murders per week.Macon in the running for 2022 murder rate national championship
With three more murders over the weekend, nearby Macon is now up to 50 homicides so far this calendar year, a relatively astronomical number for an American city of roughly 150,000 people.
A murder rate is based on "number of murders per 100,000 residents." Based on Macon's most recent Census population estimate – 156,762 – as well as the 50 murders, Macon's murder rate for 2022 is now up to 31.9.
Macon currently is averaging roughly 1.35 murders per week. At that current pace, Macon would finish 2022 with 70 homicides, which would equal a murder rate of 44.7.
So, how would a murder rate of 44.7 rank nationally? More recent data isn't publicly available, as the FBI's "Uniformed Crime Reporting" annual statistics haven't been finalized for 2020 and 2021. Back in 2019, however, a murder rate of 44.7 would've ranked fourth in the nation, one spot ahead of Detroit and one spot below Birmingham.
Out of the 50 homicides in Macon so far this year, a total of 43 have been documented on the www.gunmemorial.org website
For whatever it's worth, a Tweet from July 1 of this year has been cited in numerous national news outlets. The tweet came from a man named Jeff Asher, who identifies himself as the "co-founder of AH Datalytics." According to the tweet, which only covered "major American cities," Macon's murder rate was on pace to be higher than any major American city and roughly four times higher than Chicago and more than three times higher than Atlanta.
James Brown is from the Big M too.
Well, try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town
A. His hometown is not that small to begin with.
B. That town is awash in crime.
C. Seems like many cross that line regularly.
D. Modern day country music is watered down garbage and this guy sucks.This weekend we rock Portland0 -
Gern Blansten said:
if i were a country artist and my manager came to me and told me i needed to record this banger of a new song called "honkeytonk badonkadonk" i would have fired that manager."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."0 -
Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:tempo_n_groove said:Merkin Baller said:Ignorance is bliss.
I can accept they didn't know in advance about the location of the video... doubling down on it after learning the history of what happened though is the ignorance I'm talking about. If someone doesn't care about the history of lynchings or sundown towns in this country, fine, that person simply doesn't care. But that doesn't mean the reactions or people calling it out as being shitty and tone deaf are unreasonable.
How does the saying go about those who refuse to learn from history?You established the location is a non issue for you, so what’s the point here?Some people recognize that filming the video for a song celebrating small town vigilante justice at the site of a lynching is shitty and tone deaf. You reject that assertion, which is your right.Ignorance is bliss, I get it.
The fact that you call people ignorant for not thinking it’s a big deal is why I’m responding. Because you’re not even making mountains out of mole hills. You’re making mountains from nothing. They filmed there. Something bad happened 100 years ago, it’s a non story.
If you go back 100 years I’m sure you can find something negative with pretty much every location. But it’s only racist and wrong when Aldean does it.
You acknowledged they probably weren’t aware of the history. So what do you expect them to do once it was revealed after the release of the video? Scrap the whole thing and spend another 100k reshooting it somewhere else and hope they didn’t have any skeletons in their closet either?
It just seems ridiculous to blame them for using a location that nobody was aware of a single incident 100 years ago. I don’t think ignorant means what you think it means.I was ignorant as to the historical significance of the location. In an effort to understand better, I read up on it before chiming in. I’m now less ignorant of the controversy than I was before.
I’m not the one struggling with the definition of ignorance here, Mace.While we’re clearing things up, I never once said Aldean was racist, just *ignorant*.If you’re calling the crew ignorant for not knowing the history you’d be correct. Although I’d personally use a different word because ignorant has a negative connotation and there’s nothing wrong with their lack of knowledge. But you’re not wrong if that was who you were calling.Ignorant isn’t an insult mind you, I’m merely suggesting you’re lacking awareness or understanding.
But that doesn’t fit the definition. Having a different opinion on the importance of the situation doesn’t mean I’m ignorant of the history. It means I have a different opinion. To have this much outrage based on the location of the video shoot that nobody was even aware of is an over reaction in my opinion. Just because someone disagrees doesn’t make them ignorant.
And you didn’t answer my question. What do you expect Aldean to do? Toss all the footage and spend another 100k reshooting somewhere else?
If he intentionally chose to shoot on the street corner where Rodney King was beaten that would be one thing. That would be an intentional decision based on an event that most people remember. This was 100 years ago that has been forgotten to history, in a small town no one has heard of. Knowing that, the response is an over reaction in my opinion. Like I said, what do you want him to do?0 -
mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:tempo_n_groove said:Merkin Baller said:Ignorance is bliss.
I can accept they didn't know in advance about the location of the video... doubling down on it after learning the history of what happened though is the ignorance I'm talking about. If someone doesn't care about the history of lynchings or sundown towns in this country, fine, that person simply doesn't care. But that doesn't mean the reactions or people calling it out as being shitty and tone deaf are unreasonable.
How does the saying go about those who refuse to learn from history?You established the location is a non issue for you, so what’s the point here?Some people recognize that filming the video for a song celebrating small town vigilante justice at the site of a lynching is shitty and tone deaf. You reject that assertion, which is your right.Ignorance is bliss, I get it.
The fact that you call people ignorant for not thinking it’s a big deal is why I’m responding. Because you’re not even making mountains out of mole hills. You’re making mountains from nothing. They filmed there. Something bad happened 100 years ago, it’s a non story.
If you go back 100 years I’m sure you can find something negative with pretty much every location. But it’s only racist and wrong when Aldean does it.
You acknowledged they probably weren’t aware of the history. So what do you expect them to do once it was revealed after the release of the video? Scrap the whole thing and spend another 100k reshooting it somewhere else and hope they didn’t have any skeletons in their closet either?
It just seems ridiculous to blame them for using a location that nobody was aware of a single incident 100 years ago. I don’t think ignorant means what you think it means.I was ignorant as to the historical significance of the location. In an effort to understand better, I read up on it before chiming in. I’m now less ignorant of the controversy than I was before.
I’m not the one struggling with the definition of ignorance here, Mace.While we’re clearing things up, I never once said Aldean was racist, just *ignorant*.If you’re calling the crew ignorant for not knowing the history you’d be correct. Although I’d personally use a different word because ignorant has a negative connotation and there’s nothing wrong with their lack of knowledge. But you’re not wrong if that was who you were calling.Ignorant isn’t an insult mind you, I’m merely suggesting you’re lacking awareness or understanding.
But that doesn’t fit the definition. Having a different opinion on the importance of the situation doesn’t mean I’m ignorant of the history. It means I have a different opinion. To have this much outrage based on the location of the video shoot that nobody was even aware of is an over reaction in my opinion. Just because someone disagrees doesn’t make them ignorant.
And you didn’t answer my question. What do you expect Aldean to do? Toss all the footage and spend another 100k reshooting somewhere else?
If he intentionally chose to shoot on the street corner where Rodney King was beaten that would be one thing. That would be an intentional decision based on an event that most people remember. This was 100 years ago that has been forgotten to history, in a small town no one has heard of. Knowing that, the response is an over reaction in my opinion. Like I said, what do you want him to do?09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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Halifax2TheMax said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:tempo_n_groove said:Merkin Baller said:Ignorance is bliss.
I can accept they didn't know in advance about the location of the video... doubling down on it after learning the history of what happened though is the ignorance I'm talking about. If someone doesn't care about the history of lynchings or sundown towns in this country, fine, that person simply doesn't care. But that doesn't mean the reactions or people calling it out as being shitty and tone deaf are unreasonable.
How does the saying go about those who refuse to learn from history?You established the location is a non issue for you, so what’s the point here?Some people recognize that filming the video for a song celebrating small town vigilante justice at the site of a lynching is shitty and tone deaf. You reject that assertion, which is your right.Ignorance is bliss, I get it.
The fact that you call people ignorant for not thinking it’s a big deal is why I’m responding. Because you’re not even making mountains out of mole hills. You’re making mountains from nothing. They filmed there. Something bad happened 100 years ago, it’s a non story.
If you go back 100 years I’m sure you can find something negative with pretty much every location. But it’s only racist and wrong when Aldean does it.
You acknowledged they probably weren’t aware of the history. So what do you expect them to do once it was revealed after the release of the video? Scrap the whole thing and spend another 100k reshooting it somewhere else and hope they didn’t have any skeletons in their closet either?
It just seems ridiculous to blame them for using a location that nobody was aware of a single incident 100 years ago. I don’t think ignorant means what you think it means.I was ignorant as to the historical significance of the location. In an effort to understand better, I read up on it before chiming in. I’m now less ignorant of the controversy than I was before.
I’m not the one struggling with the definition of ignorance here, Mace.While we’re clearing things up, I never once said Aldean was racist, just *ignorant*.If you’re calling the crew ignorant for not knowing the history you’d be correct. Although I’d personally use a different word because ignorant has a negative connotation and there’s nothing wrong with their lack of knowledge. But you’re not wrong if that was who you were calling.Ignorant isn’t an insult mind you, I’m merely suggesting you’re lacking awareness or understanding.
But that doesn’t fit the definition. Having a different opinion on the importance of the situation doesn’t mean I’m ignorant of the history. It means I have a different opinion. To have this much outrage based on the location of the video shoot that nobody was even aware of is an over reaction in my opinion. Just because someone disagrees doesn’t make them ignorant.
And you didn’t answer my question. What do you expect Aldean to do? Toss all the footage and spend another 100k reshooting somewhere else?
If he intentionally chose to shoot on the street corner where Rodney King was beaten that would be one thing. That would be an intentional decision based on an event that most people remember. This was 100 years ago that has been forgotten to history, in a small town no one has heard of. Knowing that, the response is an over reaction in my opinion. Like I said, what do you want him to do?www.myspace.com0 -
mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:tempo_n_groove said:Merkin Baller said:Ignorance is bliss.
I can accept they didn't know in advance about the location of the video... doubling down on it after learning the history of what happened though is the ignorance I'm talking about. If someone doesn't care about the history of lynchings or sundown towns in this country, fine, that person simply doesn't care. But that doesn't mean the reactions or people calling it out as being shitty and tone deaf are unreasonable.
How does the saying go about those who refuse to learn from history?You established the location is a non issue for you, so what’s the point here?Some people recognize that filming the video for a song celebrating small town vigilante justice at the site of a lynching is shitty and tone deaf. You reject that assertion, which is your right.Ignorance is bliss, I get it.
The fact that you call people ignorant for not thinking it’s a big deal is why I’m responding. Because you’re not even making mountains out of mole hills. You’re making mountains from nothing. They filmed there. Something bad happened 100 years ago, it’s a non story.
If you go back 100 years I’m sure you can find something negative with pretty much every location. But it’s only racist and wrong when Aldean does it.
You acknowledged they probably weren’t aware of the history. So what do you expect them to do once it was revealed after the release of the video? Scrap the whole thing and spend another 100k reshooting it somewhere else and hope they didn’t have any skeletons in their closet either?
It just seems ridiculous to blame them for using a location that nobody was aware of a single incident 100 years ago. I don’t think ignorant means what you think it means.I was ignorant as to the historical significance of the location. In an effort to understand better, I read up on it before chiming in. I’m now less ignorant of the controversy than I was before.
I’m not the one struggling with the definition of ignorance here, Mace.While we’re clearing things up, I never once said Aldean was racist, just *ignorant*.If you’re calling the crew ignorant for not knowing the history you’d be correct. Although I’d personally use a different word because ignorant has a negative connotation and there’s nothing wrong with their lack of knowledge. But you’re not wrong if that was who you were calling.Ignorant isn’t an insult mind you, I’m merely suggesting you’re lacking awareness or understanding.
But that doesn’t fit the definition. Having a different opinion on the importance of the situation doesn’t mean I’m ignorant of the history. It means I have a different opinion. To have this much outrage based on the location of the video shoot that nobody was even aware of is an over reaction in my opinion. Just because someone disagrees doesn’t make them ignorant.
And you didn’t answer my question. What do you expect Aldean to do? Toss all the footage and spend another 100k reshooting somewhere else?
If he intentionally chose to shoot on the street corner where Rodney King was beaten that would be one thing. That would be an intentional decision based on an event that most people remember. This was 100 years ago that has been forgotten to history, in a small town no one has heard of. Knowing that, the response is an over reaction in my opinion. Like I said, what do you want him to do?0 -
Halifax2TheMax said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:mace1229 said:Merkin Baller said:tempo_n_groove said:Merkin Baller said:Ignorance is bliss.
I can accept they didn't know in advance about the location of the video... doubling down on it after learning the history of what happened though is the ignorance I'm talking about. If someone doesn't care about the history of lynchings or sundown towns in this country, fine, that person simply doesn't care. But that doesn't mean the reactions or people calling it out as being shitty and tone deaf are unreasonable.
How does the saying go about those who refuse to learn from history?You established the location is a non issue for you, so what’s the point here?Some people recognize that filming the video for a song celebrating small town vigilante justice at the site of a lynching is shitty and tone deaf. You reject that assertion, which is your right.Ignorance is bliss, I get it.
The fact that you call people ignorant for not thinking it’s a big deal is why I’m responding. Because you’re not even making mountains out of mole hills. You’re making mountains from nothing. They filmed there. Something bad happened 100 years ago, it’s a non story.
If you go back 100 years I’m sure you can find something negative with pretty much every location. But it’s only racist and wrong when Aldean does it.
You acknowledged they probably weren’t aware of the history. So what do you expect them to do once it was revealed after the release of the video? Scrap the whole thing and spend another 100k reshooting it somewhere else and hope they didn’t have any skeletons in their closet either?
It just seems ridiculous to blame them for using a location that nobody was aware of a single incident 100 years ago. I don’t think ignorant means what you think it means.I was ignorant as to the historical significance of the location. In an effort to understand better, I read up on it before chiming in. I’m now less ignorant of the controversy than I was before.
I’m not the one struggling with the definition of ignorance here, Mace.While we’re clearing things up, I never once said Aldean was racist, just *ignorant*.If you’re calling the crew ignorant for not knowing the history you’d be correct. Although I’d personally use a different word because ignorant has a negative connotation and there’s nothing wrong with their lack of knowledge. But you’re not wrong if that was who you were calling.Ignorant isn’t an insult mind you, I’m merely suggesting you’re lacking awareness or understanding.
But that doesn’t fit the definition. Having a different opinion on the importance of the situation doesn’t mean I’m ignorant of the history. It means I have a different opinion. To have this much outrage based on the location of the video shoot that nobody was even aware of is an over reaction in my opinion. Just because someone disagrees doesn’t make them ignorant.
And you didn’t answer my question. What do you expect Aldean to do? Toss all the footage and spend another 100k reshooting somewhere else?
If he intentionally chose to shoot on the street corner where Rodney King was beaten that would be one thing. That would be an intentional decision based on an event that most people remember. This was 100 years ago that has been forgotten to history, in a small town no one has heard of. Knowing that, the response is an over reaction in my opinion. Like I said, what do you want him to do?
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