White Ignorance at the Core of Racial Tensions

[d-ray657]

TJ, when you attempt to toss anyone who disagrees with you into the same basket as a group of political extremists, you succeed only in diminishing the confidence of other readers in your ability to evaluate anything objectively, if not impairing your overall credibility.

Regards,

D-Ray

[barbara]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

TJ, when you attempt to toss anyone who disagrees with you into the same basket as a group of political extremists, you succeed only in diminishing the confidence of other readers in your ability to evaluate anything objectively, if not impairing your overall credibility.

Regards,

D-Ray

You are way too nice D-Ray. I was going to suggest they get a ruler and start measuring to see who is winning this pissing contest.

Geeeezzz........ Don't we have any other dead horses around here we can beat to death? 😒

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

TJ, when you attempt to toss anyone who disagrees with you into the same basket as a group of political extremists, you succeed only in diminishing the confidence of other readers in your ability to evaluate anything objectively, if not impairing your overall credibility.

Regards,

D-Ray

You are the most polite at evisceration I've ever read. I used to be like this...

More scotch, less coffee... (for me)...

[MrPots]

All I got to say about it is that I'm sure as hell glad I'm not a black man in this country. As a white guy, I know the contempt so many white folks have for blacks (or Mexicans or most folks not white) . I know the kind of shit white folks say when they think they are in a "friendly" crowd..... I know how white folks profile black folks. And I certainly have benefitted from white privilege.

And I'm glad I'm not on the wrong end of that stick.....

[Ike Bana]

Anybody besides me ever had the pleasure of experiencing the reaction of a pissed off copper when he began to realize you weren't going to be asking "how high" when he ordered you to jump? You can tell right away they get used to the power and control and don't manage it very well emotionally when it's not working for them.

Because that's all that Eric Garner was about. Pissed off, out of control coppers. Same with Rodney King in 1991. They guy was down and they kept beating him anyway. And anybody thinks if you're down and the beating continues you're not gonna try to get up and get away from it?

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by Zeke

I used to be like this...

You are, without a doubt, the most self-absorbed schmuck on this forum. The most interesting thing is that you actually think anybody cares whatever the fuck you used to be like.

[ZeroJunk]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

You are, without a doubt, the most self-absorbed schmuck on this forum. The most interesting thing is that you actually think anybody cares whatever the fuck you used to be like.

Actually, he is one of the few people on here who have not discarded their ability to think logically in exchange for some politically correct narrative.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by ZeroJunk

Actually, he is one of the few people on here who have not discarded their ability to think logically in exchange for some politically correct narrative.

I'm sure we're all impressed with the assessment skills of a fucking dittohead. And on top of it, you think Zeke has much use for a right wingnut like you?

[finnbow]

As repugnant as Zeke's views may be to many on this board, they are more consistent with the state of the law in the US than are the views of his critics. In other words, the laws are as responsible for the current situation as police behavior is.

The laws and and police behavior derive from needing to send people into rough neighborhoods to fight crime and keep the peace in places rife with crime, drugs, guns, broken families, limited opportunity, poverty ...

But for the grace of God, none of us are street cops in the mean streets of some American cities. Any of us could have been Darren Wilson had we had the inclination to be a cop around Ferguson.

[Zeke]

And if you are unwilling to be Wilson, you cease doing the job and go back to school.