Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

speak for yourself, peckerwood. the only ethnic group i hate are armenians.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Armenians are fine. It's those ****ing Hungarians you gotta look out for.

Originally Posted by Soulflower

However, lately I have been quite annoyed at the passiveness and disrespect that some people have for minorities who really care about the current racial problems concerning black people. Now I understand everyone doesn't care and won't be on the same page but I personally get irritated when some try to past off these issues as nothing or as things that don't matter.

I have always found that to be strange. I know some people don't like to discuss minority issues on this board and that is okay. No one is not making you reply in this thread please don't derail it with foolishness.

Originally Posted by Ki

Boo hoo, **** happens. The world isn't perfect.

Originally Posted by Soulflower

I agree. I think the people who are not targets of police brutality have a hard time identifying with the issue and don't see it as a problem. Also, imo when it comes to racial minority issues, white people tend to not want to admit when their race is at fault and are oblvious to the whole institutionalized systematic racism that plagues minorities today. The law enfrocement/police is all apart of that. I think a part of the reason why they are oblivious is because they don't experience racism on the same level as minorities. They dont have to worry about being racially profiled or being held back from their raise because of the color of their skin because they are born with white privilege.

Originally Posted by WhateverDude

The thread was started to ask why people like you respond the way you do to these issues on this forum and that was your first response. Followed by an insensitive joke and comparing white deaths at the hands of police to black deaths at the hand of police. It's a very specific discussion to which you've contributed nothing to.

Originally Posted by Ki

I was saying that I don't understand the point in getting all riled up in these issues when in probably a week or two, there will probably be another issue picking up the same amount of attention.

Originally Posted by Ninetales

maybe "innocent black guy gets killed by police" isn't just a singular event anymore, but something that seems to be a headline every week or so. so talking about this new one as an isolated event is dumb as hell. especially the way you've put it where, well, they'll be another black murder tomorrow so why fret?

buddy, that's the god damn point.

and to your post about "why care when it probably wont happen to most people on mb" - empathy. man ive had my disagreements with soulflower but good lord I am kinda forced on her side here (or atleast im not on the other fucking side).

Originally Posted by Ki

I'd like to know Soulflowers thoughts on the fact that more white people have been shot down by police than black people.

Originally Posted by Soulflower

You don't care about this issue. You don't like me and you have only came in this thread to derail it.

Just leave quietly and allow people who really care about the topic to discuss.