GuD

I totes forgot to respond to the question-

I haven't read most of the thread but I think the issue is people have a hard time empathizing with things they don't understand. And they don't understand because they're complacent and comfortable and being confronted by major issues upsets that and makes them feel accused. And instead of recognizing the effect of their apathy they get defensive because it's easier not to care.

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The Batlord

To be fair, most black people I've ever known have been mostly concerned with their own bubbles live too.

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GuD

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to convey with this statement. Because some black people you know don't care about issues that don't effect them you shouldn't either? Is that what you're getting at?

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The Batlord

No, you said that people don't care because it doesn't affect them, and I'm pointing out that people don't care about much of anything.

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Neapolitan

Except on the internet where people care enough to voice their own opinions and correct everyone else' opinions.

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Soulflower

You don't know what people do in their personal lives to make a statement like this.

Personally, I am a part of social community groups and hope to focus on these types of issues in my field. So just because people state opinions over the internet does not mean they are not putting their money where there mouth is when they log off the internet.

GuD

I'm not educated enough to offer an explanation on why that is largely the truth but I'd wager prejudice is involved. Perhaps I'm paranoid and perhaps I should be.

If I had the time, energy, and social skills I'd be more vocal about my opinions in person too.

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Every time I speak
So I write instead
And still people want me dead
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Soulflower

I personally don' think it matters and I feel you don't have to explain yourself lol


Its a discussion board and its designed for you to express your opinion on various topics period.

Key

You're being a hypocrite here because you are telling me I can't give my opinion on this thread about the fact that I think it's pointless and a joke, yet you say it's ok for people to express their opinions on various topics. I've given my opinion on this topic and you've told me I've been trolling and adding nothing to the topic, even though you've been caught not reading people's responses and ranting off about pointless jibber jabber throughout this entire thread.

If you want people to take you seriously, you need to take other people seriously and not try to shove your facts down people's throats and expect people to agree with you. We've had this issue with you before in another thread and in that thread you said you apologized and realized what you were doing, however it doesn't seem to have had much of an effect on you since it seems like you'd rather pull the same old **** and expect people to take you seriously.

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.