CBS journalists shot and killed during live broadcast in Virginia

[Teddy B 17,252]

I think we need to understand why there's so much anger there, rather than assume or indirectly imply that black people riot because they are just violent people and that's how they are.

The riots in London a few years ago, generally featured the common denominator of poor inner-city youth.

The poverty defines the anger more than the race of those involved.

There is no doubt that black people are at a disadvantage in the US. I'm not stating that they riot simply because that's the type of people they are. I'm just pointing out the lopsided comparisons being made between the different types of rioting we see.

Feeling guilty for your frat house activities?

[Jacque67 7,328]

There is no doubt that black people are at a disadvantage in the US. I'm not stating that they riot simply because that's the type of people they are. I'm just pointing out the lopsided comparisons being made between the different types of rioting we see.

Yep. You were the biggest trouble maker on campus-love it;)

[Teddy B 17,252]

Yep. You were the biggest trouble maker on campus-love it;)

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Not suggesting that you are. Just that there's a sensitivity here and that when people imply, as a previous poster did, that there is something fundamentally different between blacks and whites as evidenced in the behaviour of different groups of people in superficially similar situations, that it should somehow be the responsibility of all blacks to do soul searching to figure out why.

Edited August 28, 2015 by Venkman

[Jacque67 7,328]

Show off;)

But I wouldn't bother giving ammunition to the bigots if I were you. They won't appreciate it, just use it for their pathetic causes.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

I'm not sure why the "pumkin patch riot" or the "sports team riots" are used to show that white people riot too.

The pumkin patch riot was an isolated incident of drunk and stupid college kids that were out of control, it lasted all of a few hours, people were arrested and peace was restored. I'm in no way condoning that behavior, I despise it, but it in no way compares to any of the riots we have seen by members of the black population in recent memory.

The sports teams riots have a combination of races involved, black, white, Hispanic and probably many others as well. It's not just whites and it is not political in any way. And again, peace is restored within hours. Cities are not destroyed and businesses are not looted and burnt to the ground in the manner of the riots in these black communities.

In no way, shape or form do I condone riotous behavior, to me it is one of the worst behaviors displayed by humans. Too many innocent people are hurt, killed and put in harms way. But if we're going to make comparisons, let's make fair ones.

Fairness is;

Shipping at Walmart without being killed

Being a kid with a toy gun, playing on the playground without being killed

Getting your wallet for the police without being shot

Being arrested with being cooked together

Being stopped by the police, comply, without being kicked in the face

Being an off duty officer, call and report a robbery and not get killed by fellow chips because you are black versus the perp is white

Shall I continue about fairness?

[Boiler 46,276]

let me,

and carrying out you job as a reporter for a minor TV station.

[Operator 1,927]

I get the one about shipping but I'm having trouble with the being cooked together one.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Fairness is;

Shipping at Walmart without being killed

Being a kid with a toy gun, playing on the playground without being killed

Getting your wallet for the police without being shot

Being arrested with being cooked together

Being stopped by the police, comply, without being kicked in the face

Being an off duty officer, call and report a robbery and not get killed by fellow chips because you are black versus the perp is white

Shall I continue about fairness?

If you're going to address the point, sure.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Rush is right; Vester IS a liberal creation. Affirmative Action provided Vester with jobs that he was unqualified to do, liberal social engineering caused people to overlook and excuse his psychotic behavior, and liberal bigotry provided Vester with reasons to blame whites for his personal failures

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Rush is right; Vester IS a liberal creation. Affirmative Action provided Vester with jobs that he was unqualified to do, liberal social engineering caused people to overlook and excuse his psychotic behavior, and liberal bigotry provided Vester with reasons to blame whites for his personal failures

Yeah disparate ideology(so long as it isn't yours) is the reason for crazy

What a crock. Seriously, who thinks in such a way?

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Not suggesting that you are. Just that there's a sensitivity here and that when people imply, as a previous poster did, that there is something fundamentally different between blacks and whites as evidenced in the behaviour of different groups of people in superficially similar situations, that it should somehow be the responsibility of all blacks to do soul searching to figure out why.

You mean the same way you often imply that non-blacks are responsible for the treatment of blacks in the US? That somehow, because there were slaves 150 years ago, all whites today are responsible and owe something to all blacks?

My post in no way implied that ANY black member on this forum is responsible for any rioting or looting. I am sure all the folks here are fine, moral, law-abiding citizens who care more for what goes on in their country and don't waste much time worrying about the goings-on in other countries.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You mean the same way you often imply that non-blacks are responsible for the treatment of blacks in the US? That somehow, because there were slaves 150 years ago, all whites today are responsible and owe something to all blacks?

My post in no way implied that ANY black member on this forum is responsible for any rioting or looting. I am sure all the folks here are fine, moral, law-abiding citizens who care more for what goes on in their country and don't waste much time worrying about the goings-on in other countries.

Often? I believe that white Americans have inherited a social order in which they are the primary beneficiaries. That doesn't make any individual responsible for slavery, only for perpetuating the resultant inequalities into the present day. I don't believe in paying financial reparations, only in government providing assistance to the urban poor through education subsidies, social housing and access to health care.

You posted a meme that implied there was something about blacks that is inherently violent. If that's not what you intended then perhaps a solution would be to post something amounting to your own opinion.

[decocker 7,198]

for real? lol. how dumb.

Rush is right; Vester IS a liberal creation. Affirmative Action provided Vester with jobs that he was unqualified to do, liberal social engineering caused people to overlook and excuse his psychotic behavior, and liberal bigotry provided Vester with reasons to blame whites for his personal failures

do you have some info to back this up?

You mean the same way you often imply that non-blacks are responsible for the treatment of blacks in the US? That somehow, because there were slaves 150 years ago, all whites today are responsible and owe something to all blacks?

My post in no way implied that ANY black member on this forum is responsible for any rioting or looting. I am sure all the folks here are fine, moral, law-abiding citizens who care more for what goes on in their country and don't waste much time worrying about the goings-on in other countries.

these murders have zero to do with cops killing civilians of any race. please try to collect your scatter brain and try again.

Edited August 28, 2015 by decocker

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The only proof is that Rush said it. And like the Old Testament God - because he said it, it became truth.