I don't give a sh*t about either situation. One thing we need to be careful about on this board is the use of "blacks" and "whites". We're getting closer and closer to making everything two sides against each other than the complicated situation it really is.

(08-22-2014 10:28 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  I think the point of the OP is simply to show the unbelievable hypocrisy of the media. NOT to place blame on the police or say that the white man is innocent.

Yeah, but if you spend around this board you'll see that people only have a problem with media hypocrisy when they aren't on the winning side. There are plenty of times when media hypocrisy favors them and they are dead silent about it.

(08-23-2014 11:26 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I don't give a sh*t about either situation. One thing we need to be careful about on this board is the use of "blacks" and "whites". We're getting closer and closer to making everything two sides against each other than the complicated situation it really is.

And Zero and Holder have nothing to do with that great divide. They encourage the division. Holder calls white people cowards. What do black people say? Oh yea, he is right.

(08-23-2014 11:32 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(08-23-2014 11:26 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I don't give a sh*t about either situation. One thing we need to be careful about on this board is the use of "blacks" and "whites". We're getting closer and closer to making everything two sides against each other than the complicated situation it really is.

And Zero and Holder have nothing to do with that great divide. They encourage the division. Holder calls white people cowards. What do black people say? Oh yea, he is right.

Is that generalization fair? I don't know many black people who care enough about Holder to say that he's right. Remember, he called black people cowards as well back in 2008.

Obama holding office in the first place was going to cause some racial tension through no fault of his own, but I do think that advice to remain popular caused him to speak up in situations where he shouldn't have.

Then again, I don't think the divide exists as much to regular people--people who don't make habit of frequenting political message boards.

(08-23-2014 11:39 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(08-23-2014 11:32 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(08-23-2014 11:26 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I don't give a sh*t about either situation. One thing we need to be careful about on this board is the use of "blacks" and "whites". We're getting closer and closer to making everything two sides against each other than the complicated situation it really is.

And Zero and Holder have nothing to do with that great divide. They encourage the division. Holder calls white people cowards. What do black people say? Oh yea, he is right.

Is that generalization fair? I don't know many black people who care enough about Holder to say that he's right. Remember, he called black people cowards as well back in 2008.

Obama holding office in the first place was going to cause some racial tension through no fault of his own, but I do think that advice to remain popular caused him to speak up in situations where he shouldn't have.

Then again, I don't think the divide exists as much to regular people--people who don't make habit of frequenting political message boards.

You are right, normal people don't see the divide in their everyday lives. However, the president and his administration has sharply focused on the divide. You never hear about Zero's white side because it is shameful.

+1

All the guy can do is pimp racial divide. That's what a community organizer does!

(08-23-2014 11:48 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(08-23-2014 11:39 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(08-23-2014 11:32 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(08-23-2014 11:26 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I don't give a sh*t about either situation. One thing we need to be careful about on this board is the use of "blacks" and "whites". We're getting closer and closer to making everything two sides against each other than the complicated situation it really is.

And Zero and Holder have nothing to do with that great divide. They encourage the division. Holder calls white people cowards. What do black people say? Oh yea, he is right.

Is that generalization fair? I don't know many black people who care enough about Holder to say that he's right. Remember, he called black people cowards as well back in 2008.

Obama holding office in the first place was going to cause some racial tension through no fault of his own, but I do think that advice to remain popular caused him to speak up in situations where he shouldn't have.

Then again, I don't think the divide exists as much to regular people--people who don't make habit of frequenting political message boards.

You are right, normal people don't see the divide in their everyday lives. However, the president and his administration has sharply focused on the divide. You never hear about Zero's white side because it is shameful.

I don't know about you but I've heard about his mother and his grandparents, who were white, a bunch of times. I also remember his trip to Ireland and when he was looking over genealogy, which made him "related" to every president besides Van Buren.

Actually, we know more about his white side than his black side because even HE doesn't know all that much about his black side.

(08-23-2014 11:54 AM)South Carolina Duke Wrote:  +1

All the guy can do is pimp racial divide. That's what a community organizer does!

What about the Tea Party organizers out there? They're goal was to organize communities.

Nice try.

(08-23-2014 11:26 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I don't give a sh*t about either situation. One thing we need to be careful about on this board is the use of "blacks" and "whites". We're getting closer and closer to making everything two sides against each other than the complicated situation it really is.

You realize that's what's happening in the real world right now too right?

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(08-26-2014 12:12 PM)DexterDevil Wrote:  

(08-23-2014 11:26 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I don't give a sh*t about either situation. One thing we need to be careful about on this board is the use of "blacks" and "whites". We're getting closer and closer to making everything two sides against each other than the complicated situation it really is.

You realize that's what's happening in the real world right now too right?

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In certain circles it certainly is. To majority I'd bet it isn't.

(08-26-2014 02:07 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(08-26-2014 12:12 PM)DexterDevil Wrote:  

(08-23-2014 11:26 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I don't give a sh*t about either situation. One thing we need to be careful about on this board is the use of "blacks" and "whites". We're getting closer and closer to making everything two sides against each other than the complicated situation it really is.

You realize that's what's happening in the real world right now too right?

In certain circles it certainly is. To majority I'd bet it isn't.

Your specific situation--in at least a couple of ways--probably gives you more depth of insight into this issue than most on here. Given that, it's particularly reassuring that you would say this. I'm not sure I share your optimism, but it's nice to know that you do.

(08-22-2014 10:28 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  I think the point of the OP is simply to show the unbelievable hypocrisy of the media. NOT to place blame on the police or say that the white man is innocent.

I understand what you are getting at, but I think the circumstances of how it went down and the character of the person killed play a small role in why the media isn't covering it.

http://www.dreamindemon.com/community/th...ned.71679/

(08-23-2014 01:31 AM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(08-22-2014 11:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 10:33 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 10:04 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  The public can only take so much.

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So if a white cop shoots another black boy nothing will happen? Right now, across the country, black boys are probably getting away with more than they ever did because every white cop is terrified to do anything.

Liberals screwed up big time in a state you libs love to make fun of.

It just happened the other night in St. LOUIS.

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Fit, you're on drugs, right? That was a suicide by cop. If that guy attacked you with a knife and you had a gun what would you do?


Friggin idiot brought a knife to a gun fight. That's about all we need to know about liberals.

It is so easy to disarm someone with a knife that I would have put my gun away.

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(08-26-2014 10:30 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(08-23-2014 01:31 AM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(08-22-2014 11:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 10:33 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 10:04 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  The public can only take so much.

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So if a white cop shoots another black boy nothing will happen? Right now, across the country, black boys are probably getting away with more than they ever did because every white cop is terrified to do anything.

Liberals screwed up big time in a state you libs love to make fun of.

It just happened the other night in St. LOUIS.

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Fit, you're on drugs, right? That was a suicide by cop. If that guy attacked you with a knife and you had a gun what would you do?


Friggin idiot brought a knife to a gun fight. That's about all we need to know about liberals.

It is so easy to disarm someone with a knife that I would have put my gun away.

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http://home.elpasotexas.gov/police-depar...rocess.php

Civil rights groups are calling for voter registration up to the November Mid Term elections. This is the Only thing all of this media driven story in Ferguson is about. Funny it happened in a heavy Democrat represented district and Governors office. Republicans were Not involved at all.

(08-26-2014 10:30 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(08-23-2014 01:31 AM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(08-22-2014 11:07 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 10:33 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(08-21-2014 10:04 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  The public can only take so much.

Posted from my mobile device using the CSNbbs App

So if a white cop shoots another black boy nothing will happen? Right now, across the country, black boys are probably getting away with more than they ever did because every white cop is terrified to do anything.

Liberals screwed up big time in a state you libs love to make fun of.

It just happened the other night in St. LOUIS.

Posted from my mobile device using the CSNbbs App

Fit, you're on drugs, right? That was a suicide by cop. If that guy attacked you with a knife and you had a gun what would you do?


Friggin idiot brought a knife to a gun fight. That's about all we need to know about liberals.

It is so easy to disarm someone with a knife that I would have put my gun away.

Posted from my mobile device using the CSNbbs App

The police training is lethal force is met with lethal force. There's that...

(08-26-2014 10:30 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  It is so easy to disarm someone with a knife that I would have put my gun away.

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(08-26-2014 02:14 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(08-26-2014 02:07 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(08-26-2014 12:12 PM)DexterDevil Wrote:  

(08-23-2014 11:26 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I don't give a sh*t about either situation. One thing we need to be careful about on this board is the use of "blacks" and "whites". We're getting closer and closer to making everything two sides against each other than the complicated situation it really is.

You realize that's what's happening in the real world right now too right?

In certain circles it certainly is. To majority I'd bet it isn't.

Your specific situation--in at least a couple of ways--probably gives you more depth of insight into this issue than most on here. Given that, it's particularly reassuring that you would say this. I'm not sure I share your optimism, but it's nice to know that you do.

Being on the internet and seeing the leading news stories can put us in a certain bubble of information and get us too start thinking issues are bigger than what we are. Right now the big news is bad, but the bad news isn't applicable to the vast majority of anyone--and you know the media is good at making things seem a certain way. It's a textbook example of availability affecting our perception.

I was starting to think about this myself, until I realized that my best friend is still a white guy, his parents and grandparents still treat me like a son/grandson. Everyone is still going to work, school, and living amongst each other. It's not perfect, but it's better than it ever has been.