They handled it with grace, dignity, and forgiveness.

It's amazing what Americans can do without paid mobs looting and burning.

As tragic as this was, it's a completely different beast than the incidents which caused the Baltimore and Ferguson riots. I think even you understand that.

(06-21-2015 06:21 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  As tragic as this was, it's a completely different beast than the incidents which caused the Baltimore and Ferguson riots. I think even you understand that.

Yes, it is different. In Charleston, we knew what happened immediately and Christians took the lead in handling the situation. In Ferguson and Baltimore, we didn't know what happened right away, which allowed the secularist demagogues an opening to promote their hate.

(06-21-2015 06:07 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  They handled it with grace, dignity, and forgiveness.

It's amazing what Americans can do without paid mobs looting and burning.

+1

Minus some minor vandalism it's been rather uneventful.

Well the populations of the three cities are a little different so I'm not sure if it's a great comparison either in that regard.

They've done a good job so far, but let's see if the movement to take down the Confederate Flag in South Carolina gets any steam. If so, I could see some riots and violence in that state down the road.

Kudos to the Folks of Charleston. An utterly Horrible situation of Evil, and Good is prevailing with the Will of a lot of People doing Their best to overcome it. It also shows Another way how far the South has come in the last 50 years. People of all races standing united against a Blatant act of Racism.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2015/...ousan.html

Which America would you rather live in?

a) the America of the AME Christian church? or
B) the George Soros, secular America that we saw in Ferguson and Baltimore?

(06-21-2015 08:38 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  

(06-21-2015 06:21 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  As tragic as this was, it's a completely different beast than the incidents which caused the Baltimore and Ferguson riots. I think even you understand that.

Yes, it is different. In Charleston, we knew what happened immediately and Christians took the lead in handling the situation. In Ferguson and Baltimore, we didn't know what happened right away, which allowed the secularist demagogues an opening to promote their hate.

+1

(06-21-2015 09:39 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Well the populations of the three cities are a little different so I'm not sure if it's a great comparison either in that regard.

They've done a good job so far, but let's see if the movement to take down the Confederate Flag in South Carolina gets any steam. If so, I could see some riots and violence in that state down the road.

Why would there be riots over that?

(06-22-2015 08:24 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(06-21-2015 09:39 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Well the populations of the three cities are a little different so I'm not sure if it's a great comparison either in that regard.

They've done a good job so far, but let's see if the movement to take down the Confederate Flag in South Carolina gets any steam. If so, I could see some riots and violence in that state down the road.

Why would there be riots over that?

Yeah, maybe some grumblings, but riots? Doesn't seem likely at all.

This also is a clear example of how The South different than the rest of this Nation.

Charleston has proven that love and compassion for others has nothing to do with race. This horrible, senseless tragedy has pulled that city closer together, not farther apart.

The meme this thread is trying hard to push has to be one of the biggest non sequitur's ever on here.

Other than a white person did something to a black person(s), there really isn't one other similarity. And in Baltimore, weren't several of the officers black anyway?

The similarities end because in Ferguson and Baltimore, it involved parties with power and authority...parties charged with protecting and serving.

Not to mention, both Ferguson and Baltimore weren't neatly tied up with a pretty bow in basically one day. It was known almost immediately exactly what happened, who was at fault, why it happened, and then the perpetrator was soon arrested and reportedly confessed.

There was no actual or perceived delayed justice anywhere. Heck, Brown nearly laid in the street longer than it took to catch this guy.

But yes, the people of Charleston have been exemplary in handling this tragedy. Attempts to push something else here are extremely misguided.

Not sure of the comparison is being made since there are different sources for grief. The tragic shootings in Charleston were not viewed as an abuse of institutional power the way the Ferguson and Baltimore incidents were, and those were not mass shootings anyway.

There were no riots in Wisconsin after the Sikh shooting either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_...e_shooting

(06-22-2015 10:46 AM)Hitch Wrote:  Not sure of the comparison is being made since there are different sources for grief. The tragic shootings in Charleston were not viewed as an abuse of institutional power the way the Ferguson and Baltimore incidents were.

There were no riots in Wisconsin after the Sikh shooting either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_...e_shooting

Exactly, this is basically a terrorist attack. I can't think of any communities in America who would not have just rallied around that church and congregation, with the same amount of class as what we saw in SC.

(06-22-2015 10:45 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  The meme this thread is trying hard to push has to be one of the biggest non sequitur's ever on here.

Other than a white person did something to a black person(s), there really isn't one other similarity. And in Baltimore, weren't several of the officers black anyway?

The similarities end because in Ferguson and Baltimore, it involved parties with power and authority...parties charged with protecting and serving.

Not to mention, both Ferguson and Baltimore weren't neatly tied up with a pretty bow in basically one day. It was known almost immediately exactly what happened, who was at fault, why it happened, and then the perpetrator was soon arrested and reportedly confessed.

There was no actual or perceived delayed justice anywhere. Heck, Brown nearly laid in the street longer than it took to catch this guy.

But yes, the people of Charleston have been exemplary in handling this tragedy. Attempts to push something else here are extremely misguided.

Spot on my man!

It's incredible that they looked into the eyes of evil and forgave. Amazing amazing stuff.

(06-22-2015 10:57 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  It's incredible that they looked into the eyes of evil and forgave. Amazing amazing stuff.

This I agree with.

I make no bones about admitting that I'm not a big enough man to have done that. I'd want him fed into a wood chipper alive. Feet first so it lasts longer.

It is amazing how the area has reacted to this horrible attack. Sometimes right after you see the worst in some people you then get to see the best in some others.