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It's kinda amazing that race is still such a big issue in this day and age...



I'm observing it from afar of course, but is it as bad as it seems? Is race still a big issue in the US?
 
And you are from the west. Probably why it's BMore out here in the east and to those from Maryland.

Yeah not sure how many jazzfanz on here are from Maryland so I bet a few didn't get that reference.

And national talk or not it helps to have links or at least a little tiny bit of content/context from the OP.



Anywho...




So what does it say about our underlying pressures or desires or stresses when anything like this can set off hundreds of otherwise rational people and get them to commit atrocities as if they suddenly have no sense of right or wrong? I mean I remember the Rodney King riots and a lot of the people they showed were not the stereotypical angry young (pick a race) male. Why is there such violence and sociopathy bubbling just beneath the surface in so many people, just waiting for the slightest excuse to hurt others when they think they won't be caught or whatever? I get the whole crowd mentality thing, but I think it says something either to our nature or our society that it always goes this way. "Hey I'm pissed cuz of this guy I didn't know, so now other people are pissed to, so it's alright for me to destroy this little chinese restaurant and wipe out this guy's means to take care of his family (or burn a community center) in order to show how pissed off I am!! It is justifiable outrage man!!"
 
The complete and utter failure of trickle down economics

I think these riots seen in Baltimore and Ferguson are much more about the pathetic situation many poor black communities have than anything else. Decades of frustration for lack of proper housing, employment, and education opportunities are spilling over. The police are an easy target. But in reality, I think the real anger stems from a government that has mostly turned a blind eye to their situation.

While the rich whites of this country have become even more rich and while we have pissed away trillions in wars, what have we done for the black community? Could you imagine how much better things would be if instead of throwing $2 trillion away in Iraq we had invested $2 trillion into helping poor minorities get out of their slums and get a decent education?

My question is, when will whites finally join in? They too are seeing fewer educational opportunities. Many of their jobs are disappearing. Just how much longer can so many be kicked around? Wealth inequality and expensive higher education are quickly becoming huge issues for 2016 imo
 
I'll never understand how people think this actually helps anything. "I think the police wronged somebody, so I'm going to go destroy the whole ****ing city to prove a point. Oh wait, that doesn't prove my point? Well, at least I'll get some free stuff and maybe be on tv. I can always say I was there." Morans.
 
I'll never understand how people think this actually helps anything. "I think the police wronged somebody, so I'm going to go destroy the whole ****ing city to prove a point. Oh wait, that doesn't prove my point? Well, at least I'll get some free stuff and maybe be on tv. I can always say I was there." Morans.

How else do they stand up to Unnecessary Police brutality/abuse? Damn system is broken, so go outside the system.
 
How else do they stand up to Unnecessary Police brutality/abuse? Damn system is broken, so go outside the system.

By raising awareness, marches, speeches, lobbying congress, bringing in more people from other races to their cause, education...

What they are doing shouldn't even be an option. It's a bandaid for a gunshot wound.

It won't, and never will, fix the problem. It only creates more.
 
By raising awareness, marches, speeches, lobbying congress, bringing in more people from other races to their cause, education...

What they are doing shouldn't even be an option. It's a bandaid for a gunshot wound.

It won't, and never will, fix the problem. It only creates more.

The non-violent protest has happened before, they basically ignored it hoping it would go away. It came again, with a vengeance. They're being ignored, this is probably how they create awareness. Police brutality is what shouldn't be an option. It's not right, and doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand.

When is the last time you felt safe when you saw a cop and not paranoid?
Like it or not they've made a name for themselves and it's not like there isn't evidence to back it up.

These "bad ones" need to be held accountable. Not set free after they shoot/choke a kid to death because they supposedly felt threatened when there is clear video evidence they were not. Any other citizen would be put in prison, no questions asked.
I feel the law is there for an obvious moral reason, but it's not moral if the same people enforcing that law are breaking it.

I'd rather they stand up for what they know is right, then sit back and do nothing.
 
So what does it say about our underlying pressures or desires or stresses when anything like this can set off hundreds of otherwise rational people and get them to commit atrocities as if they suddenly have no sense of right or wrong? I mean I remember the Rodney King riots and a lot of the people they showed were not the stereotypical angry young (pick a race) male. Why is there such violence and sociopathy bubbling just beneath the surface in so many people, just waiting for the slightest excuse to hurt others when they think they won't be caught or whatever? I get the whole crowd mentality thing, but I think it says something either to our nature or our society that it always goes this way. "Hey I'm pissed cuz of this guy I didn't know, so now other people are pissed to, so it's alright for me to destroy this little chinese restaurant and wipe out this guy's means to take care of his family (or burn a community center) in order to show how pissed off I am!! It is justifiable outrage man!!"

White college kids and white pro sports fans (most recently Winnipeg Jets fans) do the same exact rioting/property damage, but I haven't seen you wag your finger at them.

Of course there are more rationale ways to handle it, but it's seemingly the most practical as just talking with local legislators and lawmakers hasn't changed anything over the last 200 years. The politicians (local and federal) are completely self-serving, and only have an interest in their power and protecting it. So when their little dumb pig police officers ****s in the room, and they lie about it time and time again, it can piss people off.

This has been going on since the beginning of time, particularly the targeting of blacks, but now that social media is so common place in everyone's life it is now magnified and more people are becoming aware/exposed to these injustices. Obviously the more people who know about it, the more likely it is a person who is inclined to rebel in this fashion finds out and is sparked.

Just below the abusive police officers nationwide on the list of top humans who need to be euthanized are the news producers manipulating photos to spin the racist and one-sided narrative. The best thing about Twitter is that you can follow the entire landscape first hand from people on the ground with their words/photos/videos. It's easy to find too. Don't pay attention to national news outlets. They're surely misrepresenting everything and just trying to bait for ratings.

I STAND IN TOTAL SOLIDARITY WITH ALL WHO THE PIGS OPPRESS AND WANT TO REBEL. **** THE POLICE.
 
White college kids and white pro sports fans (most recently Winnipeg Jets fans) do the same exact rioting/property damage, but I haven't seen you wag your finger at them.

Of course there are more rationale ways to handle it, but it's seemingly the most practical as just talking with local legislators and lawmakers hasn't changed anything over the last 200 years. The politicians (local and federal) are completely self-serving, and only have an interest in their power and protecting it. So when their little dumb pig police officers ****s in the room, and they lie about it time and time again, it can piss people off.

This has been going on since the beginning of time, particularly the targeting of blacks, but now that social media is so common place in everyone's life it is now magnified and more people are becoming aware/exposed to these injustices. Obviously the more people who know about it, the more likely it is a person who is inclined to riot finds out and is sparked.

I STAND IN TOTAL SOLIDARITY WITH ALL WHO THE PIGS OPPRESS. **** THE POLICE.

Dude you make stuff up all over the place. Show me where in that post I pointed to a specific race? Otherwise, gtfo.
 
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