Here we go again... (unarmed black teen shot by cop): Shootings in LA and MN - Page 73 - Politics and Economics

Today I somehow through facebook came across a worldnetdaily article. I read through some of the comments section and the full blown unabashed racists were still out in force. I had only a passing familiarity with worldnetdaily and knew it was a website for crazies, but I had absolutely no idea just how crazy. Wow.

05-01-2015 , 06:24 PM

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Dids

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The BPD Union is so scared by vloggers they think they can bend time.

05-01-2015 , 06:25 PM

#1804

chezlaw

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AsianNit

Do you believe that DrChesspain's modification to your statement significantly changed it's meaning?

Sure

It changed it from what I actually said to the lie that I said something like "I'm sure you don't mean it that way but you make it sound like black people have fundamentally different experiences to everybody else."

Obviously I said nothing like the later and certainly not about a country with such a big racism problem

05-01-2015 , 06:26 PM

#1805

JoltinJake

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So the police union says "these officers did nothing wrong."

LOL. So tilting.

05-01-2015 , 06:27 PM

#1806

JoltinJake

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Looks like their GoFundMe got taken down because it violates the site's terms.

05-01-2015 , 06:32 PM

#1807

AsianNit

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chezlaw

I think you misunderstand what DrChesspain intended. I think he was saying that your initial statement was inaccurate. He wasn't putting words in your mouth. He was telling you that you were wrong.

05-01-2015 , 06:41 PM

#1808

chezlaw

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AsianNit

I think you misunderstand what DrChesspain intended. I think he was saying that your initial statement was inaccurate. He wasn't putting words in your mouth. He was telling you that you were wrong.

you say that's what he intended but it's not what he did. But ok I accept that it may have been an unintended misrepresentation.

If you are right then he is also wrong. The original statement still sounded racist even if unintentionally so - so if you're correct DrChesspain was agreeing with me and correcting the original statement -as Fly pointed out before he took off.

There's still an important point here which is that I don't need to ask my neighbour about how I should feel about/judge what's happening in Baltimore - it would be patronising and kind of racist to do so.

05-01-2015 , 06:43 PM

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wil318466

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Quote:

Originally Posted by goofyballer

See, the operative thing here we love is that you get super butthurt when people make fun of you, causing you to make posts like the above. The joke is funny because we're laughing at the fact that you're a racist. Obviously it isn't funny to you. It wasn't meant to be.

Nah. I don't get butthurt when arguing with morons. See, wookie can't waiiit to ban me because he's a childish bad mod who can't tell the difference between very obvious things. Watching him try to bait me is just laughable.

You, however, continue to impress me with your ability to type your posts out while having his penis in your mouth.

05-01-2015 , 06:46 PM

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Oroku$aki

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...ruh roh.

05-01-2015 , 06:47 PM

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domer2

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ALLTheCookies

350k bail set for murdering cop.
500k bail set for 19 year old that smashed police car window.

America.

bail is a whole slew of factors

05-01-2015 , 06:47 PM

#1812

AsianNit

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chezlaw

How familiar are you with the acronym FYP, as used on the internet?

05-01-2015 , 06:49 PM

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DrChesspain

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chezlaw

If you are right then he is also wrong. The original statement still sounded racist even if unintentionally so - so if you're correct DrChesspain was agreeing with me and correcting the original statement -as Fly pointed out before he took off.

I corrected your statement because you took the expression "the souls of black folks" and asked whether the expression suggests some type of fundamental, racial difference in "souls," (lol), when I think nearly everyone else would understand that it refers to the thoughts, feelings, values, etc. of people who are black--all of which are shaped by experiences.

05-01-2015 , 07:00 PM

#1814

ALLTheCookies

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http://thefreethoughtproject.com/z/

live stream on Baltimore streets.

05-01-2015 , 07:02 PM

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spanktehbadwookie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chezlaw

Quote:

It doesn't invalidate it, but it does make one wonder where white people get such keen insight into the souls of black people.

Technically I'll state it sounded exclusionary using racial terms. If you are not in the souls (or shoes) of black people, how do you know? The answer is you could know in a variety of ways and to various degrees.

To me, your other point amounts to 'it doesn't matter what color your friends are'. I agree.

05-01-2015 , 07:04 PM

#1816

chezlaw

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AsianNit

How familiar are you with the acronym FYP, as used on the internet?

Fairly.

You don't think it's often used to misrepresent what people said?

05-01-2015 , 07:08 PM

#1817

chezlaw

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Quote:

Originally Posted by spanktehbadwookie

It also doesn't matter what your skin pigmentation is.

We can empathise with other people experiences despite superficial differences. Braves is quite wrong when he suggest that only the people shot by the police have some genuine right/ability to be angry about it (if that's what he meant) into how bad it is - we all do.

05-01-2015 , 07:14 PM

#1818

chezlaw

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DrChesspain

you got it wrong before.

Now your talking about character not experiences and getting into a valid area - but if you speak like there's some fundamental divide defined by skin colour then you are sounding racist which was the point I made while recognising it was unintentional of course.

05-01-2015 , 07:14 PM

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13ball

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Quote:

Originally Posted by wil318466

Nah. I don't get butthurt while having his penis

I think you were trying to write a Nickleback song or something. But yeah, you tough.

Last edited by 13ball; 05-01-2015 at 07:16 PM. Reason: what rhymes with penis?

05-01-2015 , 07:32 PM

#1820

wil318466

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Keep editing your post. Maybe it'll make some sort of sense eventually.

05-01-2015 , 07:39 PM

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AsianNit

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chezlaw

Fairly.

You don't think it's often used to misrepresent what people said?

I think it is used to express the opinion that what someone said is wrong (or incomplete) and to highlight what they should have said instead. Sometimes, the intention is humor.

Here are some recent uses of FYP (culled from threads I had in open tabs).

Quote:

Originally Posted by ikestoy

Reddit is hilarious right now, they think he can win

Goofyballer changed that to:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ikestoy

Reddit is hilarious every day of the year

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noze

It's going to be hilarious when Eric Gordon of all people forgoes surgery, rehabs like a beast, comes back and plays like a monster for half a year, opts out of $16 million next year and gets a huge contract from a terrible GM and goes back to sucking 80% of the time.

JayTeeMe:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noze

It's going to be hilarious when Eric Gordon of all people forgoes surgery, rehabs like a beast, comes back and plays like a monster for half a year, opts out of $16 million next year and gets a huge contract from Dell Demps and goes back to sucking 80% of the time.

05-01-2015 , 07:44 PM

#1822

chezlaw

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AsianNit

I think you are dead right and it's sometimes used to misrepresent what people said Sometimes, the intention is humor.

FYP

05-01-2015 , 07:47 PM

#1823

Trolly McTrollson

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

It doesn't invalidate it, but it does make one wonder where white people get such keen insight into the souls of black people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chezlaw

I'm sure you don't mean it that way but you make it sound like black people are fundamentally different in nature to everybody else.

chez: shut the **** up and go back to crying over your fallen racist sensei.

mods: please keep the trolling asshats confined to their box. They're peeing on the carpet.