So we are gonna ignore the riot thats happening in Baltimore

bahaha, you are walking this back so much.

Yes, it is wrong to justify killings with the logic that the "gene pool should be cleansed". You want to paint this as a "use of force" debate but you started it with eugenic language. That's a fact. You implied that certain people should be killed to enforce genetic purity. Now you're trying to justify that for some stupid reason.

I'm glad you aren't saying people explictly need to be "cleared" anymore, but you started with a framework that reinforced the notion of hegemony through violence and death. You didn't say: "people who are committing violence need to be stopped with violence." You said "our gene pool should be cleansed".

Your bias towards life only extends to people you consider worthy of life. That's fine. Owe up to your eugenic argument.

 

How did the first protest end . . .. . . .. . let's take a look:









Translation . .. IT DOESN'T F***ING MATTER HOW YOU PROTEST
They coming to crack skulls
To protect the privilege

Rocket River

 

John Angelos:

It'd behoove the nation to stop and take a look at the root causes of all of this, no matter how much blame can be put at the feet of those on either side. It does no one any good to dismiss the concerns of thousands due to the actions of a few.

 

Don't know....don't care. I'm sure some of my relatives or ancestors or neighbors, or someone was discriminated against. I DEMAND REPARATIONS!!!!

Of course, I am being completely facetious here.

 

Can you pinpoint specific instances or resolved DOJ investigations/settlements?

Do you have as strong a case as this one:

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

"Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole."

 

You're going to get a sarcastic one sentence response. Not sure why you're bothering.

 

because I like linking to that article. even one accidental click could change perspectives.

 

I edited my initial post before I saw this. I was being facetious.

The only reason I brought up reparations is because someone suggested that this is some of what is needed to fix the problems we have. I will say that if everyone that was wronged in this country in the past are paid reparations, that's going to be a lot of money being paid out.

 

i suck at detecting sarcasm

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Spoiler

I wonder, if a mic is dropped in an Ivory Tower, does anyone hear it?

 

What does it mean to "reckon with our compounding moral debts" exactly?

 

you do know that most of the records were destroyed, misplace or hidden [ala Afflect] to protect the slaveowners from historical shame and blame . . .so . . . . well . .. you might be right

Rocket River

 

I'm not sure why it even matters. What does being able to name your ancestor have to do with the the impact of historical events?

 

I was being sarcastic to begin with. I thought it was obvious.

 

Yeah, that person was me--and the reason why I brought it up is less the money that would fix problems but the fact that reparations would represent a significant closure to a chapter of systematic racism that continues to the present.

Reparations build the payer more than the payee. West Germany is the perfect example of contrition turned right.

And no, I am not being sarcastic.

 

He's an attention w**** who wants to get on Fox News
You do know he fudged and f***ed the results to skew to that narrative. . .right?

Rocket River

 

So who should get paid, and by whom?

 

It means red-lining that led to predatory subprime mortgages vacating entire urban black neighbourhoods.

It means the crack epidemic that led to the education and infant mortality white-black gap needs to be traced back to Contra funding and the current war on drugs.

It means the black sites of Homan Square and the largest incarceration rate in recorded human history.

It means the register has never closed--and until America acknowledges that it will never be whole.

 

Where were you during the Third Reich?

Rocket River

 

I don't link for fun.

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case-for-reparations/361631/