I offer you another solution. Since you have already experienced some rough times during hurricane, and you are afraid of of racial disturbances in the future in your neighborhood, maybe its time to move to a new neighborhood. Some place where you wont have to worry about such "racial" violence. Time to move out of the ****ty neighborhood.
Casey: So you are saying that there will be riots because Obama is black but not because black people will riot. Is that it? I'm just trying to figure out what you're saying. First you raised L.A. and said the riots would be race based and then you got upset when I used the word "black" and said it would be young people that would riot like at Kent State. I'm just trying to figure out what you're saying. Am I getting warm? Young people will riot if a black man loses? Is that what has you scared enough that you're leaving town after you vote?
I brought up Kenn State because you said trying to say that only black people riot so if I am scared of a riot I must be implying I am scared of a black riot. Is that correct?
I don't like how they just stay int he really cold climate to show how smart they are and tougher than other people. freaking snow packing bastaads.
The only thing I can be sure of is that you are scared of a riot because a black man would have lost. I can also be sure of the fact that you brought up the L.A. riots, which were populated nearly entirely by blacks. And then you freaked out when I said "black." How many riots have we had when people lost elections in this country? Do you think Democrats are going to riot? Who exactly do you see perpetrating this bigger or smaller than L.A. style riot? And why didn't they riot when Kerry lost? I don't know if you're being dishonest with me now or with yourself. Either way, I hate to disappoint you, but he's not going to lose. And, even if he did, there would be no riots - certainly not L.A. style. Democrats, progressives and war opponents are, by and large, pretty peaceful, law abiding people. Blacks are too.
You left out "gun brandishing, violence glorifying" etc. "Everyone saw me on my last album cover, holding a pistol something far from a lover..." Stop glorifying the war!
did't the 2008 RNC experience violent protestors? also the 1968 Democratic National Convention had some retty serious riots and protests. So I have to disagree with you there. If you call is and has been no riots, plus Obama will win, I really don;t see why you are still posting here. You misunderstood my views from your first post here, and assumed you knew everything about me after reading one post. So thanks for your opinion, and I hope you are right. Later!
I don't want to impugn CaseyH with my opinion, but I also think rioting is a realistic possibility in the event Obama loses (which I don't think he will). I won't assume it will happen, but I wouldn't be at all surprised. And, so you don't have to prod me for the racial specifics, I'd expect it to be primarily impoverished black communities (LA and Detroit being obvious cities of interest, given history), if it happens at all, though I can see the folks like those that were protesting at the RNC and other events also participating, with or without other groups. Hopefully, I don't give people enough credit, or at least it won't come up.
well it would be surprising, black haven't rioted over elections. secondly, rioting is done in mostly improvished neighborhoods by young people. i'm gonna guess alot of these people don't vote anyway. they probably care more about the rodney kings of the world, the last time there was a riot, than the obamas. that's taking a serious gander at a pretty ridiculous question. if obama is elected and assinated, let's talk then.
What kind of stupid thread is this? When was the last time the country had rioting because a candidate for office lost?
Just say what you mean outright instead of hiding behind vague semantics. Clearly you're too scared to say what you're thinking even though you've implied it as much as you can. The backtracking isn't believable casey.
An Obama loss could easily be construed as (1) an electoral fix or (2) the result of continued widespread racism against blacks (or both). Either would be an injustice, if true. A realistic impression that your concerns will not be properly addressed by the very institutions (the electoral bureaucracy or the popular electorate) that created the injustice can make one feel powerless to rectify it. If many people thought those things, rioting seems quite possible. And, that seems to me to be exactly what the Rodney King riot was about -- either the jury or the court created an injustice and the populace had no recourse to rectify the situation.
i think you and casey are really ignoring crucial dynamics of that cause major riots. in the rodney king case for instance, you had a lot of people who felt they could relate to rodney king's situation, police brutality. the lapd had a very bad reputation going back generations on the subject. it was pent up frustration, and it was personal to alot of people (excusing probably the majority who just want to get and destroy property). These events don't happen in vacums. there is no underlying talk of voter fraud against african american candidates. again, i would assume even the 2000 election isn't on the radar of most of the people who would take part in a riot. it would be totally out of the blue, but in the case of rodney king, i guarantee you la city officials were not surprised.
