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In reply to the discussion: If Darren Wilson is innocent, why are so many white people preparing for war? [View all]awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)172. Who wrote that poem? nt
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If Darren Wilson is innocent, why are so many white people preparing for war? [View all]
randys1
Nov 2014
OP
Missourii, endless examples of this closing and that closing and the KKK saying they
randys1
Nov 2014
#2
Why would you have Bounce House at a birthday party if you didn't expect kids to play in it?
Atman
Nov 2014
#201
Or maybe they just don't want to be victims if things do get out of hand.
rudolph the red
Nov 2014
#255
Yep. Like survivalists who get a woody thinking about the day when they can
GoneFishin
Nov 2014
#304
FYI, the so-called New Black Panthers have been denounced as frauds by real former Panthers.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#235
Definitely! The police turned this into a nightmare by how they handled the protests. The police
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#25
What happened first was an 18 yr old kid on his way college was executed for jaywalking
randys1
Nov 2014
#55
IMO? Most definitely. But it was nice Kabuki theater for the militarized police force
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2014
#124
Not guilty is all you ever get from the legal system, not sure what that has to do with
randys1
Nov 2014
#9
Yep, and to be honest that is not the reason I said it, i did forget that there are TONS
randys1
Nov 2014
#18
Not to be confused with those who apparently assume people of color will be
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#32
"TENS OF MILLIONS OF VICIOUS RACIST WHITE PEOPLE IN AMERICA" are "not to be confused with those..."
ieoeja
Nov 2014
#41
And there are white people who know there are tens of millions of vicious white racist and are
freshwest
Nov 2014
#291
I dunno about *tens of millions* of VICIOUS racists.....(note the caps, please)
AverageJoe90
Nov 2014
#342
Anyone that supports what the GOP/Libertarian/Teas want by voting for them, is VICIOUS.
freshwest
Nov 2014
#351
Actually it is much more likely that people who think he was guilty will peacefully protest
Cal Carpenter
Nov 2014
#204
You are the one who accused ME of racism...you are in the wrong place, seriously
randys1
Nov 2014
#61
Just the same couple who the rest of us understand...we know who you are...we get it
randys1
Nov 2014
#66
Flamebait my ASS I didnt even think a board of ALLEGED liberals would do anything
randys1
Nov 2014
#77
No, since my positions are identical to liberal positioins, you have to agree with liberal positions
randys1
Nov 2014
#92
IOW, if one doesn't agree with your version of what a liberal is, all others are something else?
GGJohn
Nov 2014
#97
How can you claim to hold a liberal position if you're OP implies whites are arming themselves
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#115
THEY are the ones ASSUMING Black people are going to be violent NOT ME, that is the whole point
randys1
Nov 2014
#117
But you claimed it is evidence of guilt (not explained: how civilians are culpable for police acts).
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#163
Ah, call me a racist again, I feel like I am on a rightwing site again....weird
randys1
Nov 2014
#166
The entire first wave of your thread was you peddling the assertion that whites are buying guns.
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2014
#171
"How can you be a democrat and not like most of what I post, I honest to god am simply and totally
rudolph the red
Nov 2014
#263
Are you starting to see why so many black and brown posters have left this web site?
Number23
Nov 2014
#191
Yes, there is an endless line of alleged liberals here calling me the racist...I know why you
randys1
Nov 2014
#196
So if I am so terribly wrong, why not ask ANY African American on this board or ANYWHERE on the
randys1
Nov 2014
#205
No no no no no you dont, about my OP and the reason why so many of you are SO ENRAGED
randys1
Nov 2014
#209
Amazing how people just assume you are talking about them by bringing up something totally
Rex
Nov 2014
#233
Well, alot of the black posters here deduced LOOOOONG ago that when it comes to race issues
Number23
Nov 2014
#210
I am the one getting an education, I am sincerely surprised by how many react this way.
randys1
Nov 2014
#214
Of course, i have had posts hidden anytime I point out the racism of white people in an
randys1
Nov 2014
#76
No shit, a white guy talking about the tens of millions of white racists in America
randys1
Nov 2014
#81
And we have concluded the lesson for today folks...I swear to god this is the EXACT response I
randys1
Nov 2014
#101
Wish I could say the same, my hope was at least half of this country could stop with this shit
randys1
Nov 2014
#125
That cuts against what the 21st century social scientists have settled on ...
1StrongBlackMan
Nov 2014
#177
And that's how you arrive at the twisted logic whereby protesting racism becomes "racist" in itself.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#237
Acknowledging (and calling out) injustice is *not* self-loathing. I won't stand for that.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#343
And I think you may have misunderstood Randy's comments. See my post #261.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#347
I'm afraid there was no misunderstanding on my part: Randy seems to have meant what he said.
AverageJoe90
Nov 2014
#348
Not only is it all right for some apparently, they are using the handful of whites who have been
Number23
Nov 2014
#280
Sad to say, but I've run into a few nasty black racists in particular, myself.
AverageJoe90
Nov 2014
#337
What I know is all segments of white America in MO are promoting violence by saying there will
randys1
Nov 2014
#106
Exactly what I hear from rightwingers on rightwing message boards EXACTLY the same
randys1
Nov 2014
#102
What I see are tons of white people RUNNING to attack me because I told the truth about other white
randys1
Nov 2014
#114
Some people are preparing to commit violence, others to defend themselves from violence.
Captain Stern
Nov 2014
#296
For the same reason they DON'T prepare for war when a championship game is being played in town. nt
Ykcutnek
Nov 2014
#21
You have drawn out the Gungeoneers and Preppers from the depths , have you got the secret
pkdu
Nov 2014
#28
You have to have decent insurance to run a business. Fires happen even without riots.
bravenak
Nov 2014
#67
I sent it in to a publisher but I don't like the company and may not publish it with them.
bravenak
Nov 2014
#192
Inviting protesters into my business\home for hot drinks and warm-up space and to
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#129
Ferguson seems to have become the epicenter of so much that has gone so incredibly wrong
Rhiannon12866
Nov 2014
#29
I see it as that also, the buildup of a lot of things coming to a head there. It rarely is about
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#134
Because many see a world where a white cop can shoot a black teenager without repricussion
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2014
#37
You are so predictable it's almost laughable with your rt.com and dailymail links. You
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#292
That's what they want, and have armed up for and been training for all these years.
Hoyt
Nov 2014
#43
Yes, and think of how bad we have racism in america if 99% of all republicans are racist and
randys1
Nov 2014
#70
If the masses of East St. Louis (Illinois) decide to engage in solidarity with
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#139
The hell to pay is a LONG LONG LONG LONG time coming, I said IF HE IS SO INNOCENT
randys1
Nov 2014
#87
You betc,i just imagined the VAST VAST racism IN THIS country and one could say even in this thread
randys1
Nov 2014
#95
Dear god...you have GOT to be kidding me...First of all, ALL white americans are racists even
randys1
Nov 2014
#135
I have the Godfather show on my DVR and when I get depressed I watch that or some Carlin
randys1
Nov 2014
#148
you guys or gals aint paying me enough to write these truthful threads about all the white
randys1
Nov 2014
#180
I am not kidding either, I would do it. Then I would go to FXX and pitch a sitcom
randys1
Nov 2014
#222
Maybe but you have to admit that Wayne Brady on Chappelle was some of the funniest shit ever.
TheKentuckian
Nov 2014
#300
Yeah, accusations of racism are *so* much worse than teenagers being gunned down in the street...
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#245
Just asking for a little perspective and sense of proportion here, that's all.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#251
Any kid gunned down and left on the street all day is a tragedy, no matter who is responsible.
GGJohn
Nov 2014
#253
It's not that everyone is bigoted, individually. I'm pretty sure that isn't what he was saying.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#261
Good job, when you cant refute my statement of fact about white people promoting violence and
randys1
Nov 2014
#154
So the white community and institutions of MO arent promoting violence and preparing for same
randys1
Nov 2014
#162
Do you have the links proving that the "white community" is promoting violence?
GGJohn
Nov 2014
#167
You mean like the Gov going on TV talking about why he thinks he needs the National Guard?
randys1
Nov 2014
#173
That's not promoting violence, that's preparing for the unlikely event that some extremist
GGJohn
Nov 2014
#175
I assume he means fellow white people. And I would be happy to play my part in that. n/t
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#246
Oh, well we know the ones who caused damage were very limited in number and mostly from
randys1
Nov 2014
#128
a strong foundation is powered by logical and rational thought. emotional foundations are shaky. eo
yawnmaster
Nov 2014
#193
Conservative whites fear the reaction of an enraged black populace if the Grand Jury fails to indict
Algernon Moncrieff
Nov 2014
#153
This is the kind of thread that gets a screenshot and gets played on the news as a sure sign...
Oktober
Nov 2014
#155
Thanks, and like I said the funny thing is I wasnt looking for that response HERE
randys1
Nov 2014
#225
The one who was saved by a Black man? The one who did NOT blame the Black community?
randys1
Nov 2014
#226
Well, he ain't pissing me off, and I seriously doubt he's pissing anyone else her off,
GGJohn
Nov 2014
#239
They always seem to make snap decisions based on their own fears and stereotypes, in these cases.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2014
#250
I might add: These certain kinds of generalizations aren't *just* tiresome.....
AverageJoe90
Nov 2014
#341
Some particularly awful white folks just want an excuse to beat on, or worse, "them culluds".
AverageJoe90
Nov 2014
#329
They all know Wilson is guilty. They just want him DECLARED not guilty. nt
kelliekat44
Nov 2014
#362