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Let's put it this way. I have about as much influence as any of the youth leaders currently in the black community.
As far as what you could do to help:
Fight against the Drug War
Fight for legalization
Fight for sustainable investing, not handouts or situations where the businesses are owned by those outside of the community and the money flows back to the burbs or a flourishing neighborhood.
Fight for #TheMovement, and people who have influence with the youth
There's lots that needs to be done.
Keep going.... I don't see anything about personal responsibility in here. I don't see anything about role models and absent fathers. How about the demise of family values? Maybe you could have put something in there about the 72 percent of single mother births.
There are many poor families that don't have gang bangers and drug thugs in them. They are subject to the same conditions but the raise their children to be productive, educated citizens. So it is not completely about the war on drugs, lack of employment or poverty.
It's a big jump from being a poor person, to being a gun wielding killer with no respect for human life.
Let's take away their ability to own a gun, that'll stop them from killing each other!
Oh wait - they're not allowed them now?... uh... then, well let's all call in Al & Jessie - we see what great leaders THEY are - the'll get 'em to stop...
Keep going.... I don't see anything about personal responsibility in here. I don't see anything about role models and absent fathers. How about the demise of family values? Maybe you could have put something in there about the 72 percent of single mother births.
There are many poor families that don't have gang bangers and drug thugs in them. They are subject to the same conditions but the raise their children to be productive, educated citizens. So it is not completely about the war on drugs, lack of employment or poverty.
It's a big jump from being a poor person, to being a gun wielding killer with no respect for human life.
Who are you talking to? And why are you taking no responsibility??
Let's take away their ability to own a gun, that'll stop them from killing each other!
Oh wait - they're not allowed them now?... uh... then, well let's all call in Al & Jessie - we see what great leaders THEY are - the'll get 'em to stop...
It's sad to play politics on such a complex issue that in all honesty Republicans have some responsibility for.
All I see here people wanting to point the finger but not get their hands dirty.
Who are you talking to? And why are you taking no responsibility??
Do you understand how ignorant you sound?
Because it's not our responsibility for these criminals actions. Why do you think it is?
You are the one who is ignorant because you'd rather point the blame at everyone but the ones who are causing the problems. That's liberalism at it's finest.
Because it's not our responsibility for these criminals actions. Why do you think it is?
You are the one who is ignorant because you'd rather point the blame at everyone but the ones who are causing the problems. That's liberalism at it's finest.
Do you even do anything remotely related to problem solving or solving these types of issues?? Do you do ANYTHING to address these issues??
Your the one pointing the finger and not doing anything. I know where responsibility lays but I'm not stupid enough to think that certain problems are going to stop on their own.
Do you even do anything remotely related to problem solving or solving these types of issues?? Do you do ANYTHING to address these issues??
Your the one pointing the finger and not doing anything. I know where responsibility lays but I'm not stupid enough to think that certain problems are going to stop on their own.
I've answered that question twice in this thread already. Yes, I carry a gun so if those 'issues' become my problem, I'll solve them myself.
You want to blame everyone else for the problems of criminals. Good luck with that.
We have 25% of the WORLD's prison population. Obviously locking up everyone for anything, and heavy handed Policing has not done the job.
Maybe if people cracked a history book every now and then we wouldn't have half the problems we have now.
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