Stupid Liberals target another kid with their hate

[EdwardA]

Originally Posted by ChocLot

Black face is not cool. Not even when a 10 year old boy does it. Hopefully, the actions of his stupid parents won't affect how he views black people as he matures. Honestly, I think this is what screws so many kids up and get them to feel frustrated/irritated with black people. They're raised by clueless "colorblind" parents who would rather teach them the "we are the world" version of life instead of teaching them about how people are different and should be embraced as individuals.

First of all this happened in England. I wish African Americans would stop dictating what is acceptable in regards to Black people and what is not acceptable to Black people internationally. Sorry all of us Black people do not run around with perpetual chips on our sholders looking for the slightest encounter to cry racism.

You'll notice the athletes in the picture are quite Black seem to have no problem with this kid.

This is probably because they make millions and their entire self worth isn't threatened by an innocent kid wanting to look like their hero. Folks need to get a grip.

[btsilver]

Originally Posted by Harrier

It is deflection because it ignores the problem - that a child who doesn't even know what racism is, had no intention of being racist, is being demonized as a "racist" by the left simply for trying to honor his favorite athlete.

You are throwing out a red herring by harping on the irrelevancy of the Twitter account.

The idea is for people to act less montrously, not to shield the child from the monsters.

You still missed the point.

It would be nice if people would act less monstrously, but that is up to them to change. The internet, as many people have displayed on this particular forum, is a perfect conduit for people to be the assh*les they really are. I am not offended by the picture but other people were and like I said, the internet loves to eviscerate people anonymously whether their stupidity be accidental or purposeful. Being an anonymous assh*le over the internet isn't exclusive to "liberals". It is very much inclusive because your political affiliation doesn't determine if you are an assh*le or not.

So back to the point. Why would a ten year old have his own twitter account? This point does not place blame on the victim at all. It brings up the question of why would someone that isn't ready to deal with the assh*le nature of the internet (In a perfect world, people would treat others with respect and have reasonable discourse with each other online) be on an internet social site almost known exclusively for this? Sure you can get mad at the people chastising the little kid. That's fine. But don't try to blame it on liberals when you get upset at someone exercising their free speech.

[Roadking2003]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

First of all this happened in England. I wish African Americans would stop dictating what is acceptable in regards to Black people and what is not acceptable to Black people internationally. Sorry all of us Black people do not run around with perpetual chips on our sholders looking for the slightest encounter to cry racism..

I think it's more likely the news media and TV idiots who are dictating what is acceptable.....

[btsilver]

Originally Posted by Harrier

The point is that a kid isn't allowed to be a kid anymore, and in his innocence, honor his hero, without a bunch of handwringing from overly sensitive adults who have no connection whatsoever to the child.

Welcome to the technology age? We are more closely connected than ever. Ironically. I mean hell, here we are, two complete strangers discussing something that happened to a kid on the other side of the planet like we were sitting around shooting the sh*t.