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Old 08-22-2013, 08:31 AM
 
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I'm sure marching around the Mall and deifying Trayvon Martin will fix things.

Don’t Ignore Race in Christopher Lane’s Murder | TIME.com
From TIME none the less.

Good for them for trying to bring this to the forefront.

 
Old 08-22-2013, 08:33 AM
 
Location: East St. Paul 651 forever (or North St. Paul) .
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I think if there was a list that covered feelings ranging from indifference to outrage, being "frowned upon" is right below "a sigh of disappointment" and just above "tsk-tsk."
Pretty much saying "you deserve it," eh?

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Hate crimes are often brought against blacks, to claim otherwise is not backed up by statistics.



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Oh dear.
 
Old 08-22-2013, 08:36 AM
 
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Is this your defense mechanism?
Wonder if that was his backyard!
 
Old 08-22-2013, 08:37 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Who cares?
 
Old 08-22-2013, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Houston, Tx
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Hate crimes are often brought against blacks, to claim otherwise is not backed up by statistics.



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Since you want to throw around stats. Blacks make up less than 15% of the population but commit over 50% of the murders.

http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/htus8008.pdf
 
Old 08-22-2013, 08:47 AM
 
Location: Montgomery Village
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I'm pretty sure the gasoline thing turned out to be a hoax.
 
Old 08-22-2013, 08:49 AM
 
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And that is why I posted this thread. It's not about black vs. white. There are good and bad people of all races.
Look at the other big story this week- the Atlanta school shooting. The hero is black and the villain is white.

The problem is the double standard, and it's encouraged by the media, black leaders, the CBC, Holder, and Obama. It's absurd. And it's time for people to call it out and stand against it.
The thing is though, everytime someone tries to speak out they get called a racist, and since the majority of the sheep believe the media and go along with the PC agenda the truth gets hammered down. Hopefully people start thinking for themselves and realize they are getting played. Maybe then we will see a turn around. It can happen.
 
Old 08-22-2013, 08:53 AM
 
Location: Out in the stix
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They are hateful - the whole lot of them - who downplay this, whether it's the Sharptons, or Jacksons, or the media. If they ignore it, downplay it or dismiss it as a mere blip on the road of life, they are the ones who are being racist and promoting more of the same kind of hate crimes.

They ought to get their own back yards into shape and under control before they start picking and choosing which event to headline on their front pages or in their posturing speeches for mere promotion of their agenda.

Which one of these guys would look like Obama's son, if he had one? He seems to be silent now.

These people are blowing a great opportunity to bring healing and unity to a nation that is hurting on many fronts. What a shameful legacy that will be for all of them.

I can see it now: President Obama, nation's "first black president", promising the hope of unity, fails miserably.

This
 
Old 08-22-2013, 09:08 AM
 
Location: Maryland
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I'm pretty sure the gasoline thing turned out to be a hoax.
Do you have a comment about the general theme of the opinion piece or just disputing anecdotes?
 
Old 08-22-2013, 09:11 AM
 
Location: Out in the stix
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this crime was newsworthy for the day, but not Zimmerman newsworthy. This type of news does not get the wardrums beating and the outrage started. So, it gets reported then fades away like a sunset. trouble here is there are still people around that will make excuses for what happened. One snippet I saw on the news last night I think was one of the mothers stating "he's a good kid" What?

Anyway, I don't get how anyone can defend these three vermin. They hunted a human like I would stalk a deer, and shot him in the back, for sport. But like I said before, black on white crime (even though one of the vermin were white) not newsworthy, more like acceptable. If three white teenagers with rebel flags on their vehicle stalked and shot an unarmed black person for sport, the outrage and news media coverage would be nonstop. best one of the race baiters could come up with was he "frowns" upon it , similar to like I "frown" upon driving my vehicle in the snow without 4x4 engaged.

Anyone who doesn't think the media is biased needs to stop drinking their own bath water.
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