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"I don't understand. But I don't care, so it works out."
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Originally Posted by thriftylefty
Suppose I thought the individual was Klan member and I feared for my life.
If the Klan member is standing by the side of the road, and you're driving down the road in a car full of friends, "parade" like, I don't know how you'd be fearing for your life.
We're not talking about people who are a clear and present threat. We're talking about some worm on the side of the road yelling stuff at passing vehicles, and really, it's not clear to me at all he yelled the N word.
Depending on the context and who is saying it words have different meanings.
The word means what it means, no context changes that.
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Originally Posted by No_Recess
I don't know why people are focused on the words. That is a game for 3-year-olds.
The white guy clearly put his hands on the black guy first. That's all that matters. The white guy was wrong.
The black guy rushed up to the white guy, of course the white guy put his hands out in defense. His minor touching as the black guy runs into his hands, upon a fast and verbally aggressive encroachment up close to the guy, is not an assault by the white guy who had his hand out, however, the attack by the black guy is.
What is next on your logic, tapping on the shoulder and that is cause to attack?
Absurd you would even defend such violence, you do not help the problem, only make it worse.
The black guy committed assault, he is the one that went up to the white guy, he is the one who started hitting.
What an idiot...you gotta have a gun to defend yourself in that situation if you're going to be an idiot.
I don't think calling people racial slurs, then extending your arms in a "what now ??" gesture, and eventually shooting them when they hit you is going to fly.
And I don't care what happens in your statist kangaroo courts. The video is clear and natural law is clear: you cannot put your hands on another individual. If so, you've forfeited your rights.
Lol can you provide a link to the video you're watching?
I don't think calling people racial slurs, then extending your arms in a "what now ??" gesture, and eventually shooting them when they hit you is going to fly.
Well, there is no law against calling names nor the hand gesture, but there is laws against assaults.
The word means what it means, no context changes that.
The black guy rushed up to the white guy, of course the white guy put his hands out in defense. His minor touching as the black guy runs into his hands, upon a fast and verbally aggressive encroachment up close to the guy, is not an assault by the white guy who had his hand out, however, the attack by the black guy is.
What is next on your logic, tapping on the shoulder and that is cause to attack?
Absurd you would even defend such violence, you do not help the problem, only make it worse.
The black guy committed assault, he is the one that went up to the white guy, he is the one who started hitting.
Nah, you're allowed to go up to someone and speak your mind. You can't touch someone. The white guy was wrong.
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