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Old 06-29-2020, 05:22 AM
 
Location: My beloved Bluegrass
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Why is it such a big deal that they are antisemites? Some blacks don't like Jews and some Jews don't like black people. I have heard a few Shvartze jokes in my day. Big deal.
Gosh, I don’t know..... I mean why is it such a big deal that Neo-Nazis or Boogaloo Boys are racists? Seriously? Seriously?!?!? Bigotry is wrong and you don’t get a pass because you have been subjected to it yourself.
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Old 06-29-2020, 05:28 AM
 
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If a child is afraid of the doctor, mistakenly thinking that doctors want to kill kids, is it a better strategy to empathize with that fear or to simply set the kid straight?
Better to set the kid straight. Empathizing with a false fear is actually confirming that the fear is based in reality.
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Old 06-29-2020, 05:41 AM
 
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Gosh, I don’t know..... I mean why is it such a big deal that Neo-Nazis or Boogaloo Boys are racists? Seriously? Seriously?!?!? Bigotry is wrong and you don’t get a pass because you have been subjected to it yourself.
Thank you for responding to the antisemitic poster (or at least one who thinks being anti-Jew is no big deal.)

To restate your message, it weakens the entire supposed purpose of BLM to fight back against prejudice against blacks when a black person, who supports BLM (or worse, Farrakhan), goes on to say that being prejudiced against Jews is no big deal.
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Old 06-29-2020, 05:42 AM
 
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Too many people can't distinguish between the fact that Black Lives Matter and the Organization of the same name. One is a fact the other is an often violent group of people who use force, intimidation and misguided guilt to gain power.
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Old 06-29-2020, 05:46 AM
 
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Too many people can't distinguish between the fact that Black Lives Matter and the Organization of the same name. One is a fact the other is an often violent group of people who use force, intimidation and misguided guilt to gain power.
And my question is....

Are the leftist mayors of liberal cities honoring the concept that black lives matter (I mean, duh....all lives matter) or the violent group of people using force and intimidation when they rename streets and paint streets with Black Lives Matter?
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Old 06-29-2020, 05:47 AM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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BLM is a violent, hateful group of racists and antisemites who are driving their followers to destroy cities (or outright “conquer” them). Why should we show empathy to people like that?
this. X 100
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Old 06-29-2020, 05:52 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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Facts or Feelings.

Facts win.
Facts or Feelings. That's the Right/Left dichotomy, in a nutshell.
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Old 06-29-2020, 06:22 AM
 
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Most republicans quickly throw up stats against the notion of police brutality without truly listening to the black community's feelings on the issue. Most black people are non-violent and feel that they are targeted, these feelings if ignored will only cause more problems.
Um, liberals are always trying to throw supposed data at conservatives, but now you want to ignore them. Hypocrisy much? I agree data should not always be the deciding factor, but if we made all decisions based on everyone's feelings, the world would be in more hurt than it already is.
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Old 06-29-2020, 06:48 AM
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Gosh, I don’t know..... I mean why is it such a big deal that Neo-Nazis or Boogaloo Boys are racists? Seriously? Seriously?!?!? Bigotry is wrong and you don’t get a pass because you have been subjected to it yourself.
Some people throw around the antisemite card as if Jews are not capable disliking black people. It isn't a big deal to me that some people hate me.
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Old 06-29-2020, 10:30 AM
 
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Why is it such a big deal that they are antisemites? Some blacks don't like Jews and some Jews don't like black people. I have heard a few Shvartze jokes in my day. Big deal.
Prejudice and bigotry is prejudice and bigotry. One group doesn't get to decide. That in itself is prejudice and bigotry.
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