For the sake of my sanity and due to the ease of being drawn into arguments, I could never sign up to Facebook. Even tho I tend to be more sad than angry when I read those kinds of exchanges, none of it is healthy for me.Kory wrote:And yet, good luck telling any of them that. I've gotten nearly physically ill trying to break through my family's confirmation biases and logical fallacies. It creates a very distinct depression.Dr. Medulla wrote:Far more than Ferguson or Baltimore, Milwaukee last night had a real whiff of the 1960s, with the speed of community response and the torching of cop cars. Sorry, white Trump voters, you're far from the only ones sick of the shit going on around you.Rat Patrol wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/milwau ... index.html
A lot of Milwaukee's Best spilled on the streets last night. :(
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That's why I have stopped posting or engaging in anything political. It's all about music, kid, dog, and RuPaul's Drag Race on JennyB's feed.Dr. Medulla wrote:For the sake of my sanity and due to the ease of being drawn into arguments, I could never sign up to Facebook. Even tho I tend to be more sad than angry when I read those kinds of exchanges, none of it is healthy for me.Kory wrote:And yet, good luck telling any of them that. I've gotten nearly physically ill trying to break through my family's confirmation biases and logical fallacies. It creates a very distinct depression.Dr. Medulla wrote:Far more than Ferguson or Baltimore, Milwaukee last night had a real whiff of the 1960s, with the speed of community response and the torching of cop cars. Sorry, white Trump voters, you're far from the only ones sick of the shit going on around you.Rat Patrol wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/milwau ... index.html
A lot of Milwaukee's Best spilled on the streets last night. :(
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I spend 90% of my Facebook time checking direct responses to myself, and log out every time I see anything even slightly irritating.JennyB wrote:That's why I have stopped posting or engaging in anything political. It's all about music, kid, dog, and RuPaul's Drag Race on JennyB's feed.Dr. Medulla wrote:For the sake of my sanity and due to the ease of being drawn into arguments, I could never sign up to Facebook. Even tho I tend to be more sad than angry when I read those kinds of exchanges, none of it is healthy for me.Kory wrote:And yet, good luck telling any of them that. I've gotten nearly physically ill trying to break through my family's confirmation biases and logical fallacies. It creates a very distinct depression.Dr. Medulla wrote:Far more than Ferguson or Baltimore, Milwaukee last night had a real whiff of the 1960s, with the speed of community response and the torching of cop cars. Sorry, white Trump voters, you're far from the only ones sick of the shit going on around you.Rat Patrol wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/milwau ... index.html
A lot of Milwaukee's Best spilled on the streets last night. :(
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"he will make America safe again"? Isn't crime pretty much at a historical low?eumaas wrote:
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Are you suggesting that cops are oblivious to real world conditions, that they're in some kind of self-justifying ideological bunker?matedog wrote:"he will make America safe again"? Isn't crime pretty much at a historical low?eumaas wrote:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:Are you suggesting that cops are oblivious to real world conditions, that they're in some kind of self-justifying ideological bunker?matedog wrote:"he will make America safe again"? Isn't crime pretty much at a historical low?eumaas wrote:
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Would someone please call the police to come and shoot this child?
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It's funny, whenever there's a police shooting of kids with toy guns, I think of all the cap guns I had as a kid. Realistic enough looking, I suppose. In today's climate, would cops be as fine with me and my friends running around the neighbourhood with guns drawn?BostonBeaneater wrote:Would someone please call the police to come and shoot this child?
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How black are you?Dr. Medulla wrote:It's funny, whenever there's a police shooting of kids with toy guns, I think of all the cap guns I had as a kid. Realistic enough looking, I suppose. In today's climate, would cops be as fine with me and my friends running around the neighbourhood with guns drawn?
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I think I've accidently heard a rap "song" once.Flex wrote:How black are you?Dr. Medulla wrote:It's funny, whenever there's a police shooting of kids with toy guns, I think of all the cap guns I had as a kid. Realistic enough looking, I suppose. In today's climate, would cops be as fine with me and my friends running around the neighbourhood with guns drawn?
My point, poorly expressed, was more about the marked shift to police as paramilitary in appearance and mentality. Obviously race matters in freedom of movement, but there's a certain obliviousness that my childhood had with regards to toy guns that I suspect even white kids don't enjoy now.
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Dunno, there's a fun obliviousness to running round with actual guns that white grown ups enjoy in North America.Dr. Medulla wrote:I think I've accidently heard a rap "song" once.Flex wrote:How black are you?Dr. Medulla wrote:It's funny, whenever there's a police shooting of kids with toy guns, I think of all the cap guns I had as a kid. Realistic enough looking, I suppose. In today's climate, would cops be as fine with me and my friends running around the neighbourhood with guns drawn?
My point, poorly expressed, was more about the marked shift to police as paramilitary in appearance and mentality. Obviously race matters in freedom of movement, but there's a certain obliviousness that my childhood had with regards to toy guns that I suspect even white kids don't enjoy now.
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Those people would be terrified to go outside if they weren't armed. They're fully conscious of why they can go get smokes at that Muslim convenience store without being murdered. They just know.Silent Majority wrote:Dunno, there's a fun obliviousness to running round with actual guns that white grown ups enjoy in North America.Dr. Medulla wrote:I think I've accidently heard a rap "song" once.Flex wrote:How black are you?Dr. Medulla wrote:It's funny, whenever there's a police shooting of kids with toy guns, I think of all the cap guns I had as a kid. Realistic enough looking, I suppose. In today's climate, would cops be as fine with me and my friends running around the neighbourhood with guns drawn?
My point, poorly expressed, was more about the marked shift to police as paramilitary in appearance and mentality. Obviously race matters in freedom of movement, but there's a certain obliviousness that my childhood had with regards to toy guns that I suspect even white kids don't enjoy now.
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Yeehaw! And in my state, you don't even need training!Silent Majority wrote:Dunno, there's a fun obliviousness to running round with actual guns that white grown ups enjoy in North America.Dr. Medulla wrote:I think I've accidently heard a rap "song" once.Flex wrote:How black are you?Dr. Medulla wrote:It's funny, whenever there's a police shooting of kids with toy guns, I think of all the cap guns I had as a kid. Realistic enough looking, I suppose. In today's climate, would cops be as fine with me and my friends running around the neighbourhood with guns drawn?
My point, poorly expressed, was more about the marked shift to police as paramilitary in appearance and mentality. Obviously race matters in freedom of movement, but there's a certain obliviousness that my childhood had with regards to toy guns that I suspect even white kids don't enjoy now.
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