Three dead.
Nineteen injured.
This is the damage that white supremacy did to a town to protect white people from minorities. All three dead people are white.
Heather Heyer was run down in the street by an angry young white man that probably felt that her presence, her very existence, was a threat to his own. So he hit her with his car at forty miles per hour for crossing the street.
Pilots Lt. Jay Cullen, 48, of Midlothian, and Berke M.M. Bates, of Quinton, died in a helicopter crash while trying to observe the violence from the air. I'm sure many will argue that they aren't the Alt-Right's fault because they weren't directly killed by Nazis. My argument? You blamed BLM for ANY and ALL violence and ANY and ALL deaths that took place at their protests. This was your protest. By your logic these are your bodies.
I've said, and keep saying, that this violent white genocide rhetoric is, and has been, deadly. I take no pleasure in being right about it. To be honest, I do not feel like I'm saying anything particularly shocking. Violent rhetoric begets violence. Chanting for dead cops is wrong. Chanting Nazi slogans, and throwing Nazi salutes, is wrong. Showing up at protests armed, and intending to fight, is wrong.
The president refusing to denounce them will only embolden them. Be prepared for the Alt-Right to turn the Charlottesville TERRORIST into a folk hero, don't be surprised when the memes start showing up ridiculing the victims, and watch closely as his act inspires copycat acts at other protests. They're fanatics. As dangerous as any other terrorist group and moreso to the U.S for one simple, and obvious, reason - THEY ARE HERE. Not only that, they're now all but state sponsored by the Trump administration. Tools for their soft fascist coup. And why not? That's what Trump's boss does, after all.
I hope that today has cleared some things up for those that were still on the fence.
The Alt-Right are Neo Nazis. Trump is a Fascist. Trump is using Neo Nazis, because they're his base, to attack his opposition. This is just the beginning and it's only going to get worse. What are we waiting for?
Kristallnacht?
Not me, baby.
Put your fucking boots on.
Showing posts with label hate crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hate crime. Show all posts
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
Hate Flourishes In Silence.
Obama is not the cause of poor race relations in our country.
I know that white people, even some of the woke ones, don't like to talk about slavery. Whenever it comes up it invokes that notion of justified white guilt and the perceived encouragement of black agitators to stir the cauldron of it. The thing that everyone has to realize is this: African-American's didn't forge that pot.
"Neither did I!", comes the cry from the decidedly pale peanut gallery. And you are absolutely right. Acknowledging the problems in our society caused by slavery is not the same thing as taking the blame for slavery. Understanding systemic racism is the first step to removing it from American culture and healing these old wounds.
The majority of white Americans are not racist and acknowledge that slavery was a very, very bad thing. They understand that no one should be treated in that way and that the people that engaged in it were flawed. The remaining minority is as diverse as that majority. Factory workers, bartenders, "Executive" assistants, cops, firemen, and members of our armed forces. Judges, teachers, and district attorneys?
They believe as strongly in their racism as I in denouncing it. They are driven, courageous, and meticulous while working to advance their cause. Though racism is considered an ignorant position we should not dismiss them as imbeciles. Never ever underestimate your opponent. Personally, in life and online, I face every threat head on as if it's the one that will end me. If it doesn't then I win and if it does than I'm right and I win.
Sidebar - I am a petty enough man that, were I killed by a psychotic racist stalker, I would release a final blog post about how I was right. Not that I want to be (un)living Proof, RIP, but I do like the idea of posthumously winning one thousand arguments.
Tombstone idea - Here lies Heysoos. He died for our wins.
I wonder how much of this rant will end up on the cutting room floor. This part, for example, is probably gone.
Back to the main point. The racists that make systemic racism possible. The racists consist of three main groups that I'll name;
The vocal, the yokel, and the focal.
The vocal are your propaganda merchants. Your infowars, your prisonplanet, the hated "andieiamwhoiam". These are your "shout from the rooftops" that blacks are savages racists. Their goal is to push any and all negative press that they can about minorities. Jews, Blacks, Hispanics, Natives, Muslims, of course, and anyone that's different. Any defense of a minority will produce unsourced graphs and hate speech. "Blacks are savages as evidenced by this graph you can't really read that I got from /pol/!". The problem with a lot of these people is that they don't actually even care if their claims are accurate. They know that none of their followers is checking. This allows them to grow more powerful and spread their slimy untruths to a wider audience. Admittedly, there isn't much you can do. You read their claim, Google it, post the actual data, make a factual argument, and they'll either start to yell nigger at you, block you, or their followers attack you while they disappear from the confrontation and sit liking the comments. Still, you win and, with a little luck, those that witness this will be emboldened to speak against their ilk in the future.
The yokels are especially susceptible. I don't mean this as a derogatory term, "yokel". The yokels are usually good people. Salt of the earth and all that. They are not, however, especially well educated. I'm not an elitist, far from it, but certain parts of the education process are important. Conducting proper research, for example, is a learned skill. Understanding the difference between a good source and a bad - and knowing how to check. Recognizing bias and opinion within an article or post, dismissing the fluff, and getting the actual meat of a story. These are things that you learn through proper education and while uneducated America is not dumb or stupid it lacks the skills necessary to educate itself. Fake news is a problem because people can't and/or don't do any research. Most don't even read passed the headline. That's a problem.
The focals just want to be the center of it all. "Look at me! Nigger nigger nigger! I'm edgy and hip. White power and all this. Do I fit in yet?". Kids looking for an identity and creating one on the internet. They're outrageous. Some of them are even funny! The danger here is that, because it's a joke, it is at best ignored and at worst rewarded. Rewarding the focal with attention causes him to swell and sweat. He becomes a size larger as he basks in the adulating light of the internet Gods. He posts more. He gains followers. He spreads the hate. All while bringing it to the mainstream with comedy and increasing tensions between all races.
"That's fucking racist as fuck!" I think to myself as I read tweets and comments. But the slurs aren't what bothers me. What bothers me is when I see that some school teacher from Vermont liked it when someone told me to go back to Africa.
"It's just a joke! Get thicker skin! You think everything is racist!" Says Alice, the totally not racist housewife from Texas that just wants to Make America Great Again.
The local is just someone that is racist because they love in a bubble. Exile from society. self imposed, or otherwise, coupled with a hatred for minorities that they learned as younger humans. A black guy bullied them in high school, a gang of wild ass street niggas best them up for being in the wrong place, or maybe they grew up in that wrong place and were persecuted by blacks that were in that area a majority. This type of racism can easily gain mainstream acceptance with non racist but racist sympathetic white America.
"You'd hate them too if you grew up in [rough inner city]!".
"Well shit!", says the non racist racist sympathizer, "Maybe I would. That's a rough place. Poor guy.".
Their racist views have gained acceptance. Surely, this is confirmation that they are right about everything. Smart people on the interwebs say so. Simply by not challenging their racism you are spreading more hate.
And here is were I get to my point after so much rambling. All three of these groups overlap with the majority because the majority allows racism to exist.
Slavery was only made possible by the racist dehumanization of minorities. What starts off as a session of internet trolling might very well turn into another Dylan Roof. Hate is a contagious intoxicant and there is no more dangerous human than one that is drunk on hate.
The dehumanizing of minorities has only increased during Obama's presidency because Americans as a group refuse to talk about real racial issues like systemic racism. Systemic racism exists because, although the majority of whites are not racist, that majority allows and encourages it with their apathy. People are then allowed to walk through their lives being racist assholes with a measure of security.
Real world examples.
Chip slips and says something about those damn niggers at the water cooler. No one is going to HR. I mean, come on, right?! Yeah, he's a racist fuck but he grew up in Chicago. He can't help it. Later on that day, Frank will deny a loan to an African American couple with excellent credit because he doesn't trust black people.
Eddie is just so damn sick of these black folk. "Criminals, all of them!" He tells his wife at night. She nods glumly as he regurgitates faulty statistics he read on Twitter and sermonizes about the black man's genetic predisposition to crime. The next day, he grins as an African American man stands before him in his courtroom. "Well,", He thinks, "he definitely did it.".
Loraine confides in her co-worker that she really hates minorities and every single day her hatred of them grows. "They're fucking animals!", she seethes. Her new coworker shrugs and sips his coffee. "I don't really want to get into this.", He thinks. Three days later, Loraine hops out of her squad car and guns down an eight year old Latino boy holding a toy truck.
It's not about being politically correct. It's about having integrity. When you know that something is wrong you should speak up and speak out. If you don't then you are just as guilty as those that perpetrate the crime. More so, perhaps, because you knew from the very beginning that it was wrong and you let it go on anyway.
It starts with words but it doesn't always end there.
Sometimes, the words end up killing people.
I know that white people, even some of the woke ones, don't like to talk about slavery. Whenever it comes up it invokes that notion of justified white guilt and the perceived encouragement of black agitators to stir the cauldron of it. The thing that everyone has to realize is this: African-American's didn't forge that pot.
"Neither did I!", comes the cry from the decidedly pale peanut gallery. And you are absolutely right. Acknowledging the problems in our society caused by slavery is not the same thing as taking the blame for slavery. Understanding systemic racism is the first step to removing it from American culture and healing these old wounds.
The majority of white Americans are not racist and acknowledge that slavery was a very, very bad thing. They understand that no one should be treated in that way and that the people that engaged in it were flawed. The remaining minority is as diverse as that majority. Factory workers, bartenders, "Executive" assistants, cops, firemen, and members of our armed forces. Judges, teachers, and district attorneys?
Most definitely.
They believe as strongly in their racism as I in denouncing it. They are driven, courageous, and meticulous while working to advance their cause. Though racism is considered an ignorant position we should not dismiss them as imbeciles. Never ever underestimate your opponent. Personally, in life and online, I face every threat head on as if it's the one that will end me. If it doesn't then I win and if it does than I'm right and I win.
Sidebar - I am a petty enough man that, were I killed by a psychotic racist stalker, I would release a final blog post about how I was right. Not that I want to be (un)living Proof, RIP, but I do like the idea of posthumously winning one thousand arguments.
Tombstone idea - Here lies Heysoos. He died for our wins.
I wonder how much of this rant will end up on the cutting room floor. This part, for example, is probably gone.
Back to the main point. The racists that make systemic racism possible. The racists consist of three main groups that I'll name;
The vocal, the yokel, and the focal.
The vocal are your propaganda merchants. Your infowars, your prisonplanet, the hated "andieiamwhoiam". These are your "shout from the rooftops" that blacks are savages racists. Their goal is to push any and all negative press that they can about minorities. Jews, Blacks, Hispanics, Natives, Muslims, of course, and anyone that's different. Any defense of a minority will produce unsourced graphs and hate speech. "Blacks are savages as evidenced by this graph you can't really read that I got from /pol/!". The problem with a lot of these people is that they don't actually even care if their claims are accurate. They know that none of their followers is checking. This allows them to grow more powerful and spread their slimy untruths to a wider audience. Admittedly, there isn't much you can do. You read their claim, Google it, post the actual data, make a factual argument, and they'll either start to yell nigger at you, block you, or their followers attack you while they disappear from the confrontation and sit liking the comments. Still, you win and, with a little luck, those that witness this will be emboldened to speak against their ilk in the future.
The yokels are especially susceptible. I don't mean this as a derogatory term, "yokel". The yokels are usually good people. Salt of the earth and all that. They are not, however, especially well educated. I'm not an elitist, far from it, but certain parts of the education process are important. Conducting proper research, for example, is a learned skill. Understanding the difference between a good source and a bad - and knowing how to check. Recognizing bias and opinion within an article or post, dismissing the fluff, and getting the actual meat of a story. These are things that you learn through proper education and while uneducated America is not dumb or stupid it lacks the skills necessary to educate itself. Fake news is a problem because people can't and/or don't do any research. Most don't even read passed the headline. That's a problem.
The focals just want to be the center of it all. "Look at me! Nigger nigger nigger! I'm edgy and hip. White power and all this. Do I fit in yet?". Kids looking for an identity and creating one on the internet. They're outrageous. Some of them are even funny! The danger here is that, because it's a joke, it is at best ignored and at worst rewarded. Rewarding the focal with attention causes him to swell and sweat. He becomes a size larger as he basks in the adulating light of the internet Gods. He posts more. He gains followers. He spreads the hate. All while bringing it to the mainstream with comedy and increasing tensions between all races.
"That's fucking racist as fuck!" I think to myself as I read tweets and comments. But the slurs aren't what bothers me. What bothers me is when I see that some school teacher from Vermont liked it when someone told me to go back to Africa.
"It's just a joke! Get thicker skin! You think everything is racist!" Says Alice, the totally not racist housewife from Texas that just wants to Make America Great Again.
The local is just someone that is racist because they love in a bubble. Exile from society. self imposed, or otherwise, coupled with a hatred for minorities that they learned as younger humans. A black guy bullied them in high school, a gang of wild ass street niggas best them up for being in the wrong place, or maybe they grew up in that wrong place and were persecuted by blacks that were in that area a majority. This type of racism can easily gain mainstream acceptance with non racist but racist sympathetic white America.
"You'd hate them too if you grew up in [rough inner city]!".
"Well shit!", says the non racist racist sympathizer, "Maybe I would. That's a rough place. Poor guy.".
Their racist views have gained acceptance. Surely, this is confirmation that they are right about everything. Smart people on the interwebs say so. Simply by not challenging their racism you are spreading more hate.
And here is were I get to my point after so much rambling. All three of these groups overlap with the majority because the majority allows racism to exist.
Slavery was only made possible by the racist dehumanization of minorities. What starts off as a session of internet trolling might very well turn into another Dylan Roof. Hate is a contagious intoxicant and there is no more dangerous human than one that is drunk on hate.
The dehumanizing of minorities has only increased during Obama's presidency because Americans as a group refuse to talk about real racial issues like systemic racism. Systemic racism exists because, although the majority of whites are not racist, that majority allows and encourages it with their apathy. People are then allowed to walk through their lives being racist assholes with a measure of security.
Real world examples.
Chip slips and says something about those damn niggers at the water cooler. No one is going to HR. I mean, come on, right?! Yeah, he's a racist fuck but he grew up in Chicago. He can't help it. Later on that day, Frank will deny a loan to an African American couple with excellent credit because he doesn't trust black people.
Eddie is just so damn sick of these black folk. "Criminals, all of them!" He tells his wife at night. She nods glumly as he regurgitates faulty statistics he read on Twitter and sermonizes about the black man's genetic predisposition to crime. The next day, he grins as an African American man stands before him in his courtroom. "Well,", He thinks, "he definitely did it.".
Loraine confides in her co-worker that she really hates minorities and every single day her hatred of them grows. "They're fucking animals!", she seethes. Her new coworker shrugs and sips his coffee. "I don't really want to get into this.", He thinks. Three days later, Loraine hops out of her squad car and guns down an eight year old Latino boy holding a toy truck.
It's not about being politically correct. It's about having integrity. When you know that something is wrong you should speak up and speak out. If you don't then you are just as guilty as those that perpetrate the crime. More so, perhaps, because you knew from the very beginning that it was wrong and you let it go on anyway.
It starts with words but it doesn't always end there.
Sometimes, the words end up killing people.
Happy MLK day, y'all.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
The Myth Of "White Genocide".
Let's discuss this fabled "White Genocide" that everyone is buzzing about right now.
Wikipedia states:
White genocide is a white nationalist conspiracy theory that mass immigration, integration, miscegenation, low fertility rates and abortion are being promoted in predominantly white countries to deliberately turn them minority-white and hence cause white people to become extinct through forced assimilation.
Kudos to Wikipedia for calling a spade a spade.
Let's dive on into this cesspool.
So, the theory is pretty concisely explained above. There is a conspiracy, most White supremacists believe, that is being perpetrated by THE JEWS, to make the White man extinct. This is being done with "Anti-White" policies instituted by the government with the intent of destroying "White European" culture. That these people have no clue what "White European" culture is, is seemingly unimportant. "Never mind that I can't quote Shakespeare," they will say, "He was White and so I can claim credit for his works.". White supremacists often prattle on about the many achievements of White men as evidence of their superiority while they sit in their mother's basement trolling twitter. To be fair though, if your only achievement in this world was that you were born a certain race you might be a bitter racist, too.
Any criticism directed at White people is then branded as "Anti-White". Any White person that denounces racism is a "race traitor". As are White men and women that date/marry outside of their race. "Race traitors" are the lowest of the low to the White supremacist. A scourge to be shunned and shamed. How could they ever side with a *blank* person against a White? They are obviously a tool of the Jew conspirators and thus a much more detestable enemy.
I think that part of the reason that White supremacists hate "race traitors" so much is that a White man arguing against them destroys half, if not all, of their argument. How can they immediately feel superior to this White skinned aggressor? They can't post crime statistics or median IQ charts. They can't yell racial slurs. They can't use any of the approved go to insults at all. Invariably, liberals are now being met with the same hatred that was previously reserved only for people of color. "Liberal" is the new "nigger".
Indeed, even when I argue with them they tend to flounder. Clearly, I'm educated, I'm intelligent, I'm articulate, and reasonable. I don't threaten them with violence. Typos are rare. I have a dad, I take care of my kids, and I served my country honorably in combat. That last one especially sticks in their craw. A black VETERAN?! AND A LIBERAL?! Most of the time they respond by demanding that I prove my service and calling me a fake vet. "Stolen valor!", they cry. My service cucks them. Fuck 'em. I know where I've been.
I digress. "White genocide".
What is "genocide"?
Genocide is defined in the dictionary as:
Are people deliberately massacring Whites in the streets? Clearly not. White people make up 62% of the population in this country. Any attack on White people as a group would obviously fail. White supremacists know this. Troll one and bring up the idea of a "race war". They will laugh and tell you they welcome such a thing. Why? Because there are more of them and they'd win. Yet, they fear the "genocide" of White people? I think not.
Genocide is a hard hitting word. It shocks people, especially stupid people, into action. I would not be surprised if there are militia groups gearing up at this very moment to actively combat this so called "White genocide". If they're fighting actual "genocide" what is the moral limit of their actions?
One of the first men to coin the term "White genocide" was David Eden Lane. Lane was a member of a group called "The Order". Denver, Colorado radio talk show host Alan Berg caught the attention of the group with his "often-abrasive on-air persona.". His radio show was intended to confront the "anti-Semitism latent in the area's conservative population". This turned out to be his downfall, however, as it ended up putting him on the group's death list. At around 9:30 pm, June 18th, 1984, Berg exited his VW Bug into a hail of 9mm gunfire. The illegally converted fully automatic Ingram MAC-10 riddled him before he took a step. He was shot 12 times and died on his back in the driveway of his own home, his feet barely out of his car.
This is the result of Lane's rhetoric.
Lane was quoted after Berg's death as saying, "The only thing I have to say about Alan Berg is, regardless of who did it, he has not mouthed his hate-whitey propaganda from his 50,000-watt zionist pulpit for quite a few years". Pure hate.
Lane died in prison. Good riddance.
These men are inciting violence against people for imagined violence against them. No one is perpetrating "White genocide". No one is advocating "White genocide". The very term is a smokescreen for White supremacy.
An immigrant that comes to the United States isn't doing so to destroy the White race. A White man that marries a Black woman isn't doing so to lessen the number of White children born into the world. A gay White man isn't gay because he wants his race to become extinct. White women do not get abortions to stop the advancement of White people. Yet this is the narrative that they are attempting to create. A narrative designed to instigate hate, fear, and violence. Pushing back against this narrative is essential for the survival of anyone that isn't a White supremacist.
Don't fall for the lies. The results could be, and have been, deadly.
What is "White genocide"?
Wikipedia states:
White genocide is a white nationalist conspiracy theory that mass immigration, integration, miscegenation, low fertility rates and abortion are being promoted in predominantly white countries to deliberately turn them minority-white and hence cause white people to become extinct through forced assimilation.
Kudos to Wikipedia for calling a spade a spade.
Let's dive on into this cesspool.
So, the theory is pretty concisely explained above. There is a conspiracy, most White supremacists believe, that is being perpetrated by THE JEWS, to make the White man extinct. This is being done with "Anti-White" policies instituted by the government with the intent of destroying "White European" culture. That these people have no clue what "White European" culture is, is seemingly unimportant. "Never mind that I can't quote Shakespeare," they will say, "He was White and so I can claim credit for his works.". White supremacists often prattle on about the many achievements of White men as evidence of their superiority while they sit in their mother's basement trolling twitter. To be fair though, if your only achievement in this world was that you were born a certain race you might be a bitter racist, too.
Any criticism directed at White people is then branded as "Anti-White". Any White person that denounces racism is a "race traitor". As are White men and women that date/marry outside of their race. "Race traitors" are the lowest of the low to the White supremacist. A scourge to be shunned and shamed. How could they ever side with a *blank* person against a White? They are obviously a tool of the Jew conspirators and thus a much more detestable enemy.
I think that part of the reason that White supremacists hate "race traitors" so much is that a White man arguing against them destroys half, if not all, of their argument. How can they immediately feel superior to this White skinned aggressor? They can't post crime statistics or median IQ charts. They can't yell racial slurs. They can't use any of the approved go to insults at all. Invariably, liberals are now being met with the same hatred that was previously reserved only for people of color. "Liberal" is the new "nigger".
Indeed, even when I argue with them they tend to flounder. Clearly, I'm educated, I'm intelligent, I'm articulate, and reasonable. I don't threaten them with violence. Typos are rare. I have a dad, I take care of my kids, and I served my country honorably in combat. That last one especially sticks in their craw. A black VETERAN?! AND A LIBERAL?! Most of the time they respond by demanding that I prove my service and calling me a fake vet. "Stolen valor!", they cry. My service cucks them. Fuck 'em. I know where I've been.
I digress. "White genocide".
What is "genocide"?
Genocide is defined in the dictionary as:
Are people deliberately massacring Whites in the streets? Clearly not. White people make up 62% of the population in this country. Any attack on White people as a group would obviously fail. White supremacists know this. Troll one and bring up the idea of a "race war". They will laugh and tell you they welcome such a thing. Why? Because there are more of them and they'd win. Yet, they fear the "genocide" of White people? I think not.
Genocide is a hard hitting word. It shocks people, especially stupid people, into action. I would not be surprised if there are militia groups gearing up at this very moment to actively combat this so called "White genocide". If they're fighting actual "genocide" what is the moral limit of their actions?
One of the first men to coin the term "White genocide" was David Eden Lane. Lane was a member of a group called "The Order". Denver, Colorado radio talk show host Alan Berg caught the attention of the group with his "often-abrasive on-air persona.". His radio show was intended to confront the "anti-Semitism latent in the area's conservative population". This turned out to be his downfall, however, as it ended up putting him on the group's death list. At around 9:30 pm, June 18th, 1984, Berg exited his VW Bug into a hail of 9mm gunfire. The illegally converted fully automatic Ingram MAC-10 riddled him before he took a step. He was shot 12 times and died on his back in the driveway of his own home, his feet barely out of his car.
This is the result of Lane's rhetoric.
Lane was quoted after Berg's death as saying, "The only thing I have to say about Alan Berg is, regardless of who did it, he has not mouthed his hate-whitey propaganda from his 50,000-watt zionist pulpit for quite a few years". Pure hate.
Lane died in prison. Good riddance.
These men are inciting violence against people for imagined violence against them. No one is perpetrating "White genocide". No one is advocating "White genocide". The very term is a smokescreen for White supremacy.
An immigrant that comes to the United States isn't doing so to destroy the White race. A White man that marries a Black woman isn't doing so to lessen the number of White children born into the world. A gay White man isn't gay because he wants his race to become extinct. White women do not get abortions to stop the advancement of White people. Yet this is the narrative that they are attempting to create. A narrative designed to instigate hate, fear, and violence. Pushing back against this narrative is essential for the survival of anyone that isn't a White supremacist.
Don't fall for the lies. The results could be, and have been, deadly.
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Black Lives Matter. Whether you like it or not.
Let's talk about Black Lives Matter.
There are a lot of lies about Black Lives Matter that need to be dispelled. Where do the lies come from, you ask? The disinformation campaign actively being perpetrated against BLM stems from White supremacists needing to marginalize the group to discredit it. A large, well funded, and organized group that is specifically geared to uplift the Black community is very dangerous to White supremacy. Throughout history you can see examples of these tactics being used against Black rights groups and activists. Huey Newton and The Black Panthers, Martin Luther King and The Freedom Riders, Farrakhan and The Nation of Islam, W. E. B. Du Bois and The NAACP, Marcus Garvey and the UNIA-ACL, etc. were all victims of attempts to discredit and marginalize them.
Sometimes it works.
Sometimes it doesn't and people end up getting shot.
So, the lies.
1. Black Lives Matter is a terrorist group that condones and even encourages violence.
This is the most dangerous lie that people tell. Condemning a group like Black Lives Matter as a terrorist group is a tactic that people want to use to allow police to violently crackdown on protesters. Once you call them terrorists all bets are off. Tear gas wouldn't just be acceptable but encouraged. The police would get to use all that shiny new military gear they've been itching to break out since they bought it for cheap from the government. Lots of innocent people will die for exercising their first amendment rights. This lie must be countered always.
Quotes from BLM activists on anti-police violence;
“The Black Lives Matter movement is a movement against police violence, and this was an act of violence,” - Nate Bowling, BLM supporter.
“The movement began as a call to end violence,” Mckesson told The New York Times. “That call remains.” - DeRay Mckesson, Campaign Zero.
"I hate police brutality. I don't hate police. This violence is wrong on every level. It is as American as apple pie, but wrong nonetheless." - Shaun King, on the Dallas Police shootings.
"Black activists have raised the call for an end to violence, not an escalation of it. Yesterday’s attack was the result of the actions of a lone gunman. To assign the actions of one person to an entire movement is dangerous and irresponsible. We continue our efforts to bring about a better world for all of us." - Black Lives Matter, on the Dallas Police shootings.
Black Lives Matter is not a hate group - Time
2. Black Lives Matter protests always end in riots and looting.
My own research, since no one else seems to have ever listed how many were actually riots, turns up Seven. Milwaukee, St. Paul, Ferguson, Oakland, Charlotte, Baltimore, and San Diego. Seven. Out of 1,635. Not even close to all. Not even many. So why aren't these 1,628 protests getting any attention? Well, because they're peaceful so no one gives a shit. They don't fit the narrative of the angry Black mob that White people should fear so they're completely ignored.
3. Black Lives Matter doesn't care about Black on Black crime.
From the Black Lives Matter website's list of misconceptions about BLM:
The movement doesn’t care about black-on-black crime. The idea that black-on-black crime is not a significant political conversation among black people is patently false. In Chicago, long maligned for its high rates of intraracial murder, members of the community created the Violence Interrupters to disrupt violent altercations before they escalate. However, those who insist on talking about black-on-black crime frequently fail to acknowledge that most crime is intraracial. Ninety-three percent of black murder victims are killed by other black people. Eighty-four percent of white murder victims are killed by other white people. The continued focus on black-on-black crime is a diversionary tactic, whose goal is to suggest that black people don’t have the right to be outraged about police violence in vulnerable black communities, because those communities have a crime problem. The Black Lives Matter movement acknowledges the crime problem, but it refuses to locate that crime problem as a problem of black pathology. Black people are not inherently more violent or more prone to crime than other groups. But black people are disproportionately poorer, more likely to be targeted by police and arrested, and more likely to attend poor or failing schools. All of these social indicators place one at greater risk for being either a victim or a perpetrator of violent crime. To reduce violent crime, we must fight to change systems, rather than demonizing people.
4. Black Lives Matter doesn't care about White victims of police brutality.
When Dylan Noble was gunned down by the police in Fresno, California Black Lives Matter rallied around that cause. Because anyone being murdered by the police is wrong. Just because the group is called Black Lives Matter people want to get deep into their feels and claim that it then does not care about anyone else. This is a fallacy. The FOCUS of the group is the killing of POC by the police but that doesn't mean it isn't interested or empathetic to any other cause. The primary goal is an end to the violence.
Ask yourself this, also;
Why is it that when White people are killed by the police the "All Lives Matter" people are quiet?
5. They're racist.
Marginalize, marginalize, marginalize. Black Lives Matter is not a racist group. Sure, there are some activists that get the microphone at some rallies that are super militant. Black separatist style militant. That isn't representative of the movement or everyone in it. Black Lives Matter welcomes people of all colors to be allies for the cause. They are not excluding anyone. As POC trying not to die in America we need all the help that we can get. White people are great allies! You should not, however, expect BLM to make room for you and make you feel comfy just because you're White.
6. SOROS!
George Soros never said that he wanted to "bring down the United States by funding Black Hate groups". It never happened. Get your head out of your ass and stop reading Breitbart. They are fucking liars. Yes, Soros donated to Black Lives Matter. He's donated $11 billion all over the world. He's not the devil or the boogieman. Most of the people that dislike him do so because he is their worst nightmare; A rich Jewish liberal. Terrifying to a White supremacist.
7. BLM wants to abolish all policing.
This is false. This comes from an interview that Jessica Disu gave Megyn Kelly on Fox. This is not an official goal of Black Lives Matter.
Anyone can affiliate themselves with a group and say whatever they want. I could say right now that the goal of BLM is to take donuts away from all police and give them to the poor. That doesn't make it an official policy of Black Lives Matter. Just as anyone can go to a protest, get on a megaphone, and yell things. That doesn't make the things they're yelling the official position of that protest. Abolishing the police is not the answer. They do need a huge overhaul, though. As the orange says, we need to drain the swamp.
I'm sure I'll have to add to this in the coming days and weeks as I continue to research. For now, I just want to add this;
Everyone has their opinions and they're entitled to them. I just think that your opinion should be based on FACTS and not FEELS.
If you're intimidated by Black Lives Matter ask yourself why. Look in the mirror long and hard. Why does a group of Black people standing up for Black people threaten you?
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
If Everything Is Racist Then Nothing Is.
You'll see and hear a lot of the same things from people right now. One of the biggest phrases I see a lot is "You think everything is racist.". This is usually said right after you call someone out for being racist. They do this to marginalize you and destroy the credibility of your statement. It's complete bullshit and should not be tolerated. Racism exists. We all know this. It exists in many forms and in many people. Race relations in Amerikkka have always been shaky, at best. We live in a country that committed genocide against it's native people, enslaved it's black and Chinese people, locked it's Japanese people in internment camps, that continues to suppress it's minority community's votes, and is now talking about deporting 11 million Hispanic immigrants and forcing Muslims to register. We need to talk about racism.
Call it what it is.
If you're a white person that is spouting this "You think everything is racist" bullshit then, guess what? You're supporting racism and further damaging race relations at a time when we do so at our peril. Look around and realize that your apathy is allowing for the rise of fascist rhetoric and the loss of basic human rights for your friends and neighbors.
If you're a POC and you aren't calling out racism WHENEVER you hear it then, guess what? You are supporting racism and further damaging race relations. This shit cannot and should not be tolerated in our society. We've come to goddamn far to be taking these huge steps backwards. I refuse to go back to a time when a white man thought it acceptable to call me a nigger in the street. You should, too.
Making America great again means stepping back to the 1960s and undoing the entire civil rights movement? It means leaping back to the 1940s and one of the most shameful things we've ever done as a nation? It means deporting millions of people that DO contribute to our economy, both in tax revenue and in purchasing power? It means undoing LGBT rights? It means ignoring the RIGHT of Natives to defend water they depend on to live? It means allowing fascist hate groups to march around spewing disgusting rhetoric about white supremacy?
I don't think so.
America IS great because it's a melting pot. Because we are supposed to unite as Americans in times of need. This is a time of need. Do not let a small group divide us.
I don't hate white people, and I know that most white people don't hate me, but some of them do. Acknowledging that is not the cause of racism but the cure for it. Be my brother, respect my opinion, understand my point of view, and I will do the same. Don't dismiss me because my opinion makes you uncomfortable.
Call it what it is.
If you're a white person that is spouting this "You think everything is racist" bullshit then, guess what? You're supporting racism and further damaging race relations at a time when we do so at our peril. Look around and realize that your apathy is allowing for the rise of fascist rhetoric and the loss of basic human rights for your friends and neighbors.
If you're a POC and you aren't calling out racism WHENEVER you hear it then, guess what? You are supporting racism and further damaging race relations. This shit cannot and should not be tolerated in our society. We've come to goddamn far to be taking these huge steps backwards. I refuse to go back to a time when a white man thought it acceptable to call me a nigger in the street. You should, too.
Making America great again means stepping back to the 1960s and undoing the entire civil rights movement? It means leaping back to the 1940s and one of the most shameful things we've ever done as a nation? It means deporting millions of people that DO contribute to our economy, both in tax revenue and in purchasing power? It means undoing LGBT rights? It means ignoring the RIGHT of Natives to defend water they depend on to live? It means allowing fascist hate groups to march around spewing disgusting rhetoric about white supremacy?
I don't think so.
America IS great because it's a melting pot. Because we are supposed to unite as Americans in times of need. This is a time of need. Do not let a small group divide us.
I don't hate white people, and I know that most white people don't hate me, but some of them do. Acknowledging that is not the cause of racism but the cure for it. Be my brother, respect my opinion, understand my point of view, and I will do the same. Don't dismiss me because my opinion makes you uncomfortable.
Monday, November 14, 2016
A message for the fascists.
I have a message for those that would threaten us.
For those that mean us harm.
For those that think us weak.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Stop It?
Trump's "harsh words" in response to hate crimes are akin to mine when my wife's cat steps on my keyboard while look for pets.
Stop it.
Like kindly Papaw delivering a scolding to his favorite grandchild with the hint of a smile and a wink.
Stop it.
President Obama, adressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
At root, this isn't just about our laws; this is about who we are as a people. This is about whether we value one another
-- whether we embrace our differences, rather than allowing them to become a source of animus. It's hard for any of us to imagine the mind-set of someone who would kidnap a young man and beat him to within an inch of his life, tie him to a fence, and leave him for dead. It's hard for any of us to imagine the twisted mentality of those who'd offer a neighbor a ride home, attack him, chain him to the back of a truck, and drag him for miles until he finally died.
But we sense where such cruelty begins: the moment we fail to see in another our common humanity -- the very moment when we fail to recognize in a person the same fears and hopes, the same passions and imperfections, the same dreams that we all share.
We have for centuries strived to live up to our founding ideal, of a nation where all are free and equal and able to pursue their own version of happiness. Through conflict and tumult, through the morass of hatred and prejudice, through periods of division and discord we have endured and grown stronger and fairer and freer. And at every turn, we've made progress not only by changing laws but by changing hearts, by our willingness to walk in another's shoes, by our capacity to love and accept even in the face of rage and bigotry.
Trump, addressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
I am so saddened to hear that.
George Bush, addressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
One of the greatest obligations of this administration and of the Department of Justice is the guarantee of civil rights for all Americans. As I said in my State of the Union Address, every one of us must confront and condemn racism, anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hate not next week, not tomorrow, but right now -- every single one of us. For hate crimes cannot be tolerated in a free society.
Trump, addressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
Stop it.
Bill Clinton, addressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
We should remember that each of us almost wakes up every day with the scales of light and darkness in our own hearts, and we've got to keep them in proper balance. And we have to be in the United States absolutely resolute about this. That's why I think this hate crimes issue is so important.
We're not talking about everybody agreeing with everybody else on every political issue. We're talking about whether people have a right, if they show up and work hard and obey the law and are good citizens, to pursue their lives in dignity ... without fear of being abused. And this should not be a partisan issue.
Trump, addressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
And I say, 'Stop it.' If it -- if it helps, I will say this, and I will say right to the cameras: 'Stop it.'
Your "President-Elect" is, at best, an incompetent. At worst, he's a treasonous, white supremacist collaborating toad.
I say 'your's' because he is not mine.
No president of mine would attempt to stop hate crimes the way that Willy Wonka attempts to stop Mike TV from teleporting himself.
Stop it.
Like kindly Papaw delivering a scolding to his favorite grandchild with the hint of a smile and a wink.
Stop it.
President Obama, adressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
At root, this isn't just about our laws; this is about who we are as a people. This is about whether we value one another
-- whether we embrace our differences, rather than allowing them to become a source of animus. It's hard for any of us to imagine the mind-set of someone who would kidnap a young man and beat him to within an inch of his life, tie him to a fence, and leave him for dead. It's hard for any of us to imagine the twisted mentality of those who'd offer a neighbor a ride home, attack him, chain him to the back of a truck, and drag him for miles until he finally died.
But we sense where such cruelty begins: the moment we fail to see in another our common humanity -- the very moment when we fail to recognize in a person the same fears and hopes, the same passions and imperfections, the same dreams that we all share.
We have for centuries strived to live up to our founding ideal, of a nation where all are free and equal and able to pursue their own version of happiness. Through conflict and tumult, through the morass of hatred and prejudice, through periods of division and discord we have endured and grown stronger and fairer and freer. And at every turn, we've made progress not only by changing laws but by changing hearts, by our willingness to walk in another's shoes, by our capacity to love and accept even in the face of rage and bigotry.
Trump, addressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
I am so saddened to hear that.
George Bush, addressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
One of the greatest obligations of this administration and of the Department of Justice is the guarantee of civil rights for all Americans. As I said in my State of the Union Address, every one of us must confront and condemn racism, anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hate not next week, not tomorrow, but right now -- every single one of us. For hate crimes cannot be tolerated in a free society.
Trump, addressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
Stop it.
Bill Clinton, addressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
We should remember that each of us almost wakes up every day with the scales of light and darkness in our own hearts, and we've got to keep them in proper balance. And we have to be in the United States absolutely resolute about this. That's why I think this hate crimes issue is so important.
We're not talking about everybody agreeing with everybody else on every political issue. We're talking about whether people have a right, if they show up and work hard and obey the law and are good citizens, to pursue their lives in dignity ... without fear of being abused. And this should not be a partisan issue.
Trump, addressing hate crimes in America, had this to say;
And I say, 'Stop it.' If it -- if it helps, I will say this, and I will say right to the cameras: 'Stop it.'
Your "President-Elect" is, at best, an incompetent. At worst, he's a treasonous, white supremacist collaborating toad.
I say 'your's' because he is not mine.
No president of mine would attempt to stop hate crimes the way that Willy Wonka attempts to stop Mike TV from teleporting himself.
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