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There's very little substance in the original post as well. Anecdote after anecdote. I'm far too incensed by the latest example of legalized institutional destr

There's very little substance in the original post as well. Anecdote after anecdote. I'm far too incensed by the latest example of legalized institutional destruction of black bodies[0] for me to take the time to carefully address his post point by point. The evidence that he is living in a fantasy is plain as day. 0. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/us/tamir-rice-police-shootiing-cleveland.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/us/tamir-rice-police-shoot...

innocentoldguy 11y ago
Oh, by all means, point out the fantasy omegaworks. You complain about anecdote after anecdote, but all you've offered is puerile and pithy epithets. How does that help? Personally, I prefer to look at the situation by observing both myself, when set in a discriminatory position for years on end, as well as my immediate and extended family members, many of whom are Black, Hispanic, Indian, and Asian, and living in America; the supposed land of white privilege and black oppression. I for one am sick of political correctness because I believe it is a lie. It denies the past and silences the future. It harms my wife, my children, my cousins, and other extended family members. It attempts to teach my kids that it is OK to sit on their ass, to be thugs, to rob, to steal, to break the law and cause mayhem because the white's owe them something, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let it. So, by all means, sit behind your screen politicking and feeling good about your ignorant judgements and ad hominem insults. For me, I'm going to be bold and talk about a problem I see that affects me personally. Is there a problem? Yes. Is it going to be fixed by pretending it is only one sided, or by denying my right to address it based solely on the color of my skin? Absolutely not. I want something better for everyone in this country, and it isn't going to happen if we pussyfoot around the issue and pretend half of it doesn't exist.

innocentoldguy 11y ago

Oh, by all means, point out the fantasy omegaworks. You complain about anecdote after anecdote, but all you've offered is puerile and pithy epithets. How does that help? Personally, I prefer to look at the situation by observing both myself, when set in a discriminatory position for years on end, as well as my immediate and extended family members, many of whom are Black, Hispanic, Indian, and Asian, and living in America; the supposed land of white privilege and black oppression. I for one am sick of political correctness because I believe it is a lie. It denies the past and silences the future. It harms my wife, my children, my cousins, and other extended family members. It attempts to teach my kids that it is OK to sit on their ass, to be thugs, to rob, to steal, to break the law and cause mayhem because the white's owe them something, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let it. So, by all means, sit behind your screen politicking and feeling good about your ignorant judgements and ad hominem insults. For me, I'm going to be bold and talk about a problem I see that affects me personally. Is there a problem? Yes. Is it going to be fixed by pretending it is only one sided, or by denying my right to address it based solely on the color of my skin? Absolutely not. I want something better for everyone in this country, and it isn't going to happen if we pussyfoot around the issue and pretend half of it doesn't exist.