The problem is that you imply that this incident is being treated uniquely as warranting a focus on race, yet in ANY posted instance of any individual black person doing ANYTHING wrong, race becomes a prime focus of the thread. Let a black man commit arson (something predominantly done by white males) and see if we don’t see the repeated use of the word “Amish” of “black thug”. On the other hand, when a group of white high school misfits randomly shoots up their school (or when a white guy randomly shoots up innocent strangers in a gym, restaurant, etc.), race never becomes the primary focus of the discussion despite such behavior coming predominantly from white males. When Van Jones expressed that this is something done predominantly by white kids, this site exploded with vitriol (and no, I am definitely NOT a fan of Jones).
The funny thing is this. Let an organization be formed for the purpose of addressing problems overrepresented in or are nearly exclusive to black America and we get cries of racism. If someone forms the “National Organization to Instill Morals on Black Youth”, there will be cries of racism and folks will express that whites have issues with morals also. People rant over and over about blacks voting Democrat, but when organizations form specifically to increase black conservatives, they are criticized for being race specific. So do you think it a bit unbalanced to decry organizations formed to deal with problems predominant with blacks, yet repeatedly criticize and ridicule blacks for these problems? If all organizations should be race neutral, should not all criticism?
Also, the events being discussed, while unique in style, each falls under the category of shoplifting, and studies have shown that blacks are no more likely to shoplift than whites.
http://www.physorg.com/news5762.html
And actually less likely:
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/reprint/165/7/905.pdf
So why when 3 shoplifting instances recently utilizing a specific method comes about, we must focus on the race of people less inclined to shoplift in general?
These are no “shoplifting” episodes, and I don’t see anyone singling out black people for shoplifting. That has nothing to do with it, I suggest you find a different analogy.
There are plenty of discussions on Free Republic of people doing things wrong, and the racial makeup is not a question. This is different because these are unusual crimes (though apparently not as unusual as many of us think, if the accounts of some people are to be believed) there is video of the events, and ALL of the participants are of one racial makeup.
You did not answer a single question I asked of you. Please answer them. If you wish to simply ask me questions without answering mine, we cannot have a dialogue.
You have not been on this site for very long, relatively speaking, and I am giving you the benefit of the doubt as to your evaluation of what goes on at Free Republic. But if you don’t wish to engage in honest dialogue, then I will draw a different conclusion.