[patriciamary]

Racism? I know freepers aren't racists. They are realists,they deal in facts.Black people should have left,black people are committing the crimes and hurting rescues.Black people have been given too much for too long because of excuses .Enough is enough,they need to find their own way,like every other working class American.I say no more free rides.Boy I'm I dreaming.

[killjoy]

Racism? I know freepers aren't racists. They are realists,they deal in facts.Black people should have left,black people are committing the crimes and hurting rescues.Black people have been given too much for too long because of excuses .Enough is enough,they need to find their own way,like every other working class American.I say no more free rides.Boy I'm I dreaming.

ROTFLMAO! This is going in my profile!

[cyborg]

Racism? I know freepers aren't racists. They are realists,they deal in facts.

** Oh my friend are you ever misguided about some freepers.

[DeltaZulu]

"That's when the reporter said he realized the man was holding a black revolver"

10-to-1 the journalist really said that a black man was holding a revolver. But since this isn't PC, it's the revolver that's black.

[rdb3]

Enough is enough,they need to find their own way,like every other working class American.I say no more free rides.

Well, this black man doesn't need any free ride.

The ubiquitous "they." </whatever>

And you are SADLY MISTAKEN if you think that there are not some straight up racists on this board. I said "some," it's beyond a doubt that it's nowhere near all.

But the fact remains. So if you like realists, get real and deal with that fact.

If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.

[buckleyfan]

Black people have been given too much for too long because of excuses .Enough is enough,they need to find their own way,like every other working class American.I say no more free rides.Boy I'm I dreaming.

Ugh. You know just as many whites freeload on the system, don't pay their own way, and commit crimes. Something about your posts just kinda.. reeks.

[Alia]

There's a fine line between addressing (writing about) a black underclass, and then using that to massively ad hominem and/or slur an entire race.

Some whites wish to use the very same "race-baiting" tools and verbiage that the racialists of other "political identities" has used -- to all racialists -- this is considered -- "leveling the playing field".

It's a lie and a trick.

It coarsens all discourse, which of course plays right into the hands of racialists (of all categories, worldwide) who want to tear apart and balkanize not just the US but the world into race-based enclaves.

Again, the far left and far right: PREACH MULTICULTURALISM, but in fact, it is not their goal as most think it is.

Being able to frankly speak about matters, such as what is happening in NO -- requires a sensitivity. Some are angry that that "sensitivity" has only been directed and accorded to minorities. Understandable. But coarsening the debate is not the answer, IMHO and IMHE -- nor the path to a civil society.

[airborne]

Racism? I know freepers aren't racists. They are realists,they deal in facts.

I'm sorry, but there are racists here on FreeRepublic, just like everywhere else.

As for dealing with facts, there aren't any yet with regards to the shooter, just supposition based on statistics.