Posted on 08/29/2014 12:46:11 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Our belief that the government wants to help us achieve fairness is lower than everleading to fantasies of lawless revenge.
The events in Ferguson and elsewhere across the U.S. have launched a heated national dialogue that questions our faith in the benevolence of government institutions especially police, judiciary, and politicians. Dead black bodies always makes us wonder whether they really have the best interests of the American people at heart, or just the best interests of some American people. Sometimes in the dense fog of passion and tear gas it is hard to see what values a country as diverse as America really shares. One way to check the heart of American attitudes is to lay our fingers on the pulse of pop culture, which often subtly reveals the truth long before the news pundits compulsively check their Twitter to see whats trending and chase after it.
One pop culture truth that has clearly emerged over the last few years is that the sharp rise of vigilante heroes in our books, TV, and movies is supplanting the traditional cultural heroes of the precinct, ER, and courtroom. Im not talking about Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Avengers, or any other super-powered beings fighting other super-powered beings. Thats adventure-fantasy that has little to do with the political or social landscape. Im talking about our grim-faced, non-powered heroes who, realizing that government is either too impotent or too corrupt to deliver justice, take up arms against the sea of troubles and by opposing, end them....
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
I wonder if Kareem has listened to the lyrics of any popular rap music...
Wow! Kareem quotes Shakespeare! I’m impressed.
Jason Riley, a black writer for the WSJ who is from NYC, recently stated on FOX News that while growing up he feared other black males far more than he feared the police. In fact, he said he didn’t fear the police at all. He said blacks who obeyed the law and didn’t provoke an incident seldom got themselves killed by police.
Hurrah for live black bodies standing over dead white bodies, that part of the system doesn't need fixing? It's working? See below. Is that why liberals don't talk about it?
I did not finish reading the posted article and fact is vis-a-vis police..
Local police involved in 400 killings per year
Citing data gathered by the Bureau of Justices Statistics in 2008, the IACP [International Association of Chiefs of Police] said less than 2% of the 40 million people who had contact with police reported the use of force or threatened use of force.
"In large part, the public perception of police use of force is framed and influenced by the media depictions which present unrealistic and often outlandish representations of law enforcement and the policing profession," the group said in a 2012 report."
The article points out that there has never been a comprehensive effort to gather the data needed to prove one way or the other.
So the victim's industry citing its Black Privilege can freely shout "unrealistic and often outlandish" claims at each and every individual personal tragedy involving a black citizen and police. Wow! Multi- multi-millionaire Kareem is a victim? Sure see a lot of those lately.
As retaliatory assaults accumulate because of Ferguson MSM and race-grievance industry lies keep in mind that
Fact is vis-a-vis other than police..
FBI Homicides Statistics
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www.fbi.gov About Us CJIS UCR Crime in the U.S. Here's the links to most of the FBI tables I referenced above.
KAJ is not a dope, but his opinions are just as nutty as when I read his autobio forty years ago. He still thinks the “disenfranchised” are suffering from oppression from the white power structure. He has learned nothing in his lifetime.
Leni
I met him years ago. He’s an unfriendly jerk. Never smiled, aloof. Indiana is basketball crazy, but all he wanted to do was talk about his political opinions.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer came to visit the following week, and my only regret in his leaving was not being able to photograph them together since she’s hobbit-sized.
Who cares what he thinks. Just put the ball through the hoop, Lurch. Freak.
I stopped reading at “fairness”.
Anyone who believes that “fairness” is in the government’s job description has a room temperature IQ.
An air conditioned room.
The Dems are the party of the 7 deadly sins.
They thrive by stoking covetousness, anger, etc.
Sorry Louie. If law enforcement doesn’t want to do it, somebody has to.
what this country stands for. . . is reasoned, thoughtful debate in an effort to resolve differences peacefully. It is not meant to be an excuse to grab your guns and line up on the border threatening children. Or open carrying guns into Dennys frightening patrons . . . My hope is that we use the abundance of vigilante literature to fuel our outrage at injustice and to inspire us to, rather than cynically pull a trigger, fix whats broken in our system through peaceful protest and the ballot box.
threatening children . . . open carrying guns into Dennys frightening patrons . . . our [understandable] outrage at injustice
Victims of America unite! Kareem's hope is that America can be fixed peacefully. Fine Meanwhile keep on truckin', Kareem, with articles spouting race-grievance industry claims of suffering -- never damn mind that such things cause "trivial" violence like that Marine beat almost to death by a mob of 20 blacks just the other day; the Knockout Game; the FBI homicide stats showing blacks (1/6 or less the population of whites) annually killing at least twice the white on black murders.
The co-pilot’s been spouting a lot of BS lately.
Who is ghosting Kream?
jesse jackson fears bumping into blacks on apartment stairs more than whites.
He was reported to have a sour personality (probably well-deserved) by a number of basketball writers. I also read a book about Milwaukee's championship season which pretty much arrived at the same conclusion about his personality. In reality, he's a very intelligent person, but like many intelligent people/liberals, his warped intelligence leads him to the wrong conclusions. So when he finally decided Milwaukee was not diverse enough or big enough for him, he engineered his trade to LA. As great a player as he was, I was glad to see him go.
The look on the kid’s face was pretty damn funny too.
The look on the kid’s face was pretty damn funny too.
The look on the kid’s face was pretty damn funny too.
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