2nd May 2015, 7:15 AM
Welp, Baltimore shit the bed. Over a silly thing like a black man being murdered in police custody, having his spine mysteriously broken in several places! Usually when white people riot, it's over some sportsball game that they either won or lost.
Love seeing friends co-opt Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy to decry riots. I always reply and show them the quote from a speech he made, where he, you know, describes his thoughts on riots. Namely that non-violence must always be stressed, and while riots are not ideal for several reasons, if a pot is put on the burner then it inevitably boils. You know what's even funnier? I saw a friend, months back, post the episode of The Boondocks, where King is resurrected and sees the state of black affairs, and yells at his own people. The political climate was that of Michael Brown / Eric Garner. This your prototypical Stupid White Man. In the throes of an argument, he threw up his hands and essentially said WELL BLACK PEOPLE CAN LEAVE THE GHETTO ANY TIME THEY WANT THEY'RE JUST TOO DUMB. So here's this guy with these awful opinions on racial affairs, and he's saying "Dr. King would agree with me, all you dumb niggers are being dumb, you have all the rights you need by this point. I am not black, ergo issues that impact black people are illusory."
You hang out a lot on the internet with a bunch of other white losers, you seeing creepy shit like Men's Rights Activism, Pick-up Artists, not really so far removed from White Supremacy when you think of it in the abstract. And they justify it by saying "Well see from an physiological standpoint, black people are inferior, you ever see any of them build a rocket and go to the moon? Check and mate, libtard." God DAMN I love the internet. These are the same stupid men that believe in the Ladder Theory, that women go for Alpha Male, basically men who never hang out with women as friends, but they're experts because they remember High School Biology.
Anyway, in the case of Baltimore, six police officers have been charged with murder. These cases are becoming high profile and difficult to sweep under the rug. The police officer in South Carolina who shot a black man in the back and planted a weapon on him, is also facing murder charges. Look at that! It's almost like rioting does something! (Granted, in this case, it was video footage that saved the day, but let's not split hairs.) I can't fucking stand to hear people say "WELL THEMS SAVAGE FOLKS IS DESTROYING THEY OWN STORES". I overheard a couple of morons talking about it in hushed voices in the break room at work. There is no fist pump big enough.
These people apparently forget that this country was founded on rioting. Boston Tea Party anyone? Funny how no one has the same attitude about that. When White people riot, it's for a Purpose. When Black people riot, the Fox News of the world love to paint them as Thugs. It's White supremacy underneath the surface, and it doesn't take a whole lot of IQ points to see.
Honestly, as far as politics go, I posit that if a person reaches a certain level of emotional intelligence, there's hardly a debate on certain issues. Welfare programs, housing for the poor, etc. Anyone with proper empathic sense can and should see that reducing the misery of the state's citizens, is more important than getting "gouged" by taxes or whatever. Look, the state provides you with policemen, roads, phone lines, transportation. If you don't want to pay into the state for the welfare of its people, then get the fuck out. Go to a libertarian paradise like Somalia, see how well you thrive you fucking dipshit.
Love seeing friends co-opt Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy to decry riots. I always reply and show them the quote from a speech he made, where he, you know, describes his thoughts on riots. Namely that non-violence must always be stressed, and while riots are not ideal for several reasons, if a pot is put on the burner then it inevitably boils. You know what's even funnier? I saw a friend, months back, post the episode of The Boondocks, where King is resurrected and sees the state of black affairs, and yells at his own people. The political climate was that of Michael Brown / Eric Garner. This your prototypical Stupid White Man. In the throes of an argument, he threw up his hands and essentially said WELL BLACK PEOPLE CAN LEAVE THE GHETTO ANY TIME THEY WANT THEY'RE JUST TOO DUMB. So here's this guy with these awful opinions on racial affairs, and he's saying "Dr. King would agree with me, all you dumb niggers are being dumb, you have all the rights you need by this point. I am not black, ergo issues that impact black people are illusory."
You hang out a lot on the internet with a bunch of other white losers, you seeing creepy shit like Men's Rights Activism, Pick-up Artists, not really so far removed from White Supremacy when you think of it in the abstract. And they justify it by saying "Well see from an physiological standpoint, black people are inferior, you ever see any of them build a rocket and go to the moon? Check and mate, libtard." God DAMN I love the internet. These are the same stupid men that believe in the Ladder Theory, that women go for Alpha Male, basically men who never hang out with women as friends, but they're experts because they remember High School Biology.
Anyway, in the case of Baltimore, six police officers have been charged with murder. These cases are becoming high profile and difficult to sweep under the rug. The police officer in South Carolina who shot a black man in the back and planted a weapon on him, is also facing murder charges. Look at that! It's almost like rioting does something! (Granted, in this case, it was video footage that saved the day, but let's not split hairs.) I can't fucking stand to hear people say "WELL THEMS SAVAGE FOLKS IS DESTROYING THEY OWN STORES". I overheard a couple of morons talking about it in hushed voices in the break room at work. There is no fist pump big enough.
These people apparently forget that this country was founded on rioting. Boston Tea Party anyone? Funny how no one has the same attitude about that. When White people riot, it's for a Purpose. When Black people riot, the Fox News of the world love to paint them as Thugs. It's White supremacy underneath the surface, and it doesn't take a whole lot of IQ points to see.
Honestly, as far as politics go, I posit that if a person reaches a certain level of emotional intelligence, there's hardly a debate on certain issues. Welfare programs, housing for the poor, etc. Anyone with proper empathic sense can and should see that reducing the misery of the state's citizens, is more important than getting "gouged" by taxes or whatever. Look, the state provides you with policemen, roads, phone lines, transportation. If you don't want to pay into the state for the welfare of its people, then get the fuck out. Go to a libertarian paradise like Somalia, see how well you thrive you fucking dipshit.