University of Missouri Authorities Apprehend Suspect Behind Social Media Threats

Started by garbon, November 12, 2015, 03:45:40 AM

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garbon

#45
November 12, 2015, 03:17:33 PM
Yeah, historical experience shaped the culture. Doesn't mean culture today should be described as 'It's slavery.'
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Barrister

#46
November 12, 2015, 03:23:01 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 12, 2015, 03:17:33 PM
Yeah, historical experience shaped the culture. Doesn't mean culture today should be described as 'It's slavery.'

I didn't just say "it's slavery" though.  I listed a bunch of other factors (and it was hardly an exhaustive list).
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The Brain

#47
November 12, 2015, 03:25:03 PM
Black culture seems to be all about stereotypes.
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garbon

#48
November 12, 2015, 03:29:24 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 12, 2015, 03:23:01 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 12, 2015, 03:17:33 PM
Yeah, historical experience shaped the culture. Doesn't mean culture today should be described as 'It's slavery.'

I didn't just say "it's slavery" though.  I listed a bunch of other factors (and it was hardly an exhaustive list).

Lesson is that "It's slavery" is not the start of an acceptable response. ;)
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#49
November 12, 2015, 03:29:50 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 12, 2015, 03:25:03 PM
Black culture seems to be all about stereotypes.

I think it is generally easiest to describe any culture with its stereotypes, no?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

The Brain

#50
November 12, 2015, 03:31:23 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 12, 2015, 03:29:50 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 12, 2015, 03:25:03 PM
Black culture seems to be all about stereotypes.

I think it is generally easiest to describe any culture with its stereotypes, no?

Yes, let's take the easy way out.
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Razgovory

#51
November 12, 2015, 03:52:54 PM
Quote from: Valmy on November 12, 2015, 01:54:07 PM
I will wait for our eyes and ears in Missouri, Raz, confirms or denies this report.

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I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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Eddie Teach

#52
November 12, 2015, 04:57:20 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 12, 2015, 03:25:03 PM
Black culture seems to be all about stereotypes.

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Razgovory

#53
November 12, 2015, 09:46:25 PM
Well, this is the incident that seemed to trigger this.  Remarkably people who came to watch a parade were not that keen on it being interrupted by a Black Power protest where they lectured the crowd about things that happened in 1839.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6zwnmlzZSQ
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

PDH

#54
November 12, 2015, 11:19:48 PM
Actually, I thought the trigger was the racist slurs on students earlier...the parade thing was a reaction to the non-action of the president...
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Razgovory

#55
November 12, 2015, 11:35:04 PM
Quote from: PDH on November 12, 2015, 11:19:48 PM
Actually, I thought the trigger was the racist slurs on students earlier...the parade thing was a reaction to the non-action of the president...

This is the beginning of the protest.  They are making the case of institutional racism, the founding of the school in a slave state eventually leading to a drunk calling someone a nasty name.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Martinus

#56
November 13, 2015, 01:54:07 AM
Not sure if using a clenched fist as your logo is such a great idea if you want to reach out to get more people for your cause. Especially when your opponents already stereotypise you as violent and dangerous.  :hmm:

garbon

#57
November 13, 2015, 03:00:49 AM
Quote from: Martinus on November 13, 2015, 01:54:07 AM
Not sure if using a clenched fist as your logo is such a great idea if you want to reach out to get more people for your cause. Especially when your opponents already stereotypise you as violent and dangerous.  :hmm:

Oh the ignorance, it hurts me.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

PDH

#58
November 13, 2015, 08:28:36 AM
Quote from: Martinus on November 13, 2015, 01:54:07 AM
Not sure if using a clenched fist as your logo is such a great idea if you want to reach out to get more people for your cause. Especially when your opponents already stereotypise you as violent and dangerous.  :hmm:

Yeah, what has a raised clenched fist ever done for black power?
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Syt

#59
November 13, 2015, 08:42:08 AM
Quote from: garbon on November 13, 2015, 03:00:49 AM
Quote from: Martinus on November 13, 2015, 01:54:07 AM
Not sure if using a clenched fist as your logo is such a great idea if you want to reach out to get more people for your cause. Especially when your opponents already stereotypise you as violent and dangerous.  :hmm:

Oh the ignorance, it hurts me.

It's funny considering that a Polish athlete at the 1980s Olympics used a fist gesture to piss off the Russian hosts.

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