Civil Discourse
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Buddha2525
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I think the word you're looking for is oppress. I have every right to discriminate between right and wrong. Oppression occurs when one discriminates wrongly.
Like in that movie The Woodsman. Kevin Bacon's brother discriminates against him, because he was just released from prison for molesting girls 9 and under, from going to his 9 yo daughter's birthday party and doesn't invite him. Because he feared the brother might relapse against his daughter. Kevin Bacon feels hurt, but I say too bad.
Does the brother not have the right to discriminate? In that case I feel the brother discriminated correctly.
londonfog
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You should continue to pay your property tax because you used the fuck out of the system, that uses property tax for education. Unless you can pay back the monies that everyone paid to educate your family, you shall help out the next. We already estimated the price it cost to educate YOU and your family.
and Please do STFU...not trying argue just want you to SFTU. Thanks
londonfog
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spoken like an ignorant person who lacks knowledge of the past.
Stink Bug
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But if someone murders a pregnant woman they are charged with two murders. A social security number does not make a life, a heartbeat does. I am neither pro life or pro abortion. But I do believe a heartbeat deserves some consideration. It is a very slippery slope.
Stink Bug
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TSA Pre Check, the only way to travel! Avoid both of the above along with the long lines. You dont even have to take your shoes off. Just stroll on through to the gate. Granted I did pay for the permission to do so, but worth every penny.Everybody needs "permission" to travel now. Equal oppression does not create freedom or protect freedom.
Bugeye
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I think that varies by state. A Colorado guy recently killed his pregnant wife and two daughters, they charged him with 3 counts of murder and an unlawful termination of a pregnancy. But I hear ya. Be nice to definitively know when consciousness really begins.
MichiganSpinDoctor
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"There were good people on both sides." trump said. Both sides of the statue controversy. You can pretend he was talking about Nazis if you want to.
Stink Bug
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I am sure it varies greatly state to state, courtroom to courtroom. My bad for generalizing.Thanks for pointing it out my friend.
Puff_Dragon
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*after perusing a number of thread pages*
This thread is not the civil discourse the title lead me to believe it was
Although, it has sparked an interested in the concepts of race baiting, sensitivities and filibustering.
Could I expect any more from a bunch of potheads trying to make sense of the strange world around them! You guys, I love you guys
This thread is not the civil discourse the title lead me to believe it was
Although, it has sparked an interested in the concepts of race baiting, sensitivities and filibustering.
Could I expect any more from a bunch of potheads trying to make sense of the strange world around them! You guys, I love you guys
MichiganSpinDoctor
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Ok good topic today. We hear a lot lately about "systemic racism." Fighting "systemic racism" is in the democrat party platform.
What are some examples of systemic racism in the US today?
What are some examples of systemic racism in the US today?
Bugeye
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Look at the criminal justice system for examples. I believe race plays a factor in sentencing. Sorry, no stats army fingertips but pretty sure whites get shorter sentences on average for same crimes.
Herb & Suds
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Even sentencing isn't the issue caught with small amounts of weed several times all they did was throw it out ...that is not the experience of men of color
They get charged every time
MichiganSpinDoctor
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When I think, "systemic racism," I think about a "system" that applies differently to individuals based on their race. The "system" by which students are admitted to college, for instance, applies differently to individuals based on their race. This is clearly an example of systemic racism.
Herb & Suds
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Fortunately for me I don't think like you
Justin-case
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MichiganSpinDoctor
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I doubt that they get charged every time. Even if they do, my Scottish American father got a possession charge last week. Little baggie.
MichiganSpinDoctor
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The "system" that law enforcement is implementing does not call for different treatment of different races of people. Maybe some of the officers do a bad job, but the "system" is not racially biased. The college admissions system on the other hand, is openly racist.
Bugeye
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But if there is a measurable difference in outcome, is that not proof of a systemic problem?
Buddha2525
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Because crack gets a harsher sentence than cocaine isn't racist. It's called classism. Liberals live in a micro aggression fantasy land.
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