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DrDan

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41. I am not ok with a post that brings up a question regarding race and then points to Florida.

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 02:42 PM

Mar 2018

Nothing wrong with the question - it was valid. But why was it necessary for the poster to specifically point out that it happened in Florida and the shooter was white. What assumption is being made?

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A weird thought about the school shooter [View all] grumpyduck Feb 2018 OP

I think one really has to wonder what would have happened if he was... ExciteBike66 Feb 2018 #1

We all know if he was Muslim, black or brown he'd already be in jail. brush Feb 2018 #3

more likely he would be dead. lapfog_1 Mar 2018 #27

I wonder if OP's from new posters are just here to "stir things up"...word to the wise about that. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #6

Good question grumpyduck Feb 2018 #8

What about that post made you think that? The fact of possible racial discrimination pnwmom Feb 2018 #14

The OP is a logical and important question EffieBlack Mar 2018 #31

Plenty of shit stirring tazkcmo Mar 2018 #51

To answer your question run this thought experiment... Moostache Feb 2018 #2

Good one. That's how one zeros in on a proposition. brush Feb 2018 #5

That's how it worked in California. LAGC Feb 2018 #10

Or if a couple hundred black men, or brown men, or Muslims decided to sit outside a couple hundred pangaia Mar 2018 #53

Not sure why you think posing that thought would be Florida specific. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #4

Didn't think it was Florida-specific at all grumpyduck Feb 2018 #7

yes it was in Florida . . . so what is your point? DrDan Feb 2018 #9

If you read the OP, I didn't have a POINT grumpyduck Feb 2018 #12

I've re-read and I don't see a question. n/t Yonnie3 Feb 2018 #15

Maybe we need to get some English teachers involved grumpyduck Feb 2018 #20

You edit your post after I read it and then write this? Yonnie3 Mar 2018 #25

Okay, help me out grumpyduck Mar 2018 #37

Called you out on another OP? Yonnie3 Mar 2018 #57

so why bring up the fact it happened in Florida? DrDan Feb 2018 #17

Why are you giving the poster a hard time? The point, obviously, pnwmom Feb 2018 #13

because it happened in Florida? DrDan Feb 2018 #16

Probably because it happened in America. n/t EffieBlack Mar 2018 #39

I assume you saw the post before the edit. "It was in Florida. The shooter was white." DrDan Mar 2018 #40

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2018 #56

This is ridiculous EffieBlack Mar 2018 #32

I am not ok with a post that brings up a question regarding race and then points to Florida. DrDan Mar 2018 #41

No one is allowed to suggest that Florida has a problem with racism? EffieBlack Mar 2018 #43

and racism is isolated to Florida? DrDan Mar 2018 #44

Oh, please EffieBlack Mar 2018 #47

I'll stand by my comments DrDan Mar 2018 #48

The real question is how many such reports do they get in a day? Binkie The Clown Feb 2018 #11

And what can they do if he has not broken laws as of yet treestar Feb 2018 #19

Yup jberryhill Mar 2018 #26

Precisely. Ligyron Mar 2018 #30

If my Aunt had balls, maxsolomon Feb 2018 #18

Okay, two things grumpyduck Feb 2018 #21

your post is divisive, your post count is low maxsolomon Feb 2018 #23

Well, there you go... I can't tell Cyrillic from Greek grumpyduck Feb 2018 #24

Asking a question about racism is not "divisive" EffieBlack Mar 2018 #33

DU is filled with divisiveness. maxsolomon Mar 2018 #35

It may not be "insightful" to you but it's a very important question. EffieBlack Mar 2018 #38

I explained myself. maxsolomon Mar 2018 #42

This has nothing to do with trolls EffieBlack Mar 2018 #46

Geez, I was so ready to move on from this grumpyduck Mar 2018 #49

Same quesiton asked over and over at DU resulting always in divisiveness. Fred Sanders Mar 2018 #52

If the new rule is that no one can raise a question or issue that's been previously discussed EffieBlack Mar 2018 #54

My fundamental concern at the moment is that the event of two weeks ago LanternWaste Feb 2018 #22

I think heaven05 Mar 2018 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Squinch Mar 2018 #29

I have a high post count, so I'LL ask: How would the shooter have been treated if he were black? EffieBlack Mar 2018 #34

Thank you grumpyduck Mar 2018 #36

Yeah - he wouldn't have shot up a school lame54 Mar 2018 #45

Would the gun store have sold him an AR-15? FarCenter Mar 2018 #50

Probably not. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #55