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malthaussen

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18. It's hard to legally regulate the behavior of people...

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sun May 13, 2018, 08:55 AM

May 2018

... but I would like to see some kind of fine for people who call the cops or otherwise harass others when they are just living their lives -- or trying to. The problem, of course, is determining what acts are actionable, and what are not.

-- Mal

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White Fragility Digest #1: 13 May 2018 [View all] MrScorpio May 2018 OP

A White North Carolina High School Student Says BLM Mural Is Offensive -- So He Destroyed It MrScorpio May 2018 #1

"respect for officers because their job is not easy." BumRushDaShow May 2018 #4

student activist Emma Gonzalez retweeted steventh May 2018 #22

There's something happening here... kentuck May 2018 #2

Watch Nashville, Tenn., Mayoral Candidate Tell Roomful of Black Voters Racial Profiling Is 'Absolute MrScorpio May 2018 #3

racists hate grow and grows heaven05 May 2018 #5

People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? oberliner May 2018 #6

And what do you think would it take to do just that? MrScorpio May 2018 #7

Build bridges oberliner May 2018 #8

And what would these bridges look like? MrScorpio May 2018 #10

Love trumps hate oberliner May 2018 #12

Ok, and how would that apply to the three separate incidents that I posted? MrScorpio May 2018 #15

Reflect on "love trumps hate" and try to apply it to those incidents yourself oberliner May 2018 #16

Well, let's see here... MrScorpio May 2018 #20

So... what would be your suggestion? Tipperary May 2018 #25

My suggestion is that the shop-owner fire that clerk. MineralMan May 2018 #34

My suggestion? OK... MrScorpio May 2018 #42

IOW, Bring a cheesy cliched slogan to a gunfight. Easy to say when you're not tblue37 May 2018 #29

So, the victim is supposed to show love for the oppressor? MineralMan May 2018 #33

Check out last weekend's W. Kamau Bell episode of United Shades of America Blue_Adept May 2018 #35

Check this out. I've provided a link, for your convenience, below: MineralMan May 2018 #36

It's a CNN show Blue_Adept May 2018 #37

I watch almost no television programming at all. MineralMan May 2018 #38

Well fuck me with a chainsaw Blue_Adept May 2018 #40

Among the Inept, Ignorance Is Bliss meathead May 2018 #43

Here's the full episode Blue_Adept May 2018 #39

Vocal allies ProudLib72 May 2018 #31

What were the women doing not to get along? So in the name of getting along get harassed ? lunasun May 2018 #13

Nothing oberliner May 2018 #14

Here's what you are missing. Solomon May 2018 #24

What did the black women do to not get along ? JI7 May 2018 #26

Yes, we should get along by not calling the police on people of color over nothing all the time gollygee May 2018 #41

This behavior is out of control. Lonestarblue May 2018 #9

Not the least bit unbelievable mountain grammy May 2018 #19

K&R lunasun May 2018 #11

From the Daily Beast: When Calling 911 Makes the Emergency salin May 2018 #17

I should point out some context here... MrScorpio May 2018 #21

Important context. salin May 2018 #23

Since I was replying to someone else's post, you probably won't see my post #29 above, so I am tblue37 May 2018 #30

It's hard to legally regulate the behavior of people... malthaussen May 2018 #18

K&R ismnotwasm May 2018 #27

It Would be Helpful to Put Out this Store's Name on Social Media dlk May 2018 #28

It's literally in the first sentence of the article oberliner May 2018 #32

I know one of these young women Generic Other Jun 2018 #44