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Maru Kitteh

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20. Of COURSE the homeowner is "more dangerous" because

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:56 AM

Jun 2020

THE BIKERS ARE *NOT* DANGEROUS. They are merely black. Even your statement that the homeowner is *more* dangerous has the built in assumption that the black bikers present some level of danger.

That is the implicit bias we have all been conditioned with by society. This post is not meant as a rebuke to you as an individual - it's meant to cast light on an illustration of implicit bias in action, and how very much language matters.

When we change the way we speak about things, we are changing the way we think about them.

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White man is arrested for pointing his AR15 at a group of five black bikers who were resting close [View all] Demovictory9 Jun 2020 OP

"I am a federal officer." BeyondGeography Jun 2020 #1

Why? luv2fly Jun 2020 #3

The dumbass was the man with the gun. bluescribbler Jun 2020 #4

No, I think it was one of the bikers. nt Tipperary Jun 2020 #8

Confusion - Is one of the bikers the dumbass, or one of the bikers the one who said federal officer. Xipe Totec Jun 2020 #19

Why do you think one of the bikers was a dumbass? PTWB Jun 2020 #22

I do not have that opinion. I was pointing that out to the other poster. Tipperary Jun 2020 #36

Oh, that poster said... PTWB Jun 2020 #38

Yeah, I should have been more clear. Tipperary Jun 2020 #39

See post #3 BeyondGeography Jun 2020 #6

Correct IronLionZion Jun 2020 #14

Thank you. Tipperary Jun 2020 #37

My favorite phrase during the initial outbreak was, "I don't know." theaocp Jun 2020 #2

But - but Scarsdale Jun 2020 #5

do you really think it's fear that makes them amass those arsenals? Trueblue Texan Jun 2020 #7

i think it's fear. barbtries Jun 2020 #10

I think it is a little bit of both. Jamastiene Jun 2020 #18

Please consider this as an OP, It is quite good irisblue Jun 2020 #21

I lived in Georgia...and the schools were more intergrated than any of the schools in Wisconsin or Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #33

I think it is fear too. He was shaking in his silly little flip flops. Tipperary Jun 2020 #40

Fear is the underlying cause. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #17

YES !!! They're consummately being told to be afraid for the sake of money uponit7771 Jun 2020 #23

Of COURSE the homeowner is "more dangerous" because Maru Kitteh Jun 2020 #20

The only dangerous person there Scarsdale Jun 2020 #32

Things are bad if anyone in this group looks menacing. The Wielding Truth Jun 2020 #28

oh, another one of those 'responsible' gun owners i keep hearing about. KG Jun 2020 #9

pertecktin heyus homelayund, bigh gawd. a patriot...............eh? jaxexpat Jun 2020 #11

another fine example robleb Jun 2020 #12

The NRA and it's many members went f'in nuts when Obama was elected and bought all the Evolve Dammit Jun 2020 #13

Yep, they bought out the ammo in stores, then blamed Obama for the shortage... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #15

or C-19 miraculously just going away....or cutting deals with China at the expense of farmers, or... Evolve Dammit Jun 2020 #31

Mostly it was due to a Democratic President with a Democratic Senate and House who promised... aikoaiko Jun 2020 #26

nothing happened though, right? They went nuts at the direction of NRA and a bunch of conspiracy Evolve Dammit Jun 2020 #30

Yes and no. After Sandy Hook, Obama initiated the largest effort to restict guns since 1968. aikoaiko Jun 2020 #35

Had they all been slaughtered in cold blood, what would the authorities have called it? ffr Jun 2020 #16

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2020 #24

Which rules? What announcement? B_Mann Jun 2020 #27

Go to jail, asshole. aikoaiko Jun 2020 #25

You know what's going to happen jmowreader Jun 2020 #29

good lock his un-American *** up rockfordfile Jun 2020 #34