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libdem4life

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32. And most white men would agree with you...those who have dealt with their

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 12:56 PM

Dec 2012

"superiority" by chance of birth. Being a white woman is a far different experience than a black woman, as well. Being a rich kid is different than a poor kid. It is possible to observe differences and social facts without being a racist, (or a reverse racist, whatever that is) or sexist, et al. One cannot deal with a situation properly or effectively without noticing, understanding and acceptance. Then comes progress.

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Nailed it!! A Tweet from "Atlanta's Mayor" going around FB. [View all] jillan Dec 2012 OP

Pretty sure that's not the Mayor. nt onehandle Dec 2012 #1

I know :) but that's who this person thinks they are on twitter. jillan Dec 2012 #3

Yep. We ask "why do white males go on spree killings?" Recursion Dec 2012 #2

Do black men actually go on spree killings? I'm open, just haven't heard of any. DesertDiamond Dec 2012 #24

I take that back, there was one in the 1990s in Washington D.C. But seems comparatively rare. DesertDiamond Dec 2012 #25

Wasn't Colin McFergason (sp) a Man of Color? WiffenPoof Dec 2012 #30

He was a middle classs Afro-Jamaican man malaise Dec 2012 #38

Yeah...I'm Not Disagreeing... WiffenPoof Dec 2012 #40

which makes him totally not black arely staircase Dec 2012 #67

LOL malaise Dec 2012 #68

Not that I recall; the DC snipers were serial killers, as was Wayne Williams (Atlanta) who was a Nay Dec 2012 #31

The DC sniper mastermind, John Muhammad, wanted to kill his wife. MADem Dec 2012 #63

Yes. There were those two snipers in the NE...older one and younger one. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #53

meh. Timothy McVie and Terry Nichols Schema Thing Dec 2012 #4

I don't know about that - I hear McVie & Terry Nicholas' names coming up alot lately as examples jillan Dec 2012 #7

seriously? they had clear, stated, political aims. Schema Thing Dec 2012 #45

It a tweet from someone called "Atlanta's Mayor..." KeepItReal Dec 2012 #5

seems legit Lex Dec 2012 #6

That's easy, Mayor Bok_Tukalo Dec 2012 #8

that Livluvgrow Dec 2012 #9

They where? Tsiyu Dec 2012 #10

please Livluvgrow Dec 2012 #12

You totally missed the billh58 Dec 2012 #16

The VA Tech shooter, Asian. The DC snipers, African American. Fort Hood's Hasan is Palestinian-Ameri Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #20

The difference between DC snipers and Hasan/VA Tech shooter is that the DC snipers would be Nay Dec 2012 #33

95% of spree killers in the US are white males. nt brush Dec 2012 #55

do you have a link for that percentage? thanks. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #64

Link here brush Dec 2012 #65

thanks for the link and for the honesty. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #66

On DU, using facts to point out examples of racism, is in itself racism. RC Dec 2012 #23

well heaven05 Dec 2012 #39

As a white guy, I see the post as extremely accurate Tempest Dec 2012 #15

A racist tweet ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #18

Persecution complex BainsBane Dec 2012 #56

+1! uponit7771 Dec 2012 #59

How is it racist? gollygee Dec 2012 #22

you datasuspect Dec 2012 #26

I really think it has to do with the situation... McDiggy Dec 2012 #11

I was about to post the same thing. progressoid Dec 2012 #13

But ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #21

Plus, those two were NOT spree killers -- they were serial killers. There HAVE been a few Black Nay Dec 2012 #35

The Kirkwood City Council shooting case. caseymoz Dec 2012 #41

I agree that that case is a bit different. I don't remember how the FBI categorizes something like Nay Dec 2012 #47

As I read the other day. caseymoz Dec 2012 #49

That makes sense to call them all 'mass shootings' and them break them down into other Nay Dec 2012 #50

More troubling is ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #14

That's right Tempest Dec 2012 #17

Yup. nt Nay Dec 2012 #34

+1000 billh58 Dec 2012 #19

What is even more troubling than that is that the majority of these mass murders has been by jillan Dec 2012 #27

And most white men would agree with you...those who have dealt with their libdem4life Dec 2012 #32

Yep! Yep! Yep! qanda Dec 2012 #28

Nails it down even more treestar Dec 2012 #61

I believe the African American man Shankapotomus Dec 2012 #29

Certainly. But he is not in the category of serial/spree killers that is the topic of this post. Nay Dec 2012 #37

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #42

That's an important distinction I missed Shankapotomus Dec 2012 #48

Sorry. Not a fair comparison. caseymoz Dec 2012 #36

Yeah, where IS Homeland Security on all these mass shootings? bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 #43

Nailed it!! A Tweet from "Atlanta's Mayor" going around FB The CCC Dec 2012 #44

The Mayor of Atlanta is Kasim Reed and that post is not from him. nt mfcorey1 Dec 2012 #51

That is this person's twitter name, as you can see from his tweet. jillan Dec 2012 #57

Destructive bigbadR Dec 2012 #46

White men don't kill...they just stand their ground... radhika Dec 2012 #52

Excellent reply :) jillan Dec 2012 #58

Yep, you nailed it, and came up with a real slogan for the NRA mountain grammy Dec 2012 #62

CORRECT Skittles Dec 2012 #54

Spot on! nt valerief Dec 2012 #60