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In reply to the discussion: Young American whites have become a bunch of idiotic hooligans.. [View all]Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)1. "In the 1940s, young American whites fought Nazis." - yes, because the military was not integrated
2. "In the late '60s, they fought injustice". - The fought to not go to Vietnam and the military integrated and drafted young black men and sent 20 thousand of them to give their lives for country that wouldn't let them vote for President
3. Now, many have become selfish idiotic thugs with no culture, morals or any other mission but drinking and mayhem. Why are parents and politicians tolerating these violent imbeciles? - first of all its called "your 20's you're in college and stupid is what you do" and all they have is culture - pop culture
4. A frightening and violent mob swept through the normally quiet seaside community of Huntington Beach last night following a surfing competition in the area. Businesses were vandalized and looted, portable toilets overturned, and brutal fistfights waged right out in the open. - a bit overstated. it certainly wasn't hammers and chains and barely mischief. they knocked over a couple after several timid attempts and runs
5. It was an ugly display and a sad day for California. - and this is where it begins to go off the rails. This day is hardly California's worst day. It might be Huntington Beach's worst (where the median home price is $650,000), but even then it's a birthday party compared to a Patriots super bowl win.
6. But more than that, it was a reminder that we must begin to seriously consider the values of our thuggish white youth. - which where story reveals itself. Which i'll elaborate more later, but first what was is the mystery to a thugs values?
7. "Many people don't want to hear this kind of tough love, of course. They'd like to bury their heads in the sand and pretend that all white children are as sweet and harmless as Taylor Swift." - I presume the writer means "many white people..." nuff said
8. But the reality is that the statistics tell a different story. For instance, according to research from the Department of Justice, 84 percent of white murder victims are killed by other white people . -
yes, and predominately black people are killed by black people, but that argument is just a ruse for the reader. what the writer is trying to pass off is a similar number of whites are killed by whites and the same for blacks, which tell a much different story. Its like when republicans say the US gives the most aid to fight poverty in the world. Which is true. the USA gives the most dollars. but it's also true we give the least percent GDP, so one could say we give the least amount. Most dollars, least amount. both sound the same, both, frankly are right. Numbers have a way telling almost any story.
9. Similarly, white rape victims tend to be raped by other whites . - sexual predators tend to hunt within their own race. so again another straw man argument
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