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sheshe2

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3. No, it's not about media coverage.
Thu Apr 17, 2014, 09:44 PM
Apr 2014

First, Bundy has somehow been allowed to graze his cattle on Federal land for twenty years. You can't touch me I am white and I am a man!

For more than 20 years, Bundy has been grazing his cattle illegally on federal property, refusing to pay grazing fees to a government that he believes to be illegitimate. The property has been owned by the federal government since 1848, when it was ceded by Mexico, but Bundy claims to have gained ownership through some mystical process of his own imagination. He also claims that the federal government has no sovereignty in Nevada, and that its laws have no effect there. Not surprisingly, federal courts have dismissed such claims as blatant nonsense.


http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/jay-bookman/2014/apr/15/bundy-ranch-standoff-sets-dangerous-precedent/

So if a black man had done this, you think the results would be the same? Not by a long shot!

Now we have an armed militia of, you guessed it WHITE MEN! Aiming guns at agents. They have armed themselves to protect a crook. This is what America has come to? I take what I want when I want and by force if I want.

As I said if these were black men they would have been shot. They would be dead.

Yes it is White Privilege.

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Fear of a Black Gun Owner steve2470 Apr 2014 #1
This has become scary steve. sheshe2 Apr 2014 #6
"I agree, sheshe, the black gun toters would either be dead or in jail already." AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #10
it's not necessarily race bossy22 Apr 2014 #2
No, it's not about media coverage. sheshe2 Apr 2014 #3
+1. Race is the basis for it all. Paladin Apr 2014 #4
Your skin color AgingAmerican Apr 2014 #7
Right wing terrorism and the gun nuts sheshe2 Apr 2014 #24
I would call them AgingAmerican Apr 2014 #35
Oy ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #47
It's all race.. HipChick Apr 2014 #5
+1 ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #46
yeah, it's more like republican privilege to me Doctor_J Apr 2014 #8
Exactly. LittleBlue Apr 2014 #11
It's absolutely race. jeff47 Apr 2014 #12
LOL. It's ALWAYS about race. No other explainations, ever. All about race. All the time. Skip Intro Apr 2014 #14
So what is it all about Skip? sheshe2 Apr 2014 #19
maybe not always, but sometimes Supersedeas Apr 2014 #38
because slavery of black people was legal for almost half our history CreekDog Apr 2014 #42
I don't doubt there's a disparity.....but as I factually pointed out on the other thread..... AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #9
Apparently you don't know the difference between "opinion" and "fact". (nt) jeff47 Apr 2014 #13
I do, Jeff. But with all due respect..... AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #17
Here, lemme fix that for you jeff47 Apr 2014 #20
Exactly. There's no way to appease racists without flat-out refusing to discuss racism. nomorenomore08 Apr 2014 #22
I'm not refusing to discuss racism, though(where did that come from?). And that's the problem. nt AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #27
So it can be discussed, but it can't be discussed in a certain specific way because nomorenomore08 Apr 2014 #31
That IS part of the problem, yes. AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #32
See post #33. And keep in mind I'm *not* including you personally under "idiot white people." n/t nomorenomore08 Apr 2014 #34
I can appreciate that. AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #36
Thanks jeff.... sheshe2 Apr 2014 #25
...... AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #26
Yes, it is what you are trying to do. jeff47 Apr 2014 #39
"You are searching for a term that would be less offensive to the right." AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #43
You're entitled to your opinion on the subject, but like the man said, opinions aren't fact. n/t nomorenomore08 Apr 2014 #21
True, but they can be backed up by facts. AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #28
Frankly I have no interest in coddling ignorant, entitled fools. Not when the subject at hand nomorenomore08 Apr 2014 #33
You logic completely fails ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #48
"I would put forward that you simply do not understand it." And you are entitled to that opinion. AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #49
Meh misread the article Egnever Apr 2014 #15
Exactly.. butterfly77 Apr 2014 #16
More than one thing going on here, but yes, race is definitely one of them. n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #18
No doubt about that, TBH. AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #30
This ^^ absolutely Egnever Apr 2014 #37
time to get tough with right wing fanatics joe_stampingbull Apr 2014 #23
"They do not own America. They are not patriots." Seconded! They're not "patriots" at all. AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #29
why couldn't they just use drones against these white folk? RandoLoodie Apr 2014 #40
Here we go again. For those who insist on denying white privilege Solomon Apr 2014 #41
Harry Reid is right ... napkinz Apr 2014 #44
As always napkinz, well done sheshe2 Apr 2014 #45
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