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heaven05

(18,124 posts)
30. you need to quit, really
Sun Jul 20, 2014, 08:46 AM
Jul 2014

you're already neck deep and digging deeper. WWB, DWB, are the only reason a lot of people are harassed by the police. Your pithy response leads me to believe that you must BRING attention to yourself, while one fact brings a black person to the attention of police who are racist and applying that power they have to perpetuate that racism. I see I'm going to have to go through this Chicago litany every week now because someone wants to point out that, even in spite of white mass shootings and white gun insanity, 'urban' areas still carry the onus of being worse. This is how I see this weekly litany of chicago gun violence playing out. The author of this weekly litany along with people, like you, jumping on that train of accusation are representative of part of the overall problem of racial profiling, on the sly mind you, and never will be part of the solution.

The gun violence in Chicago is a tragic and preventable problem. No doubt. But to want to profile a whole race of people, because of some fear of all black people being criminals, in your world/mind, until proven otherwise, is absurd. Quit digging before you bury yourself in your own BS.







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Maybe if Chicago passes some more gun laws Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Lochloosa Jul 2014 #2
chicago doesn't have closed borders, and there is nobody who says the only solution is gun control JI7 Jul 2014 #3
I agree Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #5
My students are poor but they don't shoot anyone kylie5432 Jul 2014 #7
Thanks for that! Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #8
Parenting is hard if daddy skips town AngryAmish Jul 2014 #36
And Moms working long hours for shit pay. Inkfreak Jul 2014 #38
This is a result of the old "Man in the House" Rule happyslug Jul 2014 #75
control the borders... everybody wins quadrature Jul 2014 #13
Strict gun laws are much easier to get around when the surrounding areas don't have them. nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #4
I agree Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #6
Strict gun regulation is obvious. delrem Jul 2014 #9
I have my own cynical suspicions Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #10
It isn't entirely a problem of having a well maintained PD. delrem Jul 2014 #11
Is Chicago PD Spouting Horn Jul 2014 #62
Worse Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #63
Illinois has strict gun control laws all over the state. former9thward Jul 2014 #15
That doesn't explain, Why Chicago? AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #18
If surrounding areas Spouting Horn Jul 2014 #61
Because guns aren't the only factor by a long shot. It's just that their fairly easy availability nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #74
Maybe if there were no fucking guns.. trumad Jul 2014 #23
too conceptual and decent for gun lovers to understand - these deaths are horrifying samsingh Jul 2014 #47
Illinois has the strictest gun laws in the United States or at least one of them yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #64
its where the guns are coming from - and let's have some liability in place for people violating samsingh Jul 2014 #70
or may be if gun lovers started caring about victims and stopped attacking samsingh Jul 2014 #46
Seeing as that's not a characteristic of gangbangers Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #59
How horrendous and it happens much too frequently azurnoir Jul 2014 #12
This is just too much RainDog Jul 2014 #14
Things that would help, people aren't going to approve of..like Stop and Frisk KinMd Jul 2014 #16
So people should sacrifice their 4th amendment rights (and possibly be racially profiled) alp227 Jul 2014 #17
Agreed. No thanks. nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #19
And a jury kept the stop and frisk post 3-4! alp227 Jul 2014 #45
Why wold someone alert that? yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #65
Do you not realize Stop and Frisk is both a totalitarian and racist policy? alp227 Jul 2014 #66
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yeah right heaven05 Jul 2014 #28
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you need to quit, really heaven05 Jul 2014 #30
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yeah right heaven05 Jul 2014 #32
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I really don't care heaven05 Jul 2014 #34
Bloomberg was willing to violate any right to make people safe hack89 Jul 2014 #35
what if any us had kids and lived in these neighborhoods 22 shot in 12 hours. KinMd Jul 2014 #44
I still wouldn't willingly give up my 4th Amend. right, IronGate Jul 2014 #50
I might so my 11yo doesn't get shot inside her own house KinMd Jul 2014 #51
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither. IronGate Jul 2014 #52
I'm guessing you don't live in any neiighborhood like that KinMd Jul 2014 #53
I grew up in a neighborhood like that, IronGate Jul 2014 #55
Ok just tell the people their on their own.. we can't protect you KinMd Jul 2014 #56
So giving up our fundamental rights is the answer? nt. IronGate Jul 2014 #57
Stop and frisk iisn't the same as being jailed without trial, and not a perfect solution. KinMd Jul 2014 #58
Stop and Frisk is a blatant violation of the 4th Amend. IronGate Jul 2014 #60
+1 ClassyCaptain Jul 2014 #69
It's people like you who are more of a threat to our country IronGate Jul 2014 #54
Thinking that targeting a whole race as criminals will deter crime is hilariously naive. n/t nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #20
Bloomberg says it worked hack89 Jul 2014 #22
People who say it "works" are usually white... Blue_Tires Jul 2014 #72
Bloomberg is as racist as they come hack89 Jul 2014 #73
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figures heaven05 Jul 2014 #27
Fuck that noise. (nt) Inkfreak Jul 2014 #39
Rightly so people won't approve of. IronGate Jul 2014 #40
would not be used to intimidate more black males? samsingh Jul 2014 #48
No thanks; black folks get more than enough "attention" from LEOs Blue_Tires Jul 2014 #71
Death Penalty for Gun Possession lobodons Jul 2014 #21
Yeah I see you working... trumad Jul 2014 #24
You forgot this: IronGate Jul 2014 #37
You just called for the execution of many DUers ButterflyBlood Jul 2014 #41
Way to go, fueling the paranoid nightmares of the pro-gun militants. Paladin Jul 2014 #43
Such a complicated issue.... theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #42
Gaza, Ukraine, or Chicago? SansACause Jul 2014 #49
FYI: Chicago is safer today than at any other time in its history ... pbmus Jul 2014 #67
I don't think ltheghost Jul 2014 #68
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