Originally posted by Surtur
That didn't end racism. It did show how far we've come, though it also stirred up racial tension.Still, it would have been unthinkable 50-60 years ago to have a black president. Then again, it's nothing to celebrate that it's been only 50-60 years since we were super racist.
Wow. For once I completely agree with a post you've made about a sociopolitical issue.
Glad too see I'm rubbing off on you a bit here and there.
Originally posted by Surtur
I used to love Tupac. I still do I guess, though I don't listen to him that much.The problem is he adopted a gangster persona and tried to live it in real life. He used to be all into drama and acting and ballet and dancing and all that jazz. Then he was in Juice and played a gangster and people responded to it and he adopted the persona even more than he had before, this was while he was making his first album.
He was killed more than likely by crips. Earlier in the day the dude stomped the shit out of a crip in a casino lol. There is video footage of it you can find online. Then he got shot later that night and died a week later. It's a shame.
These are my exact thoughts on Shakur. People keep saying he was "assassinated", but at the end of the day, he got into a fight with Orlando Anderson and the Crips, and they killed him in retaliation, simple as that. It sucks, but he wanted to live that "Thug Life! Live by the gun!" lifestyle, so at the end of the day, you reap what you sow.
I keep telling you people that the problem with racism in America are the liberal fascists, who pretend they like blacks but are instead trying to destroy them eg Bill Clinton targeting blacks so they could highier jail sentences. Obama wasn't supposed to help America he was there to try and pretend that things were going to get better then actually make things worse.
Originally posted by Deadline
I keep telling you people that the problem with racism in America are the liberal fascists, who pretend they like blacks but are instead trying to destroy them eg Bill Clinton targeting blacks so they could highier jail sentences. Obama wasn't supposed to help America he was there to try and pretend that things were going to get better then actually make things worse.
Oh yeah, forgot about that. I watched a short documentary on this how even "Democrat" black leaders in the community pushed hard for the war on drugs especially crack cocaine and mandatory minimum sentences.
Several things are in common between the GOP and the Dems: they both love their harmful war on drugs, they love their corporations and big business (but dems pretend not to), and they love their wars (but the dems pretend to be peace lovers and peace keepers).
So when people talk about how terrible one party is compared to the other, I don't think their opinion is worth much. They are the same party. Over and over again, Political Science majors from outside the US tell me that they are pretty much the same party from their perspective. It looks especially weird when politicians switch affiliations.
But Dems work very very hard to make it seem like they are sooooo much different than the GOP.
Originally posted by Putinbot1
As I say liberals are a bit better than neo libs, who are a bit better than neo cons who are much better than cons generally.
Seems about right. hmm
I think it goes like this from worst to best with an ordinal value:
1 Neo Liberals, 1 Neo Cons, 2 Conservatives, 4 Liberals, 4 grounded Libertarians (not the super freaks like anarcho-capitalists).
Originally posted by dadudemonI'm not keen on libertarians to be honest, not enough empathy in it. But that's me, I'd put cons lowest, but I stated my order already.
Seems about right. hmmI think it goes like this from worst to best with a ordinal value:
1 Neo Liberals, 1 Neo Cons, 2 Conservatives, 4 Liberals, 4 grounded Libertarians (not the super freaks like anarcho-capitalists).
Originally posted by Deadline
I keep telling you people that the problem with racism in America are the liberal fascists, who pretend they like blacks but are instead trying to destroy them . . . Obama wasn't supposed to help America he was there to try and pretend that things were going to get better then actually make things worse.
So Obama, who is black, is part of a liberal conspiracy to destroy blacks? Do you realize how idiotic you sound?
Originally posted by Putinbot1
I'm not keen on libertarians to be honest, not enough empathy in it. But that's me, I'd put cons lowest, but I stated my order already.
"Conservatives" groups too many under the umbrella. In the UK, I think the Conservatives are much more toxic than in the US. In the US, the most open-minded freedom loving people often get group in with Conservatives: classic liberals (now better defined as a certain type of libertarian).
Also, I agree with you about the lack of empathy among some types of Libertarians. But Libertarians are so diverse that it's hard to group them into one group or another. The only common thread is "maximum personal freedom and autonomy without harming those around you."
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
So Obama, who is black, is part of a liberal conspiracy to destroy blacks? Do you realize how idiotic you sound?
Why do you identify Obama as only black when he's 50% white and 50% black?
Seems a bit racist, TBH. Similar to what the racist people did to the Freedman in the US, back in the day.