andi9899
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Post by andi9899 on Nov 24, 2021 16:47:22 GMT -5
And now I'm going to be real. Last summer, in the midst of the initial riots, I was PETRIFIED! I felt extremely vulnerable and was reading hatred spread towards white people...all things from POC. Then I see what appeared to be POC burning down their own damn cities. In that moment, I wanted to move to the whitest area possible to escape the risk. Then I started watching more clips of what was happening...not from any of the news outlets but from people living through the nightmare. While the armchair liberals on here and on MSM were all happy about the riots because it was for a cause, I saw black people crying hysterically because their business that they worked so hard for was destroyed. I saw young black people screaming at the rioters for destroying their towns. I saw videos of blacks AND whites destroying the towns. Unlike other people, I admit when I am wrong. And I was wrong. I said so in here and I also put the videos to which I am referencing up on my FB. It was the black areas being destroyed but it was not only being done by black people. I can't change my feelings in that exact moment but they were no different than your feelings. You said in your post that you would not feel safe (or you would be wary of) living by white people. It's the same thing. But you don't get attacked for saying that you would be wary of living around white people like me but I'm crucified for saying the reverse, even when mine was said in the height of a true panic attack versus yours just being a general thought process. Why doesn't saying that you would be wary of living in an all white area also make you racist? That question was not meant to throw shade. I'm honestly curious what the difference is. If you feel that your personal safety would be at risk, that is no different than what I felt. I truly have no idea if your son would have made it out if it was him and not Kyle. But i'm not ok with making Kyle a sacrificial lamb because people think a black person would have been treated differently. People on this board wished him dead. An 18 year old kid! I am not ok with that, anymore than your son being shot just because he was black. As for my comment about "not used to living by people that burn the city down", that was a reply to Andi about my thought process last year. She considered me weak because I was terrified of the riots. I didn't realize that being a strong, independent female meant I had to be cool with being in the middle of a riot. She and I obviously have different ideas of what a strong person is. I can't and won't keep apologizing because of something I said last year but I do own my words. I do try to now make a conscious effort to get all of the facts before jumping to a conclusion. Some people will always hold it against me and that is their right. Most of us do not know each other in real life so we build our opinions of each other based on these boards. The difference is that I would be wary because I would wonder if some of my neighbors are racists that would have a problem with me living in “their” neighborhood. When I was a child, twice we lived in neighborhoods where we were the only black people or 1 of maybe 2 or 3 black families. Both times racists showed themselves and acted ugly when we were just minding our own business, living our lives. So yes I am wary. I don’t dislike white people just because they are white, nor am I afraid of them, but I AM aware that a lot of white people dislike or even hate ME and mine and would harass or even try to harm me and mine, just because I am Black and had to audacity to move to “their” neighborhood. If I did sprinkle a little pepper in an all white neighborhood, it would be because I saw a house I like and wanted to live in. Not because I’m trying to get away from POC. It is not the same. And yes, you did admit you were wrong, I will acknowledge that. And I understand not wanting to keep defending yourself on something you’ve already said you were wrong about. I just hope that since then, you’ve done a little soul searching and tried to figure out why when you believed black people were destroying property, you jumped to wanting to live far away from any black people instead of thinking that those particular people were problematic, but did not represent all black people. White people have done and still do horrible things, much worse than destroying property, but my thought process has never been that all white people are horrible and I need to stay as far away from all of them. So, even though you said what you said out of fear, the problem imo is that something about you/the way you think, made you go left, into what I consider racist territory. I’ll leave it alone now. Don't even bother. She's never had to deal with the hate POC deal with on a daily basis. She's also the very kind of people who make our lives harder (and shorter) than white people's. I find that racist people tend to be more interested in being right than learning anything.
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Tennesseer
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 24, 2021 18:25:15 GMT -5
Thank goodness it's going no where. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to RittenhouseRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced a bill on Tuesday to award Kyle Rittenhouse the Congressional Gold Medal for "protecting the community of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a Black Lives Matter (BLM) riot on August 25, 2020." The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest honor Congress can award an individual or institution. It is highly unlikely the bill will go anywhere in the Democratic-controlled House and Senate, and it has no co-sponsors. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to Rittenhouse
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chiver78
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Post by chiver78 on Nov 24, 2021 21:29:42 GMT -5
Thank goodness it's going no where. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to RittenhouseRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced a bill on Tuesday to award Kyle Rittenhouse the Congressional Gold Medal for "protecting the community of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a Black Lives Matter (BLM) riot on August 25, 2020." The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest honor Congress can award an individual or institution. It is highly unlikely the bill will go anywhere in the Democratic-controlled House and Senate, and it has no co-sponsors. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to Rittenhousebecause she clearly has nothing else to work on, since her committee memberships were stripped last winter. 🙄
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Tennesseer
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 24, 2021 21:43:00 GMT -5
Thank goodness it's going no where. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to RittenhouseRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced a bill on Tuesday to award Kyle Rittenhouse the Congressional Gold Medal for "protecting the community of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a Black Lives Matter (BLM) riot on August 25, 2020." The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest honor Congress can award an individual or institution. It is highly unlikely the bill will go anywhere in the Democratic-controlled House and Senate, and it has no co-sponsors. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to Rittenhousebecause she clearly has nothing else to work on, since her committee memberships were stripped last winter. 🙄 Yup. Maybe Greene can be given the responsibility of organizing the House's 'Happy Holidays' party.
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