Gyaaa...
I mean, I hear stories like this and it's bad enough. I can't imagine LIVING that fear.
And that's one of the many things that suck about this: that I cannot truly imagine living it (I can try, but that's all) because I don't have that frame of reference; that's how bad the disparity is.
Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
the only reason this kind of shit is more well known is due to social media and smart phones. it's been going on for decades. people just don't want to believe it.
in fact, i had to talk my dad into taking his air gun to work with him. because i don't want him getting shot and killed over nothing and then the media dragging his name through the mud.
Reminds me of a Chris Rock skit of how not to have the police act you, as a black man
Want to know something more messed up? The hate of the black
Man is not just the south ( It is part of the lore due to events, but it’s bs really. I only hate people due to actions, not race. ( mentioning that as a white guy from the South. ) And also fact my blood is not hundred percent white.)
But here in New York, in this cracker infested suburban environment I am currently living
The only black family around are from Haiti, good honest people, neighbors talk to their face with divinity. But when they are not around? These people are racist against anything non white, like literally nothing other than white or they bitch about it. ( Given the urbs were made just for white people and zoning laws, makes sense.)
Also remembering when my uncle Chris ( Korean American, married my Aunt Carla hence uncle status.)
When he was in cop train sim he got nervous and shot the digital person in car situation. They gave him a pass despite target not being aggrsssive or bad, the excuse was the holo target/whatever was, Yeah a black guy.
Hell me growing up black kids started shit with me, but I have black friends, which is why I do not hate race. People cannot choose what they are born into, just their actions.
So when you said "I don't see why people are outraged," what you meant to say was "I do understand why they are outraged but they shouldn't be because there are worse things in the world,"
That seems like a weirdly specific complaint to me.
I mean, it's perfectly possible to be upset about people saying the n word, former members of the KKK being in political office and Liam Neeson wanting get into fights with specifically black people all at that the same time.
I cant appreciate how it is in the US. I grew up here in Canada and we have our own issues but my neighbourhood is very diverse
I heard of stuff like this when I was young. Word got around. Culture was different, in many ways, and nobody really CARED, which was awful, even back then. Hate and hate crimes, and injustice...these are nothing new, sadly. Misogyny, racism, homophobia, etc.... I remember when Major's Hill Park was a place where gay people went to hang out, only they risked getting beaten by dudes with baseball bats who would go to the park with that idea. This was when I was a kid, 40 years ago. Cops often turned a blind eye to it.
All this hate has been going on -- everywhere, in every way -- for a loooong time. And like you say, things were worse back in 'the good old days' (good old days for who, exactly?).
But it's still going on. Which is mindnumbingly dumb. And sad. Edit: dammit, I forgot evil.
Humanity. I swear, if some enlightened alien civilization ever comes to see us, they'll leave without announcing themselves and set up big signs at the edge of the solar system that read 'DO NOT VISIT, THESE PEOPLE ARE INSANE'.
Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
My uncle passed away today in hospital. He always had severe learning difficulties (his mother had rubella while she was pregnant with him, and at the time nobody knew the connection), and he lived in a care home in the same city as me. As the only member of the family who lives anywhere near him (let alone in the same city), I’ve been pretty close to him, and I’ve had to go in to the hospital this afternoon to pick up his things and say goodbye to him.
I think it’s the first time I’ve seen a dead body (which I realise is probably unusual at my rapidly-advancing age).
Damn, that was hard.
Especially because his brother, my Dad, will almost certainly also go this year. My uncle’s Parkinson’s was much more advanced than my Dad’s, but Dad’s dementia and Alzheimer’s are way further along the road. And the rate of decline is accelerating.
I've been prepared for this not to be a good year, but... fuck.
one of the big stories that made the rounds down here in texas was how a black man was shot and killed in his own home by a off duty cop who went into the wrong house.
and then they tried to spin it to make it seem like the guy was to blame.
aliens, please don't come here. we are a very fucked up species.
Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate