World is Falling Apart Thread (Locked forever)

[Tanooki]

No I don't but I don't honestly believe every single one of them are deeply racist assholes, just trolling ones looking to get a rise in the worst way possible.

But hey if you want to blanket statement people, check that thread again and explain away those multiple black people curb stomping the shit out of an old white guy while some mouthy bitch laughs while recording it yelling that's what you get bitch for voting trump hahaha YEAAAH!

It's a two way street you know. And something tells me if I went hunting for it online I could find quite a few more of those types of pictures and videos. Clearly people on both sides are going to be shitty about this, not just the white people.

[J T]

Your attempt at a turnaround doesn't make any sense. Of course I am not excusing a curb stomping. What kind of human do you think I am, exactly???

You don't seem to see racism when it is there, however, because you don't want to see it. These examples should all be clear instances.

[strangenova]

Even if they are just "trolling", it's still through very clear racist actions. None of that is ok with me. These people were born a different ethnicity that's not a joke or reason to be treated like a leper.

[Tanooki]

JT I think you're a person who only sees things from the view of the left point of view and not the larger picture. You're taking one thread of a bunch of bad stuff and blanket rolling people into it far wider than some (and let's be honest here) wide ranging isolated cases of racist or wannabe racist trolling assholes making others miserable to gloat.

I can see racism just fine, but I can also see when it's using racist shit to troll when someone may or may not believe it and do it to be a dick to get a rise out of someone as they know it works.

I imagine those people harassing minorities the last 24-48 hours are a good mix of both racists, but also people like that gay muslim person (glenn beck link) brought up who feel they've been fucked in the ass by the actions of the left for the last decade and without a smarter brain in their head are falling on what they know that works to get a little revenge regardless if they believe that crap or not.

[BogusMeatFactory]

JT, I love you. Don't stop being a good person. Some people in this world just don't listen and live in a world of their own creation. We love to be outraged about everything and lash out against that outrage with outrage and it is just a world of finger pointing, laying blame and deflection.

By looking at these pictures we are not saying, "Look at those Republicans who did this," we are saying, "Look at the hate-mongers who did this." We aren't asking for the person responsible to be drug out into the street and shot so we can hide in our, "safe space.". We just want to point out the cruel reality that people can be horrible, angry and mindless to the world around them. Guess what? People hate for the dumbest of reasons and that is not ok. Whether they are trolling or not does not make them any better of a person. To get a rise out of someone by praying on their fears is just as insane. Period.

[prfsnl_gmr]

You're taking one thread of a bunch of bad stuff and blanket rolling people into it far wider than some (and let's be honest here) wide ranging isolated cases of racist or wannabe racist trolling assholes making others miserable to gloat.

I can see racism just fine, but I can also see when it's using racist shit to troll when someone may or may not believe it and do it to be a dick to get a rise out of someone as they know it works.

Uh...there's no such thing as a wannabe racist. I don't even know how that would work...

Also, if someone is "using racist shit to troll" anyone except their very, very best friends...that person is either a racist, a complete imbecile, or (most likely) both.

"Hey, complete stranger! Remember when I wrote epithets on your car?"

"That was you?"

"Yeah! Wasn't that hilarious! You should have seen the expression on your face! Priceless!"

"Um...I don't know you. And, that very deeply hurt and upset me."

"Yeah! But, I don't think I'm a racist so it's cool, right?"

"Um...no..."

[J T]

Being racist and using racism to troll people is all racism. You are trying to write me off as a leftist so that you can feel safe in ignoring me, but this is obvious racism. It feels like I'm arguing with a character from Orwell's 1984 who is trying to sell me on slogans like 'war is peace', 'slavery is freedom', 'ignorance is strength'. Instead, with you it is 'discrimination is equality'. When we can't even agree on the basic definition of what racism is, and even the most blatant examples are up for debate for reasons I can't even fathom, I don't know how we are supposed to have any sensible dialogue about it.

[Tanooki]

Well you covered it -- they're racist, a really huge moron, or probably both. Anyone can say 'fuck (a group)' just to get someone angry and not actually believe it or ever say it again. Stupid to do it, sure, but it doesn't make them a racist, just a idiotic jerk.

JT I'm writing you off as your posts cover how you think. I don't see any reason to further go back and forward on that as people will get mad and neither of us are going to agree so why bother? You're trying to put anyone who says something stupid into a box, and I'm saying there's more than one box and if we can't agree on that then this conversation just should end.

I just hope this crap stops sooner than later as it'll all come back piling down on Trump whether he agrees with it or not as he's not one from what we've seen so far to tell people to stop or to egg it on either which gives dumbasses a blank check to do whatever. Once in office ultimately his actions will dictate things and actions can be far more powerful than just words (or a lack of them.)

Go back a page, read my response to what the gay pakistani muslim wrote -- that's how I feel about the last decade. If you don't like it, too bad, and if you get where I'm coming from good. But if you think I'll be out there soap writing ni**er on someones car, or curb stomping someone over their vote, you got a lot to learn.

[prfsnl_gmr]

Being racist and using racism to troll people is all racism. You are trying to write me off as a leftist so that you can feel safe in ignoring me, but this is obvious racism. It feels like I'm arguing with a character from Orwell's 1984 who is trying to sell me on slogans like 'war is peace', 'slavery is freedom', 'ignorance is strength'. Instead, with you it is 'discrimination is equality'. When we can't even agree on the basic definition of what racism is, and even the most blatant examples are up for debate for reasons I can't even fathom, I don't know how we are supposed to have any sensible dialogue about it.

Yeah. You're not going to have a sensible dialogue with Tanooki on this subject. Once he settles on a position, he's not going to change it, even in the face of the most well reasoned arguments and the most convincing evidence.

[Tanooki]

You'd be surprised. I can be swayed, but on this subject no. I find it offensive shoving everyone into a box and just saying they're all blanket statement whatever and that is what this is.