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[gmorgan]

Firearms laws in general. But yeah the stand your ground law was the law in question here.

 

Kind of missed the last 3 pages, but I see now. I think that as long as abided by and not abused, it should be kept. Whether it was the case in this situation was what was being questioned.

This thread is basically Pooch and Bleach being real. Almost everyone else looks like an uneducated racist bigot.

I'm out

Hope this isn't pointed at me. The entire time I've been replying to Pooch I've tried to be as civil as possible to just bring up some alternative perspectives to the situation, as well as stating multiple times I am not in any way racist.

[Phobia]

After The Moors Helped Whitey That Is

Nah, even before the Moors helped out during the Medieval times. 

[Scruffy The Janitor]

Nah, even before the Moors helped out during the Medieval times. 

Not Really There Was A Reason Yall Niggas Had A 'Dark Age'

[Shizuka]

My solution is not "don't make a statement", my solution is "make the right kind of statement." he's not a robot, but if you think every word he says isn't given thought by multiple speechwriters, you're wrong. And there's nothing wrong with that - my point is that what he said wasnt' an emotional outburst, he said it that way deliberately.

 

What I would've liked to hear is "it's time to heal and come back together as a nation. no matter what, we can all agree that something awful happened, and nobody wanted it to turn out this way. Don't misdirect your anger." That would've made me proud to have a President with a level head and balls.

 

I disagree about the news cycle, BTW. People choose what to watch. If we all chose something better together, the networks using BS tactics wouldn't EDIT FUCK I ALWAYS DO THIS SHIT make money.

 

I knew you'd come back with the "yeah this thing's fucked, but everything's fucked so let's drink!" In debating society it's known as "The Henry."   The only difference between the two of us is I think there's something to be done about it. Which I guess is kind of reassuring.

 

I can see where you are coming from about the President, and I can also see where this statement isn't as harmful as you are making it. Politicians throughout history have made biased typed statements, and yes that may not be a good thing but it happens and will continue to as long as we have divided hearts, minds, and everything of the sort. Nothing is the way everyone wants it, and that's just how it is. The statement, it was made for him, let's be real, I can bet you it appeals to his base of supporters quite well, and that's all that matters to some. Other's will see it as condemning, and it's just all how you see this case that makes emotions high all around. 

 

To address your view on the news, I'd like to ask what would you suggest people use as an alternative? Cause chances are, most is the same where it aims towards a certain demographic, some see as truth and some see as "BS tatics" and they take the money to make more of what they make. 

[Grace]

I can see where you are coming from about the President, and I can also see where this statement isn't as harmful as you are making it. Politicians throughout history have made biased typed statements, and yes that may not be a good thing but it happens and will continue to as long as we have divided hearts, minds, and everything of the sort. Nothing is the way everyone wants it, and that's just how it is. The statement, it was made for him, let's be real, I can bet you it appeals to his base of supporters quite well, and that's all that matters to some. Other's will see it as condemning, and it's just all how you see this case that makes emotions high all around. 

 

To address your view on the news, I'd like to ask what would you suggest people use as an alternative? Cause chances are, most is the same where it aims towards a certain demographic, some see as truth and some see as "BS tatics" and they take the money to make more of what they make. 

Yeah, I'm in no way surprised by it at all, it just seems like a shame to me. I don't want to dislike a person just because we differ on some issues, but it really seems like the President plays to his base and really doesn't care about anybody else. It's hard to respect somebody if I'm getting nothing in return.

 

This is where a smart person sees right through me. It's way too easy to bitch about what's wrong and not have a solution.

 

A decentralized, aggregated-style news system works best for me. For a few things I trust large organizations, like say the Financial Times and sometimes WSJ for finance-related news, but for general news, I skim different places. I'll own up to being a fan of the Drudge Report. Drudge is wrong about a lot of things, but at least you get a decent mix of sources, and he's not afraid to give play to little guys, which I like. This dude called it like nobody's business, 15 years ago.

[Shizuka]

Yeah, I'm in no way surprised by it at all, it just seems like a shame to me. I don't want to dislike a person just because we differ on some issues, but it really seems like the President plays to his base and really doesn't care about anybody else. It's hard to respect somebody if I'm getting nothing in return.

 

Politics always leaves a bad taste in someones mouth, especially if they can't connect, and I understand that. Most of them at one (or more) point play strongly to their base, but what makes a good politician is one that has a better balance of playing to all, and the question is does he? That's for each person to answer for themselves of course but, it's a big one. 

 

This is where a smart person sees right through me. It's way too easy to bitch about what's wrong and not have a solution.

 

A decentralized, aggregated-style news system works best for me. For a few things I trust large organizations, like say the Financial Times and sometimes WSJ for finance-related news, but for general news, I skim different places. I'll own up to being a fan of the Drudge Report. Drudge is wrong about a lot of things, but at least you get a decent mix of sources, and he's not afraid to give play to little guys, which I like. This dude called it like nobody's business, 15 years ago.

 

As someone who often can be caught with the same glare, finding a solution to what's wrong really one of the biggest problems, that and implementing the solution. 

 

Skimming different places to me seems like a good thing to me as well, if only more people would be open to looking at less biased news sources. I must say, I have never looked at the Drudge reports stuff, I will now though for interest. He was definitely right about average people becoming reporters, maybe that is a solution but maybe it is a downfall. 

 

I must say, discussion is best when it isn't riddled with hostility and inflexible paragraph. 

[Henry Krinkle]

Discussion is best when your cock starts slowly sliding into a fresh tight pussy and then you go faster and harder . . . but slowly - rhythmically to Beethoven's 9th Symphony: that's how my fingers work.

Line up, ladies.

[Tobias Funke]

watch this:

 

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=bF-Ax5E8EJc

 

He was innocent, not just because of this video.  But seriously fuck this argument everything has to turn racial.  

[Phobia]

Not Really There Was A Reason Yall Niggas Had A 'Dark Age'

 

Yeah, it was the black plague. 

[Wxlf]

The Black Panthers have a bounty on his head 10K i heard

[Shizuka]

The Black Panthers have a bounty on his head 10K i heard

 

New Age Black Panthers be woat man, they be doing too much. 

[Wxlf]

New Age Black Panthers be woat man, they be doing too much. 

i feel ya

[Pooch]

New Age Black Panthers be woat man, they be doing too much. 

 

They hate every last iota of a cracka

[Grace]

I love how he yells some crazy shit like kill white babies, and then is like "I'm never gonna start a chant with 'kill white babies,' I gotta go with black power." 

[KHALED]

Anyone that reads the Drudge Report is either a massive idiot or really loves websites that look like they're from the early 90s.

[Dale Gribble]

#TeamZimmerman

[Knave]

Discussion is best when your cock starts slowly sliding into a fresh tight pussy and then you go faster and harder . . . but slowly - rhythmically to Beethoven's 9th Symphony: that's how my fingers work.
 

This gave me a laugh

 

[Grace]

Anyone that reads the Drudge Report is either a massive idiot or really loves websites that look like they're from the early 90s.

Why can't it be both?