Neo

I am digging a hole in my back yard and climbing into it. I'll see you all in four years.

News if either, or both, happens. Reality TV if either happens BECAUSE of the other.

Institutional racism exists because ... institutions are people. You know, like .... nevermind. So, here's my question ... does anyone think the Charlotte police shooting is evidence of institutional racism? If not, how do you defend the riots and miss the opportunity to make the point that in a balanced conversation, the police make good decisions, too? If not, what do you say to Justin Carr's family? To the men and women whose property was destroyed? To a city held hostage? Where's your empathy, sympathy, and sense of justice born in a concrete outrage? If not, and with no incident as a spark, do you support rioting, looting and killing without an instigating event? Interesting side note: the evolution of a narrative - white cops are racist to the institution is racist as black police officers, naturally, were involved in shootings. Original remedy ... more black police officers and officers who lived in the communities they served. Oops, that's not it. When the facts don't fit, just change the story but leave the demon in place. Global cooling, er warming, er climate change ... I'm still with PA .... cops interacting with all of us is worthy of discussion ... sorta like all lives matter. Of course, we'd have to surrender that comfy, feel good, progressive, easy finger pointing sense of self satisfaction ... Ok, off to work, now .... although I'm considering rioting, instead. Nothing to riot about in particular, today, but I do have a grievance I can trot out lying around somewhere. I'm sure you'll all understand. Of course there's racism. Of course it's institutionalized, just like any other human characteristic. That's no excuse for any of us to miss opportunities to speak the truth and search for underlying problems and solutions. The Charlotte shooting was tragic. It wasn't racist. Just like the origin of this nightmare, Ferguson, Missouri. Justin Carr's dead. Cops have been assasinated and their children have lost fathers. I don't understand, excuse or condone. I expect more of me and my fellow human beings. I have more confidence in my fellow human beings.

I am, I am ... He beat me, anyway ... he's toying with me!

I .. got ..roasted ...

I do not. 1968 was no picnic, though. I was young. I remember the news being scary. Stephen Ambrose wrote something along the lines of no President inheriting the country in better shape than Kennedy and no President inheritiy the country in worse shape than Nixon in eight short years (since the twenties and since Hoover, respectively).

Changing topics ... Mark Cuban in the front row ... oh, boy. There's no way that doesn't affect Trump's performance. His skin's as unusually thin to the same extent her's is unusually thick.

I voted no. I like you better uncomfortable. I see it as a source of your edginess. I didn't want Sampson to get a haircut, either.

That's pretty funny, Hoss !

I disappoint everyone! I failed to follow, I guess.

That's funny!

I'll not tread in that direction. I don't think individual black/AA citizens get away with crime because of lower expectations. To the contrary ..

^. Not to TBPHD in any unique way ... Maybe, just maybe, if we had the courage to start pointing out the fact that incidents aren't incidents, we'd be less outraged by the succession of incidents. This entire most recent set of movements and incident riots was born one evening in Ferguson, MO, the scene of a tragedy but a racial non-incident. A kid tried to take a cop's gun. That's gonna get you shot. A kid was killed in Tulsa. I'll bet the shooter goes to jail. Victims? Hard working store owners and murdered cops. I'm not a big riot guy. I'm even less an apologist for empty rioting. I hold my equals of any race, creed or color to the same standards to which I hold myself. Because they're as good as me. I listen to apologists and see no philosophical differences between their approach to race and Kipling's in "The White Man's Burden". The poor savages can't help but riot, after all, even though what they're upset about didn't occur. And, we can't explain that, or stand firm with that, because the poor savages will never understand. I hope everyone finds those two sentences loathsome. Charlotte was wrong. The concept was born without conception a year and a half ago. I expect more from men and women who are every bit as able as me. And, when you're ready to address the issues, strap your driving gloves on. Cops aren't on page 11 of any list of causes of tension. They're just easy. ******* Separate but equal ... PA's post, and We've's 4th Amendment - cop vs community. Strap another set of driving gloves on.

Football ... I don't understand the situational unawareness of players at this level ....

Awesome field goal ... Eating some time is important, now.

This drive ended 4 minutes ago and the Bills got the ball back with a 17 point lead, time, and halftime in sight. Except Jerry Hughes pulled a quarterback's helmet off while he was wrapped up by three guys and falling. #turningpoint #definingmoment

I am impressed by your willing to lump large groups of people into ... or some such misfired admonition.

Yes, but it's progressively comfy and self serving. It lets you say "I'm a good person" while avoiding the heavy lifting of addressing the underlying problem.

Sorry, I was influenced by your post referring to Charlotte as a justifiable use of force and the rioting as a response to unjustified use of force. The riot's wrong premise? I'll not take the "he doesn't agree with me, he must be angry" bait. Flash -- 100% of dead NASCAR drivers are white men. White men make up 32% of the population. NASCAR discriminates against white men.

I understand. I don't excuse. The innocent victims in Charlotte were the targets of rioters after an incident that did not conform to a debatable narrative within a society to cowardly to admit it while cloaking itself in comfortable racism of low expectations. I don't think the understanding's terribly difficult. I'll join you all in decrying the same issues another four generations from now. It will certainly be understandable. Observation ... we don't even denounce when the facts and premise are wrong!

Of course they are us.

1). Courageous. 2). Charlotte.

So the rioting for something totally unrelated to the cause the rioting was meant to be related to .... hold on, I'm diagraming and can connect nothing.., except the comfy racism of lower expectations. The anti violent excusing violence .. gymnastics I cannot perform.

I'm no jurist. This is wonderful.

Rhetorical, and not necessarily to the good Mr. Hoss ... So, do we express outrage at the rioting, beating, looting, and burning of the mob? Do we criticize obscene behavior and caution against presumptive conclusions based on a narrative not nearly accurate enough to be relied upon? Do we so respect our fellow citizens that we hold them to the same high standards to which we hold ourselves? Do we recognize and reject the comfy racism of lower expectations? I do.