tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984086.post4891728354891773921..comments2024-01-10T14:58:00.833-07:00Comments on Nameless Cynic: "But it's OK! He was a thug!"Nameless Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963921060024737712noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984086.post-32043529732443716032014-08-16T14:16:37.831-06:002014-08-16T14:16:37.831-06:00And just to make things exciting, the city had a h...And just to make things exciting, the city had a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/even-before-teen-michael-browns-slaying-in-mo-racial-questions-have-hung-over-police/2014/08/13/78b3c5c6-2307-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html" rel="nofollow">history of racial tensions</a> between the cops and the citizens.<br /><br />Funny how things like that start to add up...Nameless Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963921060024737712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984086.post-55968441818544866462014-08-16T13:10:20.780-06:002014-08-16T13:10:20.780-06:00I can't make sense out of any of this. And wh...I can't make sense out of any of this. And what is more senseless than what happened in Ferguson is what I'm reading on certain right wing blogs. They're saying the same thing they said when Treyvon Martin was killed, something about black on black crime and that somehow excuses what the police did to this young man.<br /><br />There is no question that young black men are seen as menacing and worthless in America today, and judged so because of what those who are unlawful do. <br /><br />The majority of mass shootings were committed by young white males, but yet I doubt cops shoot them in their backs if they mouth-off or are seen walking down the street in a hoodie on a rainy evening.<br /><br />The white-privileged communities do not see the double-standard in this:<br /><br />Some young black men commit crimes, therefore ALL young black men are suspect and deserving of execution, with question asked later.<br /><br />Some young white men commit massacres, therefore we try to understand what caused their behavior.<br /><br />That's where we are today.<br /><br />And it stinks.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.com