OT Black Man In Minnesota Dies After Cop Kneels On His Neck/ Portland Riots

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  1. GhostOfPGA

    GhostOfPGA The late great Paul Allen

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    You’re free to burn a flag, I’m also free to think you’re a massive piece of shit for doing so too.
     
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    Binx Well-Known Member

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    “A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the nation that sets it forth."

    — Henry Ward Beecher
     
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    Binx Well-Known Member

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    Imagine the mentality of people who think that burning the American flag is going to win over the citizens of that country, or lead to greater understanding, or soften the hearts of racists. It will do none of that. It will do exactly the opposite.
     
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    You've never had Chateau les Cardboard?
     
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    Imagine the mentality of people who think killing innocent black people and shooting rubber bullets and tear gas at citizens is going to win over the hearts of citizens!
     
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    BLAZINGGIANTS Well-Known Member

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    You’re wrong. Get with the times.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    GoBlazersGo Well-Known Member

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    Nobody gives a fuck about softening your heart.
     
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  9. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    this should not be happening.


     
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    imagine people who say "the American flag" as if there was only one, instead of hundreds of millions. People don't burn The American flag; they burn a flag

    imagine people so myopic they get pissed off about someone burning a flag, but don't give a shit about this:

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    or this:

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    or this:


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    or this:

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    tell me, what do you suppose happens to those American flag swizzle sticks or candy wrappers when people are done with them? What's better, burning a flag or tossing it in the garbage?...or, yuck, putting brown streaks on the inside of your flag underwear...yeah, that's respecting it well

    imagine people who own companies in the business of making flags, whether they go on flagpoles, or are made into underwear, or wrap candy. Imagine people making money off of American flags....it's easy if you try

    then imagine people so immune to history they believe the flag is an acceptable tool for profit, but an unacceptable tool for protest. That it's ok to use the flag to make a buck, but you can't use it to make a point

    imagine the possibility that a flag will actually mean different things to different people
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Where did you grow up/raised?
     
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    Agreed.
     
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    GhostOfPGA The late great Paul Allen

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    Ok?
     
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    There is this strange notion, amongst bigots it seems, that they need to rubber stamp change, like if we just figure out a way to somehow someway convince the racists to let us make things right, then things will get done. What an unfathomably idiotic notion. I think I speak for most in saying that I give no fucks about the hearts of racist. Seems like an oxymoron anyhow.
     
  16. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    My can of wine says "Proudly canned yesterday, redish wine". Gotta drink it before it goes bad.
     
  17. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    While I certainly sympathize with you, I'm not sure I can go that far.
     
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    What outrages people.

    Not 130,000 dead, 3 million infected and response of federal government is not only do nothing but sabotage efforts to control pandemic.

    Not Russia takes out bounties on American soldiers and response of federal government is not only to do nothing but to insist it's not happening and don't even investigate.

    Not 30 million unemployed and response of federal government is no more stimulus but millions of taxpayers money supposed to go to keep small businesses afloat went to Trump associates and cabinet members, including billionaires like Betsy DeVos.

    Not unarmed Black people shot and strangled and response of federal government to mass protests is to demand monuments to traitors stand and traitor flag fly.

    No, outrage is a few dozen people who might or might not have some connection to Black Lives Matter torch a piece of cloth.

    Taking cue from god emperor whose greatest outrage is over Saturday night live skits.
     
  19. julius

    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    That was....strange? There's a lot of context missing (like why were they there?), but holy shit, that tubby drunk tattoo'd guy with the big ass belly, he wasn't racist at all.

    No sir.

    (for those who aren't sure, I am being very very VERY sarcastic).

    Let's say they were "invading" them, why did it matter that he had "nappy hair" or that he was with his "5 white friends"?

    I bet he has "black friends" and doesn't "see color".
     
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