Maybe, but there are some groups that are more likely to be both victims and perpetrators. Why can’t we discuss that openly and honestly? I know we’ve brought it up here before, and when others do it the R-word gets tossed around pretty quickly. Shame, that.
We can talk a blue streak about whether it’s class or race (I tend to think it’s class causing problems for certain races who in turn have had an unfortunate cultural-wide reaction to the class issue), but accusing people who want to talk about it of being racists without really delving into the issue or their stances is intellectually dishonest at best, and harmful at worst.
Couldn’t it be that some of us actually care about the affected people and think we’d all be better if certain groups could thrive instead of wither?
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Pingback by SayUncle » That’s racist — June 20, 2008 @ 7:35 am
My name is Guy Cabot of Fort Washington, MD, and I like to fellate little boys and post the pictures on the Internet.
Comment by Guy Cabot of Fort Washington, MD — June 20, 2008 @ 8:22 pm
Jadegold, you’re still around? and still a retard?
Comment by SayUncle — June 20, 2008 @ 9:15 pm
Wow, I was just thinking it’d been a while since Guy Cabot had popped up…funny!
I particularly like that while he removes and censors my comments from his site, he figures he can show up here and say whatever he wants.
Comment by Administrator — June 23, 2008 @ 9:45 am
Personally think its a CULTURE issue. A picture of a man in a flannel shirt and overalls sitting on a rickety portch with a shotgun beside his rocking chair is a comical image of a “Hill-billy” or a “Redneck” and both of those are negative terms. Yet an image of a “Gangsta” or “Pimp” is often garnered a a good term, and even spread into bizzare cultural levels (Why doesn’t “Pimp my Ride” mean getting your car hooked on drugs then using it as a taxi?)
Why is it a Black gentleman wairing a coat and tie heading to a well-paying office job will garner jeers of “Acting White”?
I make an effort not to fit the roll of a hillbilly or a redneck…while other groups will pretend to be in a criminal class that they arn’t.
I’m sure economics factor into it a lot too….but its not like the wealthy rap stars and athletes clean up their act either.
Its more a cultural thing IMHO
Comment by weerdbeard — June 24, 2008 @ 12:14 pm
It’s not “cultural”, but rather a “public policy” problem started by the passage of of a law in 1963. This good intentioned, but ill conceived law subtly closed the nations national and state mental institutions.
Specifically, the “Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963″ was signed into law by President Kennedy on 31, Oct., ‘63. The irony is momentous. This law began the exodus of the mentally ill out of the mental institutions and onto America’s streets, and prevented future patients in need of institutionalization from receiving the care that they needed and removal from society for their, and society’s own safety. We know them now as the homeless and the drug addicted. I’ve spent five years researching shootings like the most recent killings in Kentucky and the ALL have three profiles in common. 1. Not African-American. 2. Male, under 25 years old. 3. A documented history of mental illness or behavioral problems that would preclude the possession of a firearm. The astute will notice that there are a few exceptions to these rules, however, the exceptions do wind up proving the rule.
Those of us who value our gun rights, as well as our shooting privileges need to consider the impact that the mental health policies of this nation have upon our enjoyment of our sport and the exercise of our 2A. rights.
Comment by Buckoux — June 25, 2008 @ 9:13 am