The US War on Blacks!

[Sava]

damn, i had a whole bit planned for if you said something else

[Aeson]

Sorry I screwed up my line ... What I meant to say was any mention of race, color, colour, psoriasis, or other skin condition will result in an immediate life-time ban

[Sava]

I appreciate you saying so

but it's just not the same

[My Wife Hates CIV]

I've been better behaved here for sure since giving up pot.

[My Wife Hates CIV]

my dreams have been so clear too... strange. and have dropped a few pounds already.

[Dinner]

So what is the difference between "conservatism" and "white, conservatism"?

If I had to guess he is specifying the type of conservatives most often typified by racial animosity (or at least extreme insensativity) towards nonwhites. Which is to say most white American conservatives.

[PLATO]

Meanwhile....

Obama ties racism and gun control together. Two causes that Sava supports! Thanks Obama.

The problem is......

Race isn't the issue with gun control. Guns aren't the issue with racism. It is ridiculous to tie the two together.

Clearly, racism is still a terrible issue in the U.S./world. You have to look no further than this forum to find it.

Peoples attitudes need to change overall. If the value of every human life was respected, then we would not have racism and have no need for gun control.

This is the challenge set before us.

[Kidlicious]

The n word is used to disparage all blacks where as white trash is you used to describe trashy people who happen to be white. It is more used to describe social class than race.

Not really. Haven't you met those people who says there's a difference between black people and @%##*@%? Those people are racist just like people who call people white trash are prejudice. They're usually different people, but if they're the same then they are just general *******s, but should most definitely be banned.

[Dinner]

When applied to something like "the problem is" ... just leave race (and sexuality/gender) out. Especially in threads where someone was just banned for including race as a descriptor of what the problem is.

I think the problem is white neo-colonialists who steal land and women from native societies!

[My Wife Hates CIV]

Guns aren't the issue with racism - not even the same game.

those who hate will hate no matter what they use to spread the hate. Obama is a little lost on this. Like passing ANY new gun laws would do anything to stop the next crazy person from doing evil.

[Sava]

Meanwhile....

Obama ties racism and gun control together. Two causes that Sava supports! Thanks Obama.

The problem is......

Race isn't the issue with gun control. Guns aren't the issue with racism. It is ridiculous to tie the two together.

Clearly, racism is still a terrible issue in the U.S./world. You have to look no further than this forum to find it.

Peoples attitudes need to change overall. If the value of every human life was respected, then we would not have racism and have no need for gun control.

This is the challenge set before us.

I think Dylann Roof kinda tied racism together with gun control when he shot a bunch of people over the color of their skin

[kentonio]

Hmm...

New Alabama Law Will Allow Children To Have Handguns

Alabama already has one of the loosest gun restrictions in the country, but lawmakers felt there was one area that Alabamans were still be oppressed: Kids couldn’t legally carry around handguns.

To rectify this gap in the unstated “guns for everyone” mentality of Alabama’s Republican-led legislature, lawmakers have proposed an amendment to the state’s gun laws that would allow minors to acquire their very own pistols. At the moment, the law is on a bit more even keel, stipulating that “no person shall deliver a pistol to any person under the age of 18.” Lawmakers want that changed to allow minors to have pistols, but only if they get the permission of a “parent, guardian, or spouse who is 18 or older (?)”

But before you think Alabama is trying to legalize kids running around the neighborhood with guns after school, the bill adds that the minor can only have the pistol if accompanied by an adult… or if the kid is doing gun-related activities like hunting, trapping, target shooting, or while competing in a firearm competition, in which case he can use it all he wants all by himself. Even more brazenly, the amendment also would allow for children to carry a handgun on them as long as they remain on their parent or guardian’s property. So good rule of thumb: avoid children in Alabama, but especially if they are in or near their homes.

The measure is sponsored by three state senators: Arthur Orr, Greg Reed and Clay Scofield (all Republicans). A matching House bill is being sponsored by Ed Henry, Micky Hammon, Barry Moore and Corey Harbison (all Republicans). It’s unclear why the group of lawmakers felt that kids needed additional relaxation of existing gun laws.

On the flip side, we do know that childhood shooting accidents are in the top ten leading causes of accidental death among children. We should use the term “accidental” very loosely here because in almost every case the child stumbled across a loaded and unsecured gun somewhere in their own or a family member’s home. Now, in Alabama, children won’t even need to “stumble” on a gun, they’ll legally be allowed to possess it.

Not ones to waste a good amendment on just one monumentally bad decision, the lawmakers also added language that would remove record keeping requirements for gun dealers. In the new, much more terrifying state of Alabama, firearms sellers won’t have to “keep a permanent record of the sale of every pistol, revolver, or maxim silencer, showing the date of sale, serial number, or other identification marks, manufacturer’s name, caliber and type, and also the name and address of the purchaser.” That change sounds reasonable and definitely won’t make it harder for law enforcement to catch murderers.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03...have-handguns/

[Sava]

Peoples attitudes need to change overall. If the value of every human life was respected, then we would not have racism and have no need for gun control.

I'm tempted to call you a Kum Ba Yidiot for this statement

but I AM SCARED THE WHOLE "YID" PART MIGHT MAKE IT SEEMS LIKE I"M CALLING YOU A JEW TOO

[Kidlicious]

I've been better behaved here for sure since giving up pot.

Peace

[My Wife Hates CIV]

I think Dylann Roof kinda tied racism together with gun control when he shot a bunch of people over the color of their skin

what if he had used a knife? a baseball bat? explosives?

did using a gun make it special? or do we need universal checks before someone buys one of those?

no, he was just evil... guns had nothing to do with it.