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Facts. This guy totally fit the profile of an American mass shooter. Loner type. Bought a rifle. Posted weird pictures on social media. No hail of bullets as SWAT chased him down the street. Apprehended without getting shot one time while trying to flee. Black folks are definitely NOT the 1st image that comes to mind when we hear the words mass shooter. It's that white boy. 😎

@GregTake off your blinders and get current, you big drip. The lead news story in the nation - and world, is the mass shooting which took place yesterday during a 4th of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago where a shooter with an assault rifle fired into the crowd, killing 6 and wounding many others. The crazed gunman, who was later captured alive by police was a 22-year-old-white guy whose FaceBook page revealed him to be a MAGA supporter and fan of Donald Trump. He was handled with care by his captors who, in all probability would've mowed him down had he been black. Highland Park is a very upscale suburb and the shooter is the son a prominent white family, his father having once unsuccessfully run for the office of mayor. This spoiled child of privilege was a drop out with a reputation for being a trouble maker. Chew on that, "Mr. white folks can do no wrong" herd member.

This is high praise indeed. Nah that is not it. Anyone who have been online for as long as I have knows it is not as simple as that. A review of this forum's archives will tell you that. Oh brother... come on now. My allowing this statement and many others you have made should tell you otherwise... But to @Stefan's point. One of the well know strategies of the Republicans is to overwhelm the media with lies. Apparently it doesn't even matter if the lies are not believed. Just getting them out there is enough to benefit the Republicans. The fact that this site is a target of such a campaign simply means it is, presumably, significant enough to make a difference. Personally, I agree with Cynique overall assessment of Greg, and I think I and others have offered adequate responses to their posts. If there were 50 Greg's bum rushing the forums with the same type of posts I'd have to do something, and that means better understanding the nature of the posts, where they are coming from, are the using a VPN, are the accounts used elsewhere, etc.?

The guy fit the profile of an American mass shooter to the letter. Yet, he still would have slipped through the cracks of the latest gun reform legislation. He's over the age requirement and comes from a well-to-do family. But, the media will keep talking and asking questions about what can be done to stop mass shootings in America. It's simple. Ask white folks to turn in all of their firearms. I'll wait. 😎

@StefanTell me, where is it written that a forum referred to as "Culture, Race and Economy" must be limited to the discussion of politics? Other subjects fall under that umbrella which are equally interesting and stimulating and in some cases provide comic relief from the gloom and doom of the black plague. Not to mention there is the option of scrolling past what doesn't interest you. We are not all cut from the same cloth here and that, more than anything, is what makes this a provocative site, as opposed to only being a platform for long winded pontificators. Also, if you wonder why the productive exchanges have declined here, could be because it's a waste of time debating with folks incapable of admitting they might possibly be wrong about something. BTW, what's preventing you from starting threads on all of those subjects you mentioned above?? And I disagree that Greg isn't refuted on a regular basis. Who here is being influenced by what he parrots? In answer to "who benefits?" You seem to be the only one pouting. Unlike you, I'm not here to educate adults. I'm just biding my time, ruffling feathers of those competing for "the cock of the walk" title. My prerogative. Surely you know how to ignore pests. And If the menu here doesn't serve what you want to consume because your are on a restricted diet, then you should be able to figure out that you're in the wrong place.

That is exactly what that means. And some of us are big enough that we can handle it. But you keep doing you. But don't be disappointed that nobody takes your well meaning intentions to heart.

You see flashing police lights in your rear view window ... pull over. Your rear lights may be out. You might have unknowingly gone over the speed limit in the county you're driving in. But if you;ve gone through a stop sign or red light, made an illegal turn, given your ex on the corner a finger or farted lustily, take the friggin' traffic ticket. The goal is to get home alive. There is no man alive that has been born who can outrun bullets. Despite their training and because of several hours of perusing Stormfront dot org, many White cops fear Black male drivers. And because they are jittery, you're apt to face a drawn firearm if one does not speak clearly and slowly. That is the racism ProfD is talking about. Unless you've just shot a U.S. Senator, have boxes of stolen baby formula in your trunk or were trying to pee into a water bottle on a bumpy road, there's no reason to flee. Just hope you brought along some paper towels, Wet Ones and air freshener.

He is pale in comparison with the other members, yet he is beyond the pale. In addition he is impaled by Cynique's rapier. Cynique Cynic - the name of the gymnasium where Antisthenes ( the founder of the school of philosophy) taught Unique - since the core meaning of unique is "being the only one of its kind it is logically impossible to modify it by adverbs such as really and quite. Definitions courtesy of OED. SLAYING and creating an appellation that is both descriptive and a warning not heeded by fools. I don't think she nice, I know she nice. Paraphrasing Flava Flav (I had to make this parenthetical statement, otherwise the prior sentence fragment...) Or phonetically Sin Nique. Roughly translated the original sin. @Cynique

Police officers are heavily trained in recognizing threats and when to use deadly force. The rules go out of the window when racist police officers (race soldiers) encounter black folks. In fact, most of the black folks murdered by police were killed by white officers. Yet, white police officers have shown considerable restraint while taking heavy fire from white suspects. I've seen body cam video of white police officers in tears begging white suspects to not make them have to fire their weapon. It's not a compliance issue. It's a color issue. 😎

Agreed. This could flip racism upside down. Especially when grandparents will have a harder time denying their mixed grand chilluns. 😁😎

In yet another chauvinistic example of males seeking to tell females what they should do with their bodies, cloaked in his presumptuous arrogance, Pioneer mistakenly believes that black women are breathlessly awaiting his approval, and give a damn about his double standard when it comes to whom they sleep with. His proclamation is obviously a part of some grand plan he, with his delusions of grandeur, has scoped out in his self-appointed role as the arbitrator of black behavior - and expert on the sentiments of Hispanic women. This megalo-maniac obviously has too much free time on his hands. I don't know who is worse; him or Greg. Bi-racial couplings are very likely to become big in the future where not only will Gen Zers decide what sexual designation they want to claim but will not care about the "race" of whomever they hook up with, - much to the dismay of their elders.

@Greg: Watta crock of rotting garbage. You really do exist in an alternate universe where truth represents a lie repeated over and over. The best that can be said about America and its checkered past is that it is the worst country in the world - except for all the others. and now, thanks to the conservative right, it is on the verge of becoming a totalitarian government with a tyrannical leader, if Trump gets back in office. Glad I'm old and probably won't be around to see this takeover. But with my dying breath i will hold you and your kind with the greatest of contempt. This I promise you.

What is the source of this assertion about the motivation of tattoos, and the dismissing of skin art as something to be stigmatized??? it's more accurate to recall that tattooing gained prominence in the military, among sailors in particular, who would get tattoos of anchors and flags, and insignias of their battalions, something that gained popularity among all branches of the service during World War II, and was considered a very macho thing to do. Hearts encircling the word MOM, voluptuous scantily-clad ladies, and girlfriends' names were also common images back then. Nowadays, in the year 2022, people from all walks of life get tattoos for a multitude of reasons and sporting one or two of them is considered very trendy. Those who go to the extreme and get their bodies covered with tattoos are kooks who tend to overdo everything. All the women in my family and their friends have one or 2 tattoos strategically located somewhere on their bodies. I, myself, have 2 small ones decorating my right arm, floral designs honoring my late husband and one of my grandsons who was killed at the age of 22. That's the appeal of tattoos; they are symbolic of something or someone very special in one's life and are a permanent way of honoring whom or what ever that might be. IMO, tattoos are more aesthetic that the bushy, straggly, frizzy beards that are now so popular, particularly among balding men. Neatly-trimmed facial hair is OK but, those who outgrown their chins and jaws, or whose efforts just don't "make the cut", need to let their moustaches make the impression.

They are in no way for or about you.