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First & foremost, I believe we are both Black men. No need for smoke or static. it is all robust & healthy dialog & debate in this proverbial coffeeshop. There's no reason to take disagreement or stalemate by counter-point personally.😁 Our life experiences are different which shapes our thoughts & opinions. So, it makes sense that we may never agree on anything. Still, respect is due. Then, there is no reason to get bent outta shape about too much of anything especially in a virtual setting.🤣😎

Religion is a legalized hustle that benefits a whole lot of people. The point isn't whether or not our Black heroes were afraid to die, they took on the mission instead of choosing a safer & easier life. There are degrees & conditions that can render someone powerless in a given situation. No problem. Another instance of stalemate by counter-point.😁 Thankfully, the universe does not give humans a real choice either way. They should be complaining for a raise & paid holidays considering $23/hour is not a livable wage.🤣 Still, it is a small number of people running the show relative to the population. Right. They are really playing war games with real lives. Interestingly, the people getting killed have no say or control over when & how they die. Violence is the easiest route to take when personal safety & security are not under threat. These world leaders can order other people to fight & die while they sit back & enjoy the riches & other finer things in life.😎

There is no confusion on my part but maybe I'll take it into consideration for the people in the back of the room i.e. lurkers.😁 The same people create the conditions that make times hard for weaker people leading them to despair & sometimes self-destruction. Right. But, if Dr. MLK Jr. & others like him were afraid to fail &/or die in pursuit of their mission, our condition might be a lot of different. Using the money analogy, there are people who have houses, cars, clothes, shoes, etc., yet, they are broke. No cash in their pockets nor can they go to the ATM & pull out $500 on demand. They borrow money from others until pay day &/or rack up overdraft fees on the bank accounts which is the modern day equivalent of bouncing a check. Same goes for power. One can have enough power to call shots around friends & family or tell coworkers what to do but they are powerless when it comes to other areas of their lives. It's all relative. There's nothing wrong with dying especially if/when one hasn't accomplished anything other sucking oxygen & taking up space on the planet.🤣 As I laid out above, power is non-binary. It is not 0 or 1; on or off, black or white. Power comes in degrees. That type of threat should be enough motivation for that younger person to either work for themselves &/or find a better job with paid holidays. It doesn't take a whole lot of smarter people to dominate &/or control the masses. Dictators run countries with millions & billions of people living there. They're not smarter than everyone else in their countries. However, the things a dictator is willing to do in order to maintain power separate the chaff & wheat. Sure. Military strategists come up with various scenarios for killing people. The end result is still the same...victory or defeat. Right now, nobody can really say the US has won the dust-up with Iran. They claim to have blown up everything over there but Iran is still fighting supposedly. Violence is the last card played when more intelligent alternatives have not worked.😎

You met them honestly but those n8gglets were on some BS. 🙄 Unfortunately, there are way too many goofy azz people out here playing games. I think people who catfish should be fileted & fried. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.🤣😎

That is going to be hilarious in the future. AI will accuse people of plagiarism when its database could contain the same writings of that person. Then, for the longest time, it has been common practice for people to use reference materials in their own works. That could draw an AI plagiarism flag. Gonna be interesting. Driver's license, passport, voter ID card, birth certificate, social security card, etc., we're going to need all types of ID in order to function in the future...but maybe not. All of this could be a set up to have human beings voluntary get a microchip placed in themselves for ID purposes.😁😎

I know this was addressed to sista @Mel Hopkins but I'll chime in anyway.🤣 Nowadays, some folks are so busy in their lives that they don't have time to meet people in their daily routine. Another thing is if a common friend thinks two people may be a match but won't meet each other under normal circumstances, that common person will set them up. I'm an old skool caveman to the the point that I don't believe in dating apps or set-ups or anything else. I prefer to meet women out in the wild & let nature take its course.😁😎

For whatever reason, you refuse to acknowledge that type a failure to use power makes one powerless. The reason Christians are taught that suicide is a sin is because their religious belief needs them to live a life of suffering. Islam does not teach that suicide is a sin. There is a promise of 40 virgins on the other side.🤣 Since the beginning of time, before advanced weaponry, violence by any means necessary has been their tool. People are placed in greater confinement for a reason. Some would argue that if they were more intelligent, they would not have ended up there in the 1st place. His intelligence & influence led to his assassination. Some would argue why did he even bother to fight for Black people. Again, one is powerless if they refuse to exercise it for whatever reason i.e. fear, ignorance, indifference, etc. Real power comes from organized systems. An individual has limited power. Hope does nothing. Action is everything. Failure means get better & try again. Very few people become successful at something on the 1st try. Entrepreneurs fail many times before their businesses take off. Conquering other countries takes time. Several military battles are fought before there is a victory or defeat. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has been ongoing for 4 years now. The Ukrainians haven't give up yet. Israel has been fighting with Palestine & Iran for 50 years & counting. Black folks cannot give up on dismantling & destroying the system of racism white supremacy. Again, having power & failing to use it especially to over oppression is being rendered powerless. I'm never going to believe Black folks are so unintelligent that they cannot use their power to dismantle & destroy the system of racism white supremacy. There's a number of reasons & factors for the continued oppression of Black folks. A lack of intelligence is not even on the list. Way too many smart Black people on the planet to believe such a thing. To dismantle & destroy the system of racism white supremacy takes more than intelligence. One has to be willing to take action which might result in violence. 😎

I wouldn't put it past this country to elect a white man from the alphabet soup community before electing any woman to be POTUS.😁 Of course, the parties especially GOP will do everything they can to field cisgender males to nominate for POTUS. The Dems will take a flier on a woman or a member of the alphabet soup community. Right. After that supposed marriage, nobody has seen Scott with his wife &/or heard from her. Scott's wife is probably tucked away somewhere with her real significant other until 2028.🤣😎

White nationalism is very real & in effect & supported by the current administration. White nationalists have top cover to do just about anything right now. Hopefully, white nationalism will die down after the mid-term elections or in 2028 whenever POTUS OJ leaves the White House. The MAGA movement which is a part of white nationalism is already losing steam. I believe it will be dead-stopped in its tracks in a couple of years.😎

There are many Black folks who are doing extremely well in that regard. Thankfully, they do not boast &/or broadcast it. Intelligent.😉 There was a time when Black folks especially Black men had respect from & control over their sons, grandsons & nephews. Those n8gglets were not a threat to their own people. Truth be told, except for stray bullets hitting innocent victims, most Black violence is committed between the criminals themselves. Black folks should seriously consider getting themselves trained up in self-defense. It is part of the reason our people are not equipped to dismantle & destroy the system of racism white supremacy. White folks have a bunch of weapons & they know how to use them. White folks have militias to protect their areas if they come under attack from outsiders. Go to any gun range or out in the backwoods of rural areas. You'll find white folks letting bullets fly for fun. Law enforcement was created to protect & serve white interests. But, I'm certainly not absolving them from the job they signed up to do. I just don't believe Black folks should keep depending on white folks to save &/or protect them. Especially Black men. There is no excuse for it.😎

I doubt they were told to take the day off. Probably got overtime pay for showing up & standing around.😁 I believe law enforcement were under orders to leave those white folks alone regardless of whatever they were doing & let them enjoy their Great American State Fair.🤣😎

The majority of Black people do not have a physical or mental disability preventing them from becoming stronger. They have to believe & exercise it. Similar to the energy they put into religion. Your takeaway is that I think Black people are powerless. Not true. My belief is that Black folks are not exercising the power they do have in order to dismantle & destroy the system of racism white supremacy. The craziest part is that Black folks have access to the system that they could destroy it from within like a trojan horse. Those same Black people could take a bunch of pills & go to bed & never wake up again. No pain whatsoever. Instead, they are waiting on the sky fairy to call them home.🤣 Middle-Easterners have been mostly been fighting among themselves for thousands of years. Westerners come from a history of people who have been conquering lands through violence i.e. war, murder, pillage, rape & torture over many centuries. The USA was not built like a sand castle. White folks came to the Americas & slaughtered the Natives & brought in chattel slavery to work the land & build the economy. Human slaves were treated worst than animals. Black people were not considered human. Conquering & building the USA did not start out as an endeavor of intelligence. The history of the USA is soaked in the blood of millions of non-white people through violence. Born into struggle &/or internalizing it or psychological laziness leads to self-defeatism. There is no real work or effort required to get those ribs. Especially for a fat man who would rather eat & than f8ck anyway.🤣 The person is only as powerless as they believe it. One way to insure powerlessness is to not put forth an effort. As I've mentioned before, Dr. Martin L. King Jr. could have easily lived a great life with his education, church, beautiful wife & family. He took up a cause & paid the ultimate price to move the needle for Black people & by extension, other minorities as well. Same goes for many other Black leaders. Black folks have power if they choose to exercise it. Fear is another reason that holds our people back. That crutch of believing in a higher power is another thing that keeps Black people from exercising their power. One is powerless if/when they choose not to exercise it. Not necessarily because they don't have it. 😎

Well, Lindsey Graham ran for POTUS back in 2015 & despite history, he didn't get beard. Rolled the dice on himself. Figured he'd move into the White House & turn it into Studio 54.😁 OTOH, somebody may have told Booker & Scott that they needed some type of top cover for their extra-curricular shenanigans.🤣😎

White folks have allowed Latinos & Asians to be a buffer group between Black folks & themselves. As a buffer group, white folks have allowed Latino & Asian folks to have their own communities. Black residents should be able to protect themselves from their own sons, grandsons & nephews.🤣😎

Just thought about it....I don't think too many non-white folks were there to intimidate once the white nationalists got down to the Great American State Fair.🤣😎