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frankster

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  1. Yes That doesn't mean they are no wars in Africa.... The Diversity on the continent is testament in and of itself to the Tolerance that exist there. Yes...I know of Shaka That is an assumption...i will not argue assumptions that did not happen Truth falls in two broad categories....Objective and Subjective or Absolute and Relative In science and law one uses Empirical(objective) truth to discern reality or universal truth Scientists no longer like to use the terms subjective and objective in this contexts as it often becomes problematic. If there is no proof found or he cannot provide proof of citizenship.... He is in fact not a citizen until proven so and will in all regards be treated as a alien Yes...truth stands on its on veracity - but if only you know the truth then it is personal and subjective(relative) Truth is the reality or how things actually are Even when it is experienced it needs to be studied.... If the sun is hot why when I get closer to it I find snow....like the top of mountains Sometimes when a look at the moon it is a crescent and not round or spherical??? How do you prove anything? You must gather evidence and test them.....that is a system Yes....at that point it is a personal relative truth - it is not universal objective or factual It is called Confirmation Bias....its a human frailty You observed a happening.... You have very little idea as to why it is occuring and what factors are being played out or the context in which it is happening Then we will have to disagree... You said it is based in "Absolute fact".....those facts you have not produce Until you produce those facts...you lied. It is not what you have seen.....it is your conclusion and interpretation I am not disputing what you have seen or not seen... @Pioneer1 said However you rarely see Black men of ANY nationality piling up that close to eachother to eat. The "You" represents the general public /AALBC of which I am one....Here you are trying to tell everyone what they have seen or not seen. Since my experience is different to yours....I ask for any studies to back up your assumption Frankster is fictitious.....it is not my real true or factual name Trump on the other hand is his real name and we have a system of checks....to be asssured it is Donald Trump
  2. No it does not..... At least three of the 5 or 7 major continents have wars on going today in and on them. The difference as you yourself stated aAfrica has the most Languages and tribes....that means they were allowed to survive and not subsumed by the stronger. That the tolerance I am referencing I will try not to....but we are talking about your general characterization as to whether or not it is a fact or an opinion. It remains an opinion until proven as true For it to be a fact is must be true and to be accept as true it must be proven No a study is not necessary for it to be true... But for us to know if it is true....a study is necessary Yes Yes No.... Proof Is a system design to test the veracity of an idea Yes but if you cannot provide your birth papers....I have not reason to accept your words as true You said: Even when it comes to observing something as simple as eating a meal together. I notice that Arabs, Asians, Latinos....the men...7 or 8 of them can pile up together and sit at ONE table eating, talking, and spiting over eachother having a GOOD time. No problem. However you rarely see Black men of ANY nationality piling up that close to eachother to eat. What you stated above has not been proven as fact and then you went on to say "Whatever what I'm saying is "rooted" in...it's absolute fact. If it's not fact, name me ONE thing in this discussion I lied about. For it to be a fact it must be studied and proven. "Whatever what I'm saying is "rooted" in...it's absolute fact. So your statement above is a lie....you have not shown where your statments are based in facts On the contrary they are rooted in an observation from which you unilateral draw a conclusion that you believe to be true. No...its an observation It is not a fact but an observation....for it to be a fact it must be tested and proven No...you obseving what you think is a man and a woman doing what you think is walking down the street. It could be two men and one is dressed as a woman....did they reveal their sex organs to you? and if the did are the real or fake facsimiles I understand what you are trying to say but it is inaccurate... There is a famous big foot case of a man claiming to have filmed big foot.....the question that has remained since the film was made public is Is it a bigfoot or a man in a bigfoot suit.....get my drift
  3. It does matter if one is to prove intentionality ...... malice afore thought. There is no question as to whether or not she committed the act.....the question is was it intentional as in premeditated. Thats called in the heat of the moment/passion There is more to the human psyche...and lucky for some of us - the laws of many lands are beginning to recognize them and give weight to them Because acts done in the heat of passion are seen differently...They lay between intentional and accidental - A sudden irresistible urge it is tantamount to accidental - an automatic reaction done with little or no consideration. Yes....it is called "Impulse buying"....purchases made suddenly without planning
  4. The difference is Tolerance.... Africans Tolerate Differences and Preserve Variety. Yes...There is Ethnic war on the continent......most can be traced back to European Interventionist Policies. Yes...until proven Your assertations remains unproven as a fact It is an anecdotal and personal observation....which mEANS it could be an isolated incident and or bias interpretation of the observation We are living out the Racist Play book ....called government social policy or Fighting crime - school to prison pipeline and mass incarceration Lied>>>> "Whatever what I'm saying is "rooted" in...it's absolute fact. If it's not fact, name me ONE thing in this discussion I lied about." No...you have an opinion on what you observed. You do not have enough information to generalize or state that your observation is a fact
  5. Do you know that she planned the attack before the race began? Do you know that Tyson planned the attack before the fight? On the other hand Tonya Harding attack was commissioned intentional deliberate and even premeditated....please note the difference.
  6. It is an act of racism because he did it in a place where systemic racism is. Yes.....His Affliction is the cause in both cases. Racism is an affliction He having been in prison can now become a contributing factor in his recividism The idea of race as we understand it today was not known then cool I have seen it in Arabia... and the Arabian Ruling Class Depending on your definition of race to most Western eyes they are all "sand nyggrs" Its called the "The duress defense"...look it up Not if it is "Entrapment" Self Taught
  7. While I accept that pedophilia is wrong....I have questions Below what age does it become Pedophilia? What if they are both below the age...is it still pedophilia? What if they are maried? Does the sex of the individuals matter? Many cultures past and present allow pedophilia as legal and moral....so long as the parents consent.
  8. No it is not The system will support him throught the courts in most cases if you decided to litigate... If he is being targeted....then how can it not be? Unequal pay and fair and just treatment in law and social services. Some where what you would consider white..... Christians who were not Catholic were burned.... No...the Sabaean people came from Africa....Yemen is part of the Arabian peninsula. Many black Arabs are in Positions of leadership from time immemorial....the black arabs can hold any position in Arab society. If you are coerce into doing something....then you not guilty of it Again you fail to see....they whites have befuddle your mind. They kill your leaders and poison your people and you fail to see the connection..... You just do not want to accept the truth even after they admitted to it....boy have they fixed you. All victims except the government preps Anybody who agree with you is drinking the same cool aid.....the Government done admitted to it and here you are making excuses and blaming the victim....sheesh damn you so lost in the souce.
  9. Yes that is what I know tribalistic and tribalism to mean....fierce loyalty to tribe Yet for the most part all ethnic groups retain their language and customs... Lets take England for instance The Welsh Scots and Irish are all losing their language and culture to the Anglo-saxons.... Because the English demands that their culture be relegated....not so much so in Africa "Whatever what I'm saying is "rooted" in...it's absolute fact".... Thats a lie so far - as I have ask you for studies that backs up your assertions and you have not provided any... It is an ancedotal observation at most and could verywell be a downright lie. Now to be clear I did not say you were a liar....just that your questions and statements seems to be coming from the racist playbook You just did.... An Observation is not the same as a fact
  10. I agree with @Troy here it may not be Intentional I Think it is not Intentional or Deliberate but action taken in the heat of the Moment or as pepe Le Pew would say " Faute Passionnelle".... For it to be intentional or deliberate one most prove that she planned to do it before the race began with the idea of causing harm on purpose. After all Mike Tyson did something similar to Evander Holyfield in the spur of the moment too....shyte happens Is she at fault of course.
  11. Without the systemic and institutional support it is not racism...it is bigotry or prejudiced. Racism as experince by black people is always systemic institutionalized and legalized If he is being targeted then it most definitely is connected It was not indirect....it is and was direct. They were kicked as the jews were for religious reasons. I can proved to you it was as a result of religious intolerance and cultural xenophobia. Yes... The people living there were black Africans called Sabaeans who are traced back to the African Kingdom of Sheba But you did not use the word racist instead you choose antiblack?? You do not want to place the blame where it belongs.....It is a known fact that CIA agents introduced and poisoned those communities and peoples. While you here trying to make excuses for them....and blaming the victims They never choose....it was pushed on to them - that is why the dope dealers are called PUSHERS You are so ignorant of history.....they killed all who cared and tried to make the community better Exactly Yes....oppressors will always be finding ways to PUSH black people into TRAPS The Government introduced it and flooded black communities with it....they used alcohol on the indians and opium on the chinese Excuse me while I use some street lingo here maybe it is the only way you understand.... You sound just like Nancy Reagan with some just say NO bullshyte...thats the hand book you reading from - silly wrabbit now that the chickens done come home to roost and there communities are suffering from Opiod crisis they doing everything to save their communities while they did nothing for our community except push more drugs in blame the victims by throwing them in prison... No No do not give opiod junkies medical treatment just tell them to say NO. Wake the fcup up n.g.a They done admitted to this and you up here making excuses for them...trying to but the blame on the victims - get outta here with that bullshyte.
  12. Being Tribalistic means sticking with and to ones people......everybody else is not your people Tribalism is a form of loyalty and cohesion to owns people at the expense of all other peoples. This is the case in Africa I do not know you are the one espousing concepts that is rooted in racist ideology and not facts. Yes....I have seen black men doing this throught out my life Yes I have seen it What are you trying to say???
  13. Where did I say "n.g.as" are united? Being divided and tribalistic are two different things....really Yes. The Continent of Africa as the birth placeof humanity has the most genetically diverse human population Yes... That diversity is a result of people accepting differences among themselves and remaining amicable towards each other Yes....it would help? I am not sure what you are refering to...... but I have seen black Africans eating together in huge numbers my whole life growing up...and still do today. When Continental Africans greet each other it is customarily a hug while shifting heads over shoulders.....Black Americans used a dap turned fisted hand clasp one handed hug "hugged up" not sure what you mean by that? Yes as a form of greeting... Especially when it is some one i have not seen for some time.
  14. Fair enough True I question the circles you are in as this question is based solidly in a racist stereotyping of black Africans. Any studies to back this up? Thank you
  15. Humans are not tribal by Nature....Humans are Social by Nature. As Social Beings we forms groups to aid in mutual survival. When these groupings are based on and in family and blood ties.....it becomes clanish and tribal. Gangs on the otherhand are more focus on terretories.....mainingly geographic but it can also be financial In that sense gangs are more political than familial grouping. I would not consider them tribes....language is living and usage give new and sometimes another meanings to words. All of the above are political in origin and essence masqueradaing as social religious colorism and terretorialism. No... we are not tribal by Nature I disagree Yes from village to city to state to nation many tribes live togather as almost One It is hard to say if it is family or clan....I think it is clan - often if you put family over clan you and your family will be ostracise or worst expelled. True....except among the ruling class. True True. In the situation given above your cousin is not a part of your family - but most definitely a part of your clan....but her uncle may not be a part of your clan - but can still be a part of your tribe.
  16. So long as it helps you understand what ghetto life is? We all should hope and pray our country emulate them as well.
  17. Yes...... it has to be in order for it to be racism True....and that same person maybe innocent of all charges. So then it means that person is being targeted. Show me how that is true? As far as I know they were Called Ishmaelites... Khemites were renamed Egyptians....so were they renamed Arabs Why do you say Arabs are anti-black? Who brought the coke.....no coke no crack and no lives f up in the community. No .... who ever sold him the alcohol maybe held liable Who gave it to them?
  18. When Bigotry and Xenophobia becomes systemize institutionalize normalize and legalize then it is racism A pause or slowing is not an ending but a interruption.... I am not moving the goal post but showing you the whole entire continuum. So start from the beginning and watch the progression/retrogression ....not in the just anywhere No not racial.....but religious intolerance. Socalled white moslems and white jews also had to leave.... The original Arabs were black Africans Just as how you see the Arabs in Egypt calling themselves Egyptians... It is the same thing the Turkic caucasus mountain people living in the Arabian penninsula call themselves Arabs. Who originally allowed and made the crack available and accessible to her and her boyfriend? You blame the people who are responsible....not the victims do you blame the people of china when europeans flooded their country with opium destroying their empire...?
  19. True Fair enough Wouldn't want you to go away with the wrong idea... In the ghetto cars are not available to most hope that helps. And as a result....They do not allow greedy companies to pass off poison as food in their country
  20. No....... Racism is a by product of Greed Bigotry and Xenophobia First black people were kept seperate before by the system of slavery Then after emancipation blacks were now able to maintain a family structure.. The destruction of black families never stop...it only slowed until a new more effective means was found Then Racism resume the destruction of the black family structure. Yes...that was xenophobia or religious intolerance Those that accepted Christianity were allowed to stay and become a member of society. The concept of race was just then beginning to form I am basing it on the fact that the mother of all Arabs was an Egyptian....which to means she was African and black The Arabs themselves are now stating that all the original Jews were black.. Abraham a original Jew/Hebrew was Hagar husband and the father of Ishmael... Ishmael is the father of all Arabs....so most if not all of the original arabs were black - especially those in Africa Yes I do.... Do you know that every black person who is a descendant of a enslaved person was robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars of generational wealth. In a American that is almost every black person fine...thats on you
  21. Miseducation gives you information you do not have the skill or know how to use or apply....in other words irrelevant info. Which is dumbing down....or back in the day we would say an Educated fool . cool Yes....miseducated Of course is not the same as working ....in the traditional sense. But they must remain eligible and turn up or get up to have the forms filled out Maybe in the ghetto you know...not in the ones i know. To me access to a car means I can go get in it at a moments notice on a regular... if I have to wait more than a day - then it is not accessible. Those foreigners know the power of marketing and the addiction of humans to bright colors and sweets.
  22. Got It Cool Thats the low conservative amount Bigotry prejudice and discrimination....not Racism Yes Between 1860 and 1960 blacks families were more together than before and after those years... For near 300 yrs prior to 1860 the black family as an institution was non existent I disagree. There was no Racism in the West prior to the 1600 No....they acknowledged Ethnicities and Nations. No...Most Arabs were black and African 10% qualifies for a lot......but no where near most or mainly. It is the Law and Ethics of most countries. Yes they do....but drug use plays an almost insignificant role. I am not prepared or willing to call them silly....but I am willing and prepared to call them victims of racism No...it is not a negativity that already existed in the minds of people... They explioted a trait common to all human beings .......especially when they are in a oppressed condition First of all you do not know....and when you do figure it out often times its too late you are trapped No white people are using common psychology and explioting human traits to our detriment...White people are turning a positive to a negative
  23. I think you mean it does not diminish your intellect. Miseducation makes you less intelligent.... Miseducation does not affect your ability to think....intellect but it does affect your ability to learn....intelligence Exactly.....all she does is pretend to touch a screen and strut....That is her work. People on the system has to stay qualifiend and fill out forms...thats their work. Most people in the ghetto or slums do not have access to a car ....and those who do - only have access to a car sometimes.. Key point is if they "really wanted to" Why would they want to.....when as far as they know - it is all good just the way things are Billions of dollars and hours are spent by marketers to make your decisions for you....and it works. Did you know that many American foods cannot be sold in many other countries? And many in order to be sold in those countries have adjusted their recipe.. These countries know better than to sell poison as food.....because they also know their citizens will buy and eat it Mostly due to the power of Marketing and Advertisement which using pyschology hijacks human dicision making. Thats due to marketing and sociology

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