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Yes it is Arabic. It means you know nothing about nothing.

Why don't you crawl back down in your hole and busy yourself with "picturing" people, imagining them to be nothing like they really are, - a testament to your lack of perception and warped perspective.

I don' t know whether he's a racist or not.And don'tcare. The only thing I find appealing about him is his humor, not that it's any of your damned business.

That's a lie! Nobody was posting during the interval of your fake attempt to gain attention by claiming you couldn't log on. Yeah, right. When I decide to drop in here, and nobody posted anything new but you, and you make such stupid comments, who else can I respond to?. I wish Troy and ProfD would show up so I could engage with them!

And you know nothin aboutmanhood since they turned you out in jail

And your narcissism emerges to promote your fantasies. You just can't wrap your brain around the fact that I find you annoyingly obnoxious.

Speak for yourself. You obviously know nothing about the state of womanhood in the year 2026

Yes, not only do I admit to what I am. I declare it. Are ready to confess your secret admiration for Trump?

Everybody is a racist; including you, and your notions about black superiority. Racism is like a verb. It can be active or passive.

Get outta here! 50 is the new 30. And why would a woman be negatively affected by her ageless idol rather than positively inspired. That's why she's a fan!

I find it very revealing how Donald Trump's persona and policies have suddenly started to resonate with Pioneer. All things considered, it's not that surprising. They are both narcissistic. 😑

I, likewise, considered the source when responding to your opinion about Bill Maher.

The same could be said for you.

@Troy You've really come a long way, Troy. You were a "diamond in the rough". Ever thought about writing a memoir?

Michael Jackson suffered from vitiligo a disease that makes your skin break out in white patches, and is very unsightly, which is why rather than having a speckled brown and white appearance, he just bleached his skin white to give it an even tone, per an interview with Oprah who, incidentally also produced a TVspecial airing the personal accounts of 2 of his paid-off accusers which created quite a stir a few years ago. How quickly we forget. MJ should be allowed to rest in peace but he was not entirely innocent when it came to being attracted to young boys. His brothers reportedly made jokes about it when he'd be sequestered in his room with a young playmate. I don’t think he was aggressive, but preyed on vulnerable ones.

The judge in Rittenhouse's case was also quite biased, warning prosecutors that he would not allow them to use his courtroom to "persecute" Rittenhouse. When the "not-guilty" verdict was read, Kyle Rittenhouse reacted like a whiny little bitch and burst into tears, almost collapsing. You'd have thought he was found "guilty"!

Oh, puleeze. Journalism is journalism. There should be no difference between black journalists and any other ones. The truth is the truth, facts are facts, objectivity is the gold standard. Ideally, jouralism fufills its role of shining the light in dark places in order to expose and report events. (Fox News epitomizes the violation of journalistic principles and, imo, we don't need black counterparts of it.) Actually, there's no such thing as an official black point of view anymore because Blacks have diversified their politics and are found on both sides of the political spectrum. There's no guarantee that exclusively black oriented news outlets won't be inaccurate and misleading and sponsor-controlled. Op-ed is the designated domaine for people who want to air grievances and promote their point of view and you dont't have to be a journalist to utilize it. Admittedly, however, the Fourth Estate, like all of Society's other traditional institutions, has strayed from its principles, and the news media has become compromised, and lost much of its credibility with everybody, not just Blacks. I confess to gravitating toward any source that reinforces my moderate middle of the road beliefs so I check out the racially-mixed, bi-partisan panel groups on CNN and MSNBC and - dare I say it, snap shots on - FaceBook, that provide a digest of political reels featuring pod casters and pundits and outraged celebrities ranting against Trumpism. And, because I've become so fed-up with the futility of it all, - with "the- more-things-change-the-more-they-become-the-same" vibe that is permeating the country, I still faithfully watch Bill Maher. I like, in addition to having an interesting cross section of guests, his hilarious MAD MAGAZINE approach to current events, reducing everything to sly humor, deflating and chastising the Far Left, and ridiculing the dumb-ass MAGA crowd. He's a true iconoclast.

@ProfD As I learn more about the case, the more disturbed I become. I'm particularly troubled by reports that the victim and his twin brother were big husky guys who were known bullies in their neighborhood, dating back to grade school days, and that when Karmelo tried to leave the tent, they became the aggressors and pulled him back in and began assaulting him. Poor Karmelo stepped into a den of iniquity when he sought shelter under that tent. This case is being compared with the one involving Kyle Rittenhouse who shot and killled 2 unarmed demonstrators during a "woke" protest march. He was armed with an assault rifle but "feared for his life" when they challenged his presence. He was found not guilty by a jury of his white peers. This Texas situation is a tragedy on so many levels. A hard lesson for black kids to learn in America, "the land of the free white man and the home of the brave black nigga".

Frankly, I don't think Karmelo had a good case. He was where he had no business being, and he aimed to kill, rather than maime. Did he have any witnesses to back up his version?. Can he take a plea bargain?

@Troy Hey! Are you excited about the Knicks? Or is all of the hulaboo too connected with - pop culture!😉

@Pioneer1 Blah, blah, blah. You could never be accused of being an original thinker. You 've offered no new explanations for the behavior of young black offenders, just parroting what others have been saying about the criminal behavior that persists among a certain element of black youth, - getting your panties all in a bunch, and trotting out a lot specious arguments because I quipped about equal opportunity as it applies to committing crime. Rant on! If you hate it, I love it. 🥱😴

@Del at the risk of being repetitive, the community where I spent my formative years is what shaped my identity and influenced my approach to life. The suburb of Chicago where I was born and raised during the Depression was unique in many ways. It was racially integrated to the extent that Whites, many of whom were Jewish, could and did live anywhere they chose, but because of restrictive convenance regulations, Blacks could only live in a certain area, - not by the railroad tracks surprisingly, but in the middle of town; a little black "island" surrounded by a Caucasian "sea", where the interracial population co-existed and where it was not unusual for Blacks to have white neighbors who didn't flee their homestead when Blacks began moving in. This quaint little village had, overa period of time, become the final destination of Negroes leaving the South seeking a better life via The Great Migration. Although ny father was from Missouri and my mother from Tennessee, most of the slave descendants in my hometown had roots in Mississippi, Alabama. and Georgia. Because Colored and Whites observed an unwritten rule of staying in their own lanes, at that time there was very little racial strife in my town. I always suspected that this was because we Blacks were comfortable and content in our own community which could be described as a carbon copy of its white counterpart, and we were secretly amused by the idea that, in our own special way, we could match the white initiatives when it came to any civic or social undertakings. And we did. No separate but equal scenarios when it came to education, however. Whites and Blacks all attended the same high school, which back then had the reputation of being one of the best in the state. Therefore, an excellent education was ours for the taking and what I learned during my 4 years there, benefitted me throughout the rest of my life. Amongst ourselves,we black residents of this town, also had our own codes and customs. Colorism, for instance, was incidental, superceded by achievement and accomplishment. Those 2 assets were what took priority and gave status, and they always remained at the core of my value system. Nor were we deluded about the plague of the racism that sent our elders fleeing from the South. But we had the luxury of humoring our antagonists. We snickered at their notions of racial superiority and this somehow neutralized them, an approach that I use to this day, arguing on Face Book with MAGAs. Incidently the "we" I refer to, consisted mostly of the circle of people I grew up with during the 1950s, an era often described as being "bland", something that may account for the compromises that defined our lives back then. These folk are all dead now but they remained my friends throughout the years, as we always kept up with each other, always finding things to laugh about, always reminding ourselves of the carefree days of our youth, forever marveling at how we somehow managed to circumvent discrimination, always removed from turmoil which is why I do not claim that my upbringing was typical or ideal . It was, what it was.... I cite all these examples of how growing up where I did, influenced how I later maneuvered through a world where I gradually realized that Life is a crap shoot. Sometimes you get lucky. I am truly a child of the 1950s era. I was very much influenced by the music of those times; both the modern jazz and the luscious melodic ballads and the poetry that was their lyrics. I loved the wry intellectual humor of the comedic satirists popular back then and the film noir movies that always had an ironic twist. The fads and trends that followed temporarily captivated me, but they never replaced my affinity for those idyllic times that first enchanted me. zzzzzzzzzzz

Senseless behavior doesn't have to make sense.

Could be that constantly preaching about racism sends a subliminal message to young Blacks that behaving anyway they choose is a way to demonstrate their equality.

How myopic the above observation is. Nobody here denies the existence of the human race. That's a curious accusation coming from a "forked tongue" patriot.