Cynique

@GregNot to worry. When the kangaroo Supreme Court, and the fanatical Evangelicals and the Retrumpican Senate take over the country and install their fascistic theocracy, this government will find a way to eliminate all of the dangerous young black men. Wimps like you, however, should be careful what they wish for. Now, wipe your runny nose with the flag hanging out of your pocket, and run along.

@ProfDI appreciate what you bring to the board: a concise voice of reason. Don't shut up. Stay open! @Mel&Del: Thanks for providing me with food for thought, - for offering something to distract me from the words* that lately have been creeping into my mind whenever I contemplate LIFE. * "This is all a joke, right?"

@Del & Mel: Does this mean that our lives are predestined, and - are just laid out in front of us to either catch up with or double back to when we get stalled, or collide with somebody's else's trajectory - all as part of a grand plan where trial and error pay a role. I feel like I'm in limbo, not so much going forward or backward but shifting from side to side. Revisiting my past may provide me with a brief moment of clarity but it doesn't necessarily inspire me in the present. Am i an old soul? or in a rut? or what? Is this what time travel is all about?

@Greg

@ProfDYesterday i attended what turned out to be a huge gathering of a diverse cross selection of people. My local high school held an all alumni reunion picnic, attracting graduates from all classes. Although this school had been racially-integrated since the 1920s by the time the 1990s rolled around it was about 95 percent black, and there was less than 1 percent of whites who showed up for this crowded event. As an aside, i might add that as one of the few surviving members of the Class of 1951, it was determined that of about the 3,000 or so people assembled, I was introduced as the oldest alumni present, and I became an object of curiosity, especially to the Millennials.. But that's a whole other post. What was outstanding to me was the atmosphere of this immense gathering of black people. It was loud, jubilant, and animated. (Greg would've recoiled and collapsed into a glob of mayonnaise had he been there.) Naturally, there was music added to the mix via a rotation of DJs playing upbeat music. For some reason, what i became most synchronized with was the throb of house music, which as you know originated in Chicagoland. and is a genre almost cult like in its limited popularity and for some reason it became the only background music being played as the day wore on. I say all of this to point out there were no lyrics to the selections being played, just an incessant throb of drums and instrumental syncopation. I was almost mesmerized by this sound while the crowd just seemed naturally attuned with the incessant beat. When my 2 daughters and i were finally ready to go, walking toward our car i could still hear those drums in the distance. I say this to say that sometimes no words are necessary to verbalize the environment. Just a captivating beat. Music is also what sustains me.

The science of semantics and the mastery of the specious argument can turn reality into an illusion' and vice versa. Although i haven't discovered it, i believe truth is fluid. To me that is not an ending; it's a beginning. Greg's input is conspicuously absent from this thread. Wonder why? LOL

Another one of your silly statements. Why would she be singing God Bless America when America hasn't gotten around to getting her released from jail. It's too busy propping up Ukraine and incurring Putin's wrath. You and your bigoted insults are who she's most likely to want to send hate mail to. I repeat: you're really stupid. Guess that's why you worship that red, white, and blue rag.

It's a waste of time arguing with Pioneer. As long as he states his own premise, he will always reach the conclusion that supports what he is declaring to be true. Which is why i reject his premise that - "if you "discovered" something....you obviously BELIEVE that which you claim to have discovered. So that discovery is part of your BELIEFS." As is his tactic, he inserts the word "obvious" into his assertions, - a subliminal power-of-suggestion ploy. But it is not "obvious" that what you discover, you automatically believe. You can discover an enigma that leaves you neutral . Furthermore, there are different schools of thought when it comes to what constitutes logic, and it depends on where you're coming from when you debate a question. That's my premise. and my conclusion is that Pioneer is full of himself, which is synonymous with being full of BS.

Was the above posted by Greg3 or did Greg2 forget he already puked this vomit? Attention all posters: If you want to make the Greg Brigade crap on themselves, just bad mouth the flag.

Guess they sent in the second string Greg to handle my posts and he didn't check my age. The idiot actually thinks my dad is still alive to disapprove of me. Or maybe there's a standard reply the troll patrol posts anytime someone attacks the american rag. That would account for the scripted response trying to lay a guilt trip on me. So, pay attention Greg2 i don't care anything about your flag and i'm glad my negative remarks about it offend you. Straight out of the mouth of a demented bigot.

@Pioneer1Your megolo-mania knows no bounds, a pretender to the omniscient title whose credentials include an IMO degree from the University of "Something Tells Me". A wanna-be scribe who thinks the list-ending notation is "ect" instead of "etc' as in et cetera, the Latin phrase for "and others". I'm sure Delano would concur that you are a prime example of someone who dismisses what he can't wrap his lame brain around. Then has the gall to set himself up as an exponent of logic when he can't even deduce that there are no "illogical questions"; only illogical answers. And it's not as if anybody was anxious to hear his opinion about the subject in question. His contribution to the conversation did nothing but bomb and pollute the atmosphere with the fumes of his obnoxious ego.. Glad you've decided to bypass Del and my dialogues. Your droning won't be missed. Good Riddance!

@Gregthat statement makes absolutely no sense and is an indication of how in your desperation to defend your position, you become more erratic by the moment.

@Delano Ii hear ya. Actually it was a very provocative question you posed and i appreciated ProfD and Troy's thoughtful answers. I would be interested in hearing your response. I am pondering the question and i don't think i would be greatly impacted, because i am a skeptical person... I connect with the caveat that cautions if something sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't.

No, it's clear, you can't think in the abstract. A two letter word like "if" stumps you.

@GregGet outta here with all of that hogwash. America's rag is supposed to be the symbol of "freedom", as in "freedom" to protest an injustice, in this case one perpetrated by the NFL. Its pledge of allegiance contains the phrase "under god", and kneeling beside it is comparable to a silent prayer in a so-called Christian country, and is not a sign of disrespect except to corn balls like you who think niggas shouldn't expect any justice. You're a caricature. LOL

blah, blah bah, blah. Did something tell you all of that garbage. "If" is the operative word. It modifies "discovered" because it hasn't happened. Your assertion can be challenged You're a waste of time, I'll let Delano deal with you.

Yep, I like to put know it all in their place. and Greg is running you a close second.

@Pioneer1No you wouldn't, because "believed" is in the past tense. Your discovery is in the present.

Well, we all know by now that the "something" that tells you things rarely has anything to do reality or accuracy. More like the early stages of schizophrenia. Something you know nothing about.

@GregNot surprising, you don't know what the hell you're talking about. The person who posted the picture said the man is from Brazil, not LA. And being from Brazil, he could quite possible be mixed with black as are many Brazilians.

A perfect description of yourself when it comes to the realities of life. Your cherry picked factoids are not the whole truth, something you can't handle.

LOL We know what Goofy Greg would do if he discovered everything he believed was wrong. He suffers from the mental condition known as "cognitive dissonance" and is stuck on stupid. Upon finding out his obsession with black inferiority was wrong, his whole world would collapse and he would lose his mind. Stefan is probably apoplectic because I am not adhering to his code of conduct but - who cares? When Troy tells me to stop, I will.

Yet another example of how unworldly you are with your one track mind. It's clear the man in the picture is rural not urban, placid not violent. You must be a very boring mope in person.

Not to mention that the NRA, a chief source of kick backs for Retrumpican legislasters, does everything it can to keep guns available to black thugs - as well as white domestic terrorists, proud boy militias and neo nazis, the brigade of small dick white men who pose a threat to the future of the entire country.

It's easy to deduce that a perp was a victim denied his day in court due to being shot dead in the back multiple times. And why do you care about blacks committing violent crimes, killing each other? That's apparently what you think they deserve. Saves the race soldiers the trouble of executing them, makes it easier for wimps like you to get in good with white folks.