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Originally posted by Ben Mitchell
Did it every occur to you that police are people too?
On the whole, they don't enjoy shooting ANYONE, but if their lives are in danger, I think they'd be correct to defend themselves.
I think YOU need take a step back, and look more clearly at the situation. I'm not going to guess at what race you are, but whatever you are, you need to take a look from a different perspective, maybe see it from a policeman or a 3rd person point of view.
Not all white people are racist. Not all black people are racist. Its just a few rotten apples (NAACP, KKK, black panthers, etc) that bring this sterotype to apply to everyone. Its too bad you fell for it.
You message is quite clearly biased, espcially since the N-word is degrading, no matter WHO says it. And it shoudl be right for me to say it (being white) and getting in trouble, but when a black person says it, its fine.
And here' s the best part:
You said it was ok for black people to say the N-word, comapring it to family. It is not, according to you, ok for a white guy to say the N-word. If both races are equal, you've just admitted to a double standard, which is in voilation of the equality that america is striving for.
See my above post for my thoughts on the "hip-hop culture"
that was much more than 2 cents. Are'nt you a member of the X-cats? X-cats are a good team.
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Whoa. You have me TOTALLY mistaken. I've not once said ANYTHING about anyone here being racist. Nor have I disrespected the police force or said anything about them enjoying shooting people... especially since many people in my family have at one time or another been police officers. I think if you are shooting someone in self defense thats fine, but 40 some odd shots to one person is a bit overboard.
Not once have I tried to offend ANYONE. I said a few stereotypes and then immediately dismissed them as such. I never accused any group of being that stereotype. I just used them as an analogy to help defend a culture that everyone seems to constantly bash. I am sorry if you took offense to it, but I'm not slandering any culture. I am simply trying to pull hip-hop culture out of the gutter people so often throw it down into.
It is not a double standard. Since you are not black you really have no say as to how the word can and cannot be used.
Why? Because no matter who says the word, it still has no effect on you.
No need to guess what race I am. I am black-hispanic. I love Electronic music, punk, alternative, and J-pop. I have friends of every race and of almost every subculture and religion. I like to think I am fairly open-minded. So I am very suprised that people think I am slandering them. I never said any other type of music is crap like many people on this board have said about rap... I also did not say anything about any person's subculture being crap since I am either a part of that culture or have close friends who are. And even if I didn't know about someone elses culture I would take the time to learn about it and respect it regardless.
Yes I am on the X-Cats team... a very racially and culturally diverse team. I find it odd that you would say how good of a team we have as if I were making it bad. I didn't say anyone was racist. I didn't say anything negative about anyone really, with exceptions to my analogy, which everyone seemed to have understood was an analogy anyway. Please, show me where I slandered people and I would be more than happy to apoloigize and provide an explanation for any misunderstanding.