Some interesting opinions here. I don't see anything really bad happening in the near future, it is getting on to the colder part of the year.
Some interesting opinions here. I don't see anything really bad happening in the near future, it is getting on to the colder part of the year.
Nothing in what I said is even remotely ban worthy.Quote:
Originally Posted by kidicarus13
The movement is called "Black" lives matters, and the black population of Colorado is only 4% (whereas the black population of North Carolina is 20%). In actual numbers this is a hair over 200,000 black folk in CO and a hair over 2 million of them in North Carolina. Numbers from here.
There just isn't enough blacks in Colorado in large numbers for there to be anywhere near the likelihood of unrest as there is in other parts of the country.
Certainly its not a 100% guarantee there won't be problems here, but we're dealing with statistical probabilities.
That said I'm not going to the 7-11 at Fountain and Chelton wearing an "All Lives Matter" t-shirt any time soon :p
I work with a handful of black guys and not one is up in arms or ready to take the fight to the streets. We happen to agree on the news stories thus far. The individuals that are truly out of line are pretty easy to spot and the BLM agitation is even easier to see.
The guys I know are hardworking men trying to do the best they can for themselves and their families. No one that works for a living wants to uproot their livelihood to partake in some riot that doesn't affect them, and I think most people realize that violence against law enforcement will generally have the opposite effect. I think people are generally sick of the news and the pot stirring.
Just because you reject it doesn't mean that others aren't comparing themselves to those actions. Seen plenty of memes comparing modern riots to those acts that accuse white people of hypocrisy. Sadly, thousands if not millions will believe them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronin13
Black Republicans are pissed -- royally pissed! And they are not a monolith! (Actually, if anyone ever went to a meeting of the Rocky Mountain Black Tea Party, a lovely group of folks who get it, they will in fact see that the Key and Peele skit is not accurate -- they really weren't a monolith. Follow more about them here: https://www.facebook.com/RMBTP)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zundfolge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2tLyqfJd54
More likely that space aliens are coming to kill us all.
In before the lock just in case.
Yup, nothing racist going on here...Quote:
Originally Posted by Double00
I remember being on the police front line in Boulder in '71 or '72. Can't remember what they were rioting about though. I didn't work for Boulder but they had called for help from surrounding agencies.
No surprise there. Lots of people think Kaepernick is a superstar, BLM is a legitimate movement and "Hands up, don't shoot" was based on reality. Stupid people believe all kinds of stupid shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave
We never went to the moon and 9/11 was an inside job are two things that come to mind.