@Rajk999 saidThe actual problem I see is not enough people giving a damn that this is happening.
Personal experience is really not required. I see so many times people resort to the defence ".... well it never happened to me .. and I have done x,y and z.." That has to be the most ignorant of comments. The statistics show clearly that all over the world, certain communities, races, nations etc have a higher percapita rate of criminal activity. Smart people steer clear of them.
@Cliff-Mashburn saidDo tell. Jesus.
Without going into detail, I have very good reasons to be leery of black areas.
More than a few.
Even without criminal/life threatening encounters, I've had many problems just dealing with them and seen a thousand more as a bystander.
Getting real sick of you people defending them just because you've been lucky.
Most of us haven't. .
Unsurprisingly, if you walk among them, not helping, sneering, your head full of racist tropes and ideas, NO WONDER you're not welcome. Racists have been keeping these people down, well, forever.
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@Suzianne saidFirst, please don't take The Lord's name in vain.
Do tell. Jesus.
Unsurprisingly, if you walk among them, not helping, sneering, your head full of racist tropes and ideas, NO WONDER you're not welcome. Racists have been keeping these people down, well, forever.
Second, you seem very idealistic and it seems your aspirational generalizations lead you to be dismissive of other people's real-life observations about actual neighborhoods in their own vicinities that they avoid for good reason.
Have you ever been to Chicago, for instance? Do you swan blithely and safely around in neighborhoods that the locals consider dangerous just because you are so anti-racist and believe The Lord will protect you from harm?
RE "Unsurprisingly, if you walk among them, not helping, sneering, your head full of racist tropes and ideas, NO WONDER you're not welcome."
That is correct, because People of Color are all psychic, whereas a lot of whitie-tighties (maybe most?) are completely psi-deaf-and-blind. 😉
@Arkturos saidYou need to learn to read body language. I bet you have terrible gaydar.
First, please don't take The Lord's name in vain.
Second, you seem very idealistic and it seems your aspirational generalizations lead you to be dismissive of other people's real-life observations about actual neighborhoods in their own vicinities that they avoid for good reason.
Have you ever been to Chicago, for instance? Do you swan blithely and safely around in ne ...[text shortened]... re all psychic, whereas a lot of whitie-tighties (maybe most?) are completely psi-deaf-and-blind. 😉
@Arkturos saidYes. I’ve strolled all around Chicago and didn’t get menaced once.
First, please don't take The Lord's name in vain.
Second, you seem very idealistic and it seems your aspirational generalizations lead you to be dismissive of other people's real-life observations about actual neighborhoods in their own vicinities that they avoid for good reason.
Have you ever been to Chicago, for instance? Do you swan blithely and safely around in ne ...[text shortened]... re all psychic, whereas a lot of whitie-tighties (maybe most?) are completely psi-deaf-and-blind. 😉
You seriously sound like either a racist or a snowflake.
@Arkturos saidHow many times have you been mugged or raped?
First, please don't take The Lord's name in vain.
Second, you seem very idealistic and it seems your aspirational generalizations lead you to be dismissive of other people's real-life observations about actual neighborhoods in their own vicinities that they avoid for good reason.
Have you ever been to Chicago, for instance? Do you swan blithely and safely around in ne ...[text shortened]... re all psychic, whereas a lot of whitie-tighties (maybe most?) are completely psi-deaf-and-blind. 😉
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@Arkturos said
First, please don't take The Lord's name in vain.
Second, you seem very idealistic and it seems your aspirational generalizations lead you to be dismissive of other people's real-life observations about actual neighborhoods in their own vicinities that they avoid for good reason.
Have you ever been to Chicago, for instance? Do you swan blithely and safely around in ne ...[text shortened]... re all psychic, whereas a lot of whitie-tighties (maybe most?) are completely psi-deaf-and-blind. 😉
Shut up, p***y
@shavixmir saidOh? A negative thumb?
How many times have you been mugged or raped?
It seems to me a reasonable question, considering the amount of racism amd the amount of crime being alluded to.
Especially when other people, folks who have actually walked the walk, say there doesn’t seem to be any bother.
Wouldn’t you say?
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@shavixmir saidHe does seem to have massive control issues, so probably more times than you might think. Although maybe not, perhaps he was just "kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom" as Tom Petty said. Some people "revel in their abandon", so maybe not even that.
How many times have you been mugged or raped?
"Somewhere, somehow
Somebody must have kicked you around, some
Tell me, why you wanna lay there
And revel in your abandon
Honey, it don't make no difference to me, baby
Everybody's had to fight to be free
You see you don't have to live like a refugee"
PTSD is not a life sentence. You can reduce its grip on you, but you do have to want to change. You know, like the light bulb. Be the light bulb, not the fear.
@Arkturos saidGive me a break. Try writing about stuff you know about.
First, please don't take The Lord's name in vain.
Second, you seem very idealistic and it seems your aspirational generalizations lead you to be dismissive of other people's real-life observations about actual neighborhoods in their own vicinities that they avoid for good reason.
Have you ever been to Chicago, for instance? Do you swan blithely and safely around in ne ...[text shortened]... re all psychic, whereas a lot of whitie-tighties (maybe most?) are completely psi-deaf-and-blind. 😉
I bet most of these white pussies would piss themselves if they had to walk through Bed-Stuy alone.