Feels more like it's the same person behind both accounts.
Protests following the killing of George Floyd
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Nope, not yet.
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@africanspur
Thank you both for your posts on page 96.
Meaningful discussion
@africanspur
Thank you both for your posts on page 96.
You’re the first person to lean on your post count as some sort of superiority in the football forums.
Meaningful discussion
They better get a move on as I don't see an end to all this at least until he (hopefully) has the book thrown at him.
V. helpful, thank you both.
I was interested in this comment by a Quora poster -
Sorry to ask but why can anyone in Protective Custody not remain there for the duration? Any knowledge?
Usually I agree with you. I don't like calling people names, in real life or online. I like to try to discuss and change views if I can. As I tried with that other poster, who I gave the benefit of the doubt.
However, not only was this particular poster's post incredibly offensive and ignorant, I'm pretty sure he's posted similar before. I was actually going to post something in reply to him initially then just couldn't be bothered if I'm honest.
I just don't understand why some people have such a fundamental lack of empathy. The truth is, as angry as this makes me, as deeply as I feel this pain, I also have to empathise to some extent. Because the fight, the emotions, are not my fight and my emotions. Of course I also experience discrimination and racism, sometimes subtle, sometimes not.
But I am an African, with my own culture and memories of my own country. For their faults, I do not fear death at the hands of the British police if I am stopped or pulled over. African-Americans live in a country that has stolen their culture, their history and completely erased it. They live in a country that discriminates against them from the moment they're born and that is the only country, the only culture they know. I can't even begin to understand what that's like. I can't begin to understand the pain of knowing my ancestors were enslaved and parts of the country still glorify that history, with statues, flags and street names.
There's lots of things that need to change for African-American lives to get better, including some things from African-Americans themselves of course.
I can't imagine cops are ever in gen pop in a prison, given the high risk of them being attacked.
It always amazes me how readily racists out themselves to others. At least we now know why he didn't like Thierry Henry.
What point are you trying to make, except for blaming blacks for everything that’s wrong within their own communities?
It’s the biggest issue people have to get over - White Privilege isn’t just being given handouts it’s not having hurdles placed in your way in the first place.
It's worth remembering that the vast majority of violent crimes, theft(with and without weapons) and drug related offences are committed by white people. And for whites and blacks these offences are obviously committed by a small minority of the population, so the few knuckleheads who somehow decided to disparage black communities better think twice because equally poor white communities are as likely to commit violent crimes. The last point is the crux of the problem, some people mix precarity with ethnicity when it comes to having prejudices, they have a very superficial reading of the social context and makes ridiculous claims.
I need a hand clapping emoji! Spot on!
I think the short-term thing is when something flares up and a regular prisoner is put there for their own safety.
Certainly in Ireland vulnerable prisoners, such as sex offenders etc, are kept apart from the general population for the duration of their stay.
You'd have to imagine it would be similar for police officers.
The following is a quote from an American Police Detective I found online, which backs that up:
The officers (former officers now) that I have seen arrested were moved to another jail in one of our neighboring counties and kept isolated from the general population. I’ve been told by corrections officers (prison guards) that the ones who go to prison are also kept removed from the general population. One of the correction officers said that the inmates usually know that an ex-cop is coming before he/she even arrives. The prison grapevine is very impressive.
The same officer told me that he had dealt with two ex-officers who had been sent to prison for doing very stupid stuff. They were kept out of the general population, behaved themselves (very subdued) and got out after making parole or topping out (doing their full sentence). There were no attempts on their lives and no dramatic exercise yard confrontations because they would do their exercise time when everybody else was in their cells. Their meals were brought to their cells. This was a decision made by the prison administration and they (the convicts) didn’t get a say in the matter.
Let me give it a try...
Whoever doesn't call @hmchan a racist, is more of a racist than him!!
Am I doing it right?
Whoever doesn't call @hmchan a racist, is more of a racist than him!!
Am I doing it right?
Did you even read that car crash of a post?
If someone posts a load of racist bullshit it’s not “crass” to suggest they’re racist. The actual crass bit is the racism.
If the films are anything to go by he'll join the Aryan Brotherhood, get loads of tattoos, have to shiv someone to show his loyalty, and do loads of weightlifting. I bet he's terrified about what his future holds.
Shocking, shocking post. I don't know whether to be angry or dismayed.
Thanks. You've made some very good posts the last few pages which are really interesting to read and add some quality perspective. It's a highly emotive topic so I do understand some people will have little time or patience to try and articulate themselves as you have done.
Where did I say 'solely responsible'? All I said was there are two sides to every issue and you can't just concentrate on one and completely ignore the other because it doesn't suit your narrative.
She’s an absolute smoke show. Leave her be.
No. because he can compose a good post, so he’s only curious apparentlyLet me give it a try...
Whoever doesn't call @hmchan a racist, is more of a racist than him!!
Am I doing it right?
Just to be pedantic, you’d expect the vast majority of crimes to be committed by white people. Because white people are the vast majority. I’m fairly sure that US stats have a disproportionate amount of crimes committed by non-whites.
Although that’s not surprising when you take into account the discrepancy in prosperity of the different races. Which is where we can get into systemic racism all over again. Not to mention the racial bias in how the “war on drugs” has been waged. Which the documentary 13 covers so well.
Yes, it's interesting how knowledgeable the inmate grapevine is and surely must be informed by a combination of visits and correction officers letting information slip or providing it.
I worked with a guy once who had been a prison officer at HMP Doncaster and others, and he said, that although usually sex offenders and usually in protective custody, even solitary if the fellow prisoners wanted to get at them they always found a way. Sometimes a prisoner serving food with a quick slash of a blade, sometimes ground glass in the food.
Very fine people on both sides ehh ?
Any other 'developed' country where militias are recognized by the constitution?
I have been to many developing countries, grew up in one... I have never seen shit like this. Random people holding military grade weapons and patrolling the streets.
I don't understand how the American people see this as normal nor do I understand why they won't surrender the second amendment. As you say for a developed country this is unbelievable.
Everything comes down to TV ratings for them
Problem is most americans never been outside US. That's their normal
For most of the world we'd never ever seen a real gun, let alone own one or even fired one.
You did put the bigger burden and blame on black communities, totally disregarding the historical factors that play into the issues. It's disingenuous on your part, to put it lightly.
Interesting point. Without wanting to generalise it does seem as though they are quite intrenched in their own history and country as opposed to be outward looking towards the rest of the world.
You don't appear to have changed an iota of your position in 6 years. You first articulated the above sentiment here:
Which is why the following sentence is important, I acknowledge that in both cases we are talking about a minority who are in similar social context. In the US there happens to be more poor communities among blacks than there white is poor communities among whites.
Actually what you posted about Russia and Russians is to a large degree a very fair assessment. It may sound a bit harsh, but it's pretty much on the money.
All those redneck fecks lined up there will talk about the right to hold their weapons in case they “need” to fight an oppressive government, and they’re now out with their toys to help the government maintain its oppression on black people.
As one of the comments suggested, imagine the protesters exercised their right to carry such weapons?
Good. That means, I'm being consistent.
While that's partly true, America is large. Depending where you're at, you can literally drive for days before reaching another country. I think travelling to other countries would be much easier in Europe or even Asia where countries are clustered closer together.
As for that clip with people holding AKs, that's completely nuts. Lived in America all my life and never seen anything like that. But that's the south for ya.
Consistently racist is such a weird brag.