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Foosters

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Posts posted by Foosters

  1. 11 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

    With any other president, or any other politician, or really any other American, we would read that article and say "noooooo--there's no way he would say that.  Even if he thought it--and I don't think he would--he wouldn't say it."

    With Trump, we're all just like, "yeah--that tracks."

    Well, some of us. Others would instead use this revelation to ensure we all know that its both sides who have failed veterans.

  2. 1 hour ago, huge said:

    I would guess they do.  But probably not at the clip we see here in the US.

    Another thing that rarely gets talked about.  Or maybe it does and I don't bother to pay enough attention.  Does the crime we experience in the worst of the worst, that exists other places, but not first world places right?  How did that come to pass?   Does anyone else have it like we have it?  And if not, can we blame anyone but the mirror?

    I'm going to pour a drink

    The answer is 200+ years in the making and covers everything from criminal justice, penal codes, education, housing, media, and race. There's no easy fix

     

  3. Today I learned of yet another conservative principle that I was previously unaware of: disdain for our servicemen killed and wounded in action. 

    Conservatism sure has changed in the last couple of years. Can't wait to see what it looks like 10 years from now.

  4. 16 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    From The Atlantic article.  Why John Kelly just didn't punch this fucker on the spot shows an amazing amount of restraint on his part:

     

    We're calling cowardice "restraint?"

  5. Just now, fattyflattie said:

    How would I phrase it?

    A man was pulled over and accosted for some bullshit reason.  Knowing that he would likely face charges for the firearm he was concealing, he decided it was a better idea to try and evade/fight with the cops.  Once the gun was in sight, all bets were off.  He chose poorly.  

    Now lets review the choices he made, which unfortunately contributed to his unplanned life donation.  

    1) carrying firearm (illegally) 

    2) fighting with cop

    3) running from police.  

    Did the cops shoot use too much force?  Probably.  The problem lies in both camps for me.  Should he have been pulled over for whatever bullshit reason, no.  Should he have been carrying a gun? No.  Should he have fought with the officers, no.  Chicken and egg it all you want, very preventable choices on both sides could have saved this guys life.  But Racism!! is so much easier to shout. 

    He was stopped because he was black.

    Had he not been black, he would not have been stopped.

    Had he not been stopped, he would not be dead.

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    16 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    They guy who punched the officer, then ditched his pistol?   Particular way of phrasing that.

    How would you phrase it? They gently ended his life?

    The incident started from a stop for bicycle code violations. If that person is white, he's alive today.\

    I realize that you, and others on this thread, believe that police killings are justified so long as we can find a crime the deceased was committing or could have committed. Fortunately for the rest of us, the system doesn't work that way.

    Last edit: I've been working with the LA Sheriffs department for almost a decade. I believe nothing they say until it can be independently verified.  Coincidentally I'm sure, LASD has resisted body cams for years and to this day, they do not wear them. 

  7. 22 hours ago, Hate said:


    I posted about a bill currently in the HOR to decriminalize marijuana. I then proposed other actions that I would support following said decriminalization.

    I work in a county that has legalized marijuana. That hasn't stopped pretextual stops, harrasment, profiling, and killing. Just this week LA Sheriffs killed a man during a struggle. The entire incident started when they detained him for "bicycle code violations." They used to justify stops and detentions by saying they smelled the "odor of marijuana." Now they just say they smelled the "odor of burnt marijuana" which gives them cause to stop a motorist/cyclist for DWI. Strangely, the cases never turn up marijuana.

  8. Years back when I lived in Santa Monica, I was walking down the bike path on the beach. Weekday morning, beach and path were pretty empty.

    From about 200 yards away I see a guy ambling along the path towards me.

    As he gets closer, it's clear it's a homeless person. Wild hair, ratty black t-shirt, dirty mesh shorts.

    I'm anticipating having to talk to the guy or pretend I don't hear when he asks me for money.

    Guy gets closer and it's the sorriest looking human I've ever seen. Like worse than skid row. 

    Wasn't until he was about 5 feet in front of me that I realized it's Ron Jeremy. I audibly gasped and then burst out laughing as we walked right on by each other

    Csb/

  9. 1 hour ago, elguapo said:

    So I guess Daily Texan is now a repository for posting alt-right social media content.

    Here's the thing. Every single one of these posters who's spamming this board with Daily Caller shit was a regular poster of the Cloak Room on TOS. After bitching about Obama for 8 years, they all exited the CR, posted up shop in the DT, and then began anew. It works well for them. They can criticize leftist political theory, Dem politicians, and libtards to their hearts content. Then, when challenged, say stuff like "hey, take that back to the CR for your lib circle jerk."

  10. 3 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    It doesn't show shit about me.  It was very well stated and talked about issue that many in the country had when he made it.  It was divisive.  You might feel everyone who doesn't feel the same way as you is a racist (surprise), but it doesn't change the fact, it was divisive.  Even if it divided the racists from the non-racist, it was still...divisive.  Which is what I said, and why I used it as an example.  

    So a statement that "black people are equal" would also be divisive because racists would be upset?

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