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Valefor.Endoq said: » EXACTLY! Now lets say there were enough people just like this guy, or lets say the media makes it out to be that there are. Then public opinion would suddenly change on what is presently being supported. Laws shouldn't be so easily manipulated by news media, but they are. The news media ultimately decides the fate of our country and this should be alarming! The news media doesn't determine the laws, they are a reflection of the disgusting addiction the viewers have with drama and outrage. Valefor.Endoq said: » EXACTLY! Now lets say there were enough people just like this guy, or lets say the media makes it out to be that there are. Then public opinion would suddenly change on what is presently being supported. Laws shouldn't be so easily manipulated by news media, but they are. The news media ultimately decides the fate of our country and this should be alarming! And too often people who think this are driven right into the anti-media media... who ultimately brainwash them too. People need to stop trusting cults of personality.
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Odin.Jassik said: » Valefor.Endoq said: » EXACTLY! Now lets say there were enough people just like this guy, or lets say the media makes it out to be that there are. Then public opinion would suddenly change on what is presently being supported. Laws shouldn't be so easily manipulated by news media, but they are. The news media ultimately decides the fate of our country and this should be alarming! The news media doesn't determine the laws, they are a reflection of the disgusting addiction the viewers have with drama and outrage.
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Valefor.Endoq said: » Odin.Jassik said: » Valefor.Endoq said: » EXACTLY! Now lets say there were enough people just like this guy, or lets say the media makes it out to be that there are. Then public opinion would suddenly change on what is presently being supported. Laws shouldn't be so easily manipulated by news media, but they are. The news media ultimately decides the fate of our country and this should be alarming! The news media doesn't determine the laws, they are a reflection of the disgusting addiction the viewers have with drama and outrage. The news media has less pull than interest groups by a long shot. The public doesn't determine the laws, politicians and judges do, and they are beholden to the dollars that buy the press attention they need to get and stay in office. Bahamut.Ravael said: » It's the royal you. Odin.Jassik said: » Valefor.Endoq said: » Odin.Jassik said: » Valefor.Endoq said: » EXACTLY! Now lets say there were enough people just like this guy, or lets say the media makes it out to be that there are. Then public opinion would suddenly change on what is presently being supported. Laws shouldn't be so easily manipulated by news media, but they are. The news media ultimately decides the fate of our country and this should be alarming! The news media doesn't determine the laws, they are a reflection of the disgusting addiction the viewers have with drama and outrage. The news media has less pull than interest groups by a long shot. The public doesn't determine the laws, politicians and judges do, and they are beholden to the dollars that buy the press attention they need to get and stay in office. Valefor.Endoq said: » I agree with that. But the pull the news media uses is designed to keep us in a useless state. Florida?
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Valefor.Endoq said: » Odin.Jassik said: » Valefor.Endoq said: » Odin.Jassik said: » Valefor.Endoq said: » EXACTLY! Now lets say there were enough people just like this guy, or lets say the media makes it out to be that there are. Then public opinion would suddenly change on what is presently being supported. Laws shouldn't be so easily manipulated by news media, but they are. The news media ultimately decides the fate of our country and this should be alarming! The news media doesn't determine the laws, they are a reflection of the disgusting addiction the viewers have with drama and outrage. The news media has less pull than interest groups by a long shot. The public doesn't determine the laws, politicians and judges do, and they are beholden to the dollars that buy the press attention they need to get and stay in office. It's designed to keep us watching, so we can then go to a big box store and buy up all the products advertised.
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Valefor.Endoq said: » I've never trusted you purple bars!
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Never trust a turtle burger.
*sighs* Prepare to be shred to bits, you know what happens when you dare soil the name of Texas around here...
Texas sucks.
Sincerely, An Okie. :)
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Did somebody soiled the good name of Texas around here?
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Asura.Kingnobody said: » Did somebody soiled the good name of Texas around here?
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way to ruin a joke BR!
Don't ask, just do it! Asura.Kingnobody said: » way to ruin a joke BR! Don't ask, just do it!
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Odin.Jassik said: » Phoenix.Amandarius said: » His motive is his motive. You can't just supply your own. He was a vile racist as well. Everyone is a vile racist when they're a different color than you. I am not even sure what you mean by this but the shooter in this case was in fact a racist, by his own words.
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Phoenix.Amandarius said: » Odin.Jassik said: » Phoenix.Amandarius said: » His motive is his motive. You can't just supply your own. He was a vile racist as well. Everyone is a vile racist when they're a different color than you. I am not even sure what you mean by this but the shooter in this case was in fact a racist, by his own words. It was meant to give perspective. Things only seem racist if they're coming from a different angle. Otherwise, they're just speaking the truth and we need a law to protect them from being accused of racism. Odin.Jassik said: » Phoenix.Amandarius said: » Odin.Jassik said: » Phoenix.Amandarius said: » His motive is his motive. You can't just supply your own. He was a vile racist as well. Everyone is a vile racist when they're a different color than you. I am not even sure what you mean by this but the shooter in this case was in fact a racist, by his own words. It was meant to give perspective. Things only seem racist if they're coming from a different angle. Otherwise, they're just speaking the truth and we need a law to protect them from being accused of racism. Racism is not a one-way street. Unfortunately, it is prosecuted as it was a one-way street...
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Odin.Jassik said: » Phoenix.Amandarius said: » Odin.Jassik said: » Phoenix.Amandarius said: » His motive is his motive. You can't just supply your own. He was a vile racist as well. Everyone is a vile racist when they're a different color than you. I am not even sure what you mean by this but the shooter in this case was in fact a racist, by his own words. It was meant to give perspective. Things only seem racist if they're coming from a different angle. Otherwise, they're just speaking the truth and we need a law to protect them from being accused of racism. False. Racists know that they are racists and they agree with racist statements knowing full well that they are racist statements. This is one of those you arguing for the sake of arguing things again I see. Read his own words. He was an unabashed racist. (I see what you are trying to do and failing)
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Remember boys and girls:
It's ok to be outraged by everything, except when you agree with whatever you would normally be outraged. A bunch of people killing one another? Outraged, unless it's for a cause you want. Racists making racial remarks? Outraged, unless it's against the people you racially hate. Political opponents going after each other? Outrage against the side you fall under.
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Phoenix.Amandarius said: » False. Racists know that they are racists and they agree with racist statements knowing full well that they are racist statements. In my experience, some of the most racist people I've met don't think they're racist. They think the people they hate are the ones who are racist.
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Phoenix.Amandarius said: » Odin.Jassik said: » Phoenix.Amandarius said: » Odin.Jassik said: » Phoenix.Amandarius said: » His motive is his motive. You can't just supply your own. He was a vile racist as well. Everyone is a vile racist when they're a different color than you. I am not even sure what you mean by this but the shooter in this case was in fact a racist, by his own words. It was meant to give perspective. Things only seem racist if they're coming from a different angle. Otherwise, they're just speaking the truth and we need a law to protect them from being accused of racism. False. Racists know that they are racists and they agree with racist statements knowing full well that they are racist statements. This is one of those you arguing for the sake of arguing things again I see. Read his own words. He was an unabashed racist. (I see what you are trying to do and failing) You're not getting it, champ. I hear people say incredibly racist things daily, using words like "mongrel" or saying "he probably deserved it, you know how those people are". It's not the over-the-top blatantly racist statements I'm talking about, it's the more subtle ones. There is veiled racism in damn near every major news story we discuss in this thread, and the few times it's someone who isn't white that is being racist, there is no question whether they are. It's not "you don't know what he believes", it's immediate certainty with the added flavor of words like "vile". People aren't good at stepping out of their own perspective, that was the whole point of what I was saying. If you want to make it an argument, be my guest.
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You know you can't trust those black people cause you don't see them well in the dark!
You know the best way to stop racism?
Stop making racial remarks! Trust me, it works! But I can keep making race-y remarks right?
Like that guy was running as fast as a cheetah? |
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