Yes, aware this might turn into a debate - but just saw this and was astounded. Just posting it informatively at the moment however - please move as appropriate.
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A Louisiana woman was the victim of a horrific attack during which she was reportedly set on fire and had her car defiled with the letters "KKK," police reported Monday.
Sharmeka Moffitt, a 20-year-old African-American woman, made an emergency call to police on Sunday night claiming three men wearing white hoods or hats attacked her, doused her with flammable liquid and set her on fire at a park in Winnsboro, La., CBS News reports. Moffitt, who said she was unable to identify the race of her attackers, was able to extinguish the fire with a water spigot before police arrived.
Officers found the letters "KKK," an apparent reference to the Ku Klux Klan, written on the hood of her car, according to CBS News. "KKK" was smeared on her hood in a paste-like substance.
No, no. Racism is dead in the US. We have a black president. Obviously that proves it.
On topic, it is terrible that this happened, people need to stop pretending that racism is not a common occurrence here in the US, and start holding individuals accountable for promoting bigotry in this country.
- Texan politician tells a law student, an American citizen who is from Pakistan, to go back to Afghanistan.
Disgusting.
To be fair, she did not say for him to go back to Afghanistan, she told him to go where he felt people would be "sensitive enough" for him. This happened to be Afghanistan because that was the country being discussed at the moment.
I think the real racist part was how she said those people live as though they are the stone age. I mean, come on, that's ridiculous, but it's not the same as portraying her as believing this guy came from Afghanistan because of his name.
Regarding the Link in the OP. It says she did this to herself.
Racism is definitely alive and likely will be. I know there is a lot of speculation that humanity as a species will not make another major evolution until we hit a large enough dilution of the gene pool and basically merge all of our races into one.
Sex is apparently the only real answer to ending racism. Marry outside your race and help our species evolve.
Yea, I just saw a mention of the update and was about to add that... man...
UPDATE: 6:19 p.m. -- The News Star reported Tuesday afternoon that police now believe Moffitt's story about being attacked was fabricated. Police now believe that she wrote "KKK" and "n---er" on her car and lit herself on fire.
The Franklin Sun reports that Moffitt's fingerprints were found on the cigarette lighter and lighter fluid recovered in the wooded area near the crime scene. The writings on the car, written in toothpaste, were linked to female DNA.
Police Chief Lester Thomas said that regardless of the outcome, this tragic event is still a heavy burden, according to The Franklin Star. Sheriff Cobb added: "Although I think what she did was wrong and had major consequences not only for her, but throughout our community and our country. There's something wrong here, and we need to help individuals like this. In the same way our community came to support her as a victim, I still hope the community will support her emotional and physical recovery."
Yea, I just saw a mention of the update and was about to add that... man...
Still a sign of racism, just reversed now.
More a sign of the effects of mental illness and living in a society which encourages fear mongering as a means of societal control.
Still I really hope that instead of wasting time prosecuting and jailing this lady, the state sends her to a mental care facility, or gives into the care of her family.
I don't believe she did this to herself for a second. I will as soon as a psychiatrist diagnoses her with a mental disorder, but not a second sooner.
I think she did. I thought it before I got to the updated part of the article. Say what you want about the KKK, but they are efficient in their murders, beatings and lynchings. The invisible empire, while disgusting to me, is much better at violence and terror than what this story describes.
Because conservative bias is a far, far worse thing. Liberal bias doesn't, statistically speaking, make people stupid. Conservative bias (or at least Fox's version of it) does.
More a sign of the effects of mental illness and living in a society which encourages fear mongering as a means of societal control.
Still I really hope that instead of wasting time prosecuting and jailing this lady, the state sends her to a mental care facility, or gives into the care of her family.
Right - which the ability to have any effect is of course racism as well. Racism isn't just one flavor or another, there's many different flavors.
I think she did. I thought it before I got to the updated part of the article. Say what you want about the KKK, but they are efficient in their murders, beatings and lynchings. The invisible empire, while disgusting to me, is much better at violence and terror than what this story describes.
They are so good that there are rarely any murders, beatings, or lynchings that are able to be pinned on them anymore! Kind of like how our population increases at a fairly constant rate and our crime rates have been decreasing at a pace which holds the quantity consistent while proportionally decreasing percentage wise.
I mean I just searched on "when was the last confirmed KKK killing" came up with 2008. and I'm not digging further.
I think she did. I thought it before I got to the updated part of the article. Say what you want about the KKK, but they are efficient in their murders, beatings and lynchings. The invisible empire, while disgusting to me, is much better at violence and terror than what this story describes.
Just because someone writes KKK on something doesn't make them a member of the KKK. Probably some brain-dead, racist posers thinking it's cool to pretend they're part of the Klan.
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Fortunately this one is more clear cut than my OP. (Note: Intolerance not racism)
Yea these bigots are really hard to take seriously when they say junk like that. To be fair though in another 10 years when these mouthbreathers are drooling all over themselves in a nursing home we won't have to listen to them anymore.
Seriously though are you just trying to troll the forum to find out whose racist and anti-LGBT?
Not at all, just thought they were interesting events, in a "Holy ****, how horrible way" - if I thought there was some debate/discussion to be had on right/wrong of the events I'd have started it in Debate. (And frankly, should this ever turn into one, I'd likely avoid it - don't really like such topics debatewise)
as i see it someone looking to get their 15 minutes of fame only it back fired.
now she will probably be facing criminal charges and a load of fines for the investigation.
Another story happened in FL where a women wanted a day off. she called and said she had been abducted. now she gets a lot of days off and she is charged with a felony.
i guess people don't think to well at times.
when i was in high school there was a similar incident. a kid claimed a bunch of skin head burned off his eye brows. he was in the news and everything else. i actually knew the person in question. it turned out that well he had a potato gun blow up and that burned his eyebrows off.
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can we just separate the southern states from the rest of the country, please.
As long as we can detach Florida.
I also think something is going on with this lady. Is it the racism she felt in her daily life that made her leash out in this way to make a statement? Whatever the cause, she handled this in the worst way possible.
Either the news is reporting more of these false hate crimes or they are appearing with a frightening amount of regularity these days. Stuff like this provides the exact opposite of the intended result.
Joking aside, this case seems too eerily close to that incident where a lesbian faked having her house vandalized by her neighbors in an act of anti-homosexuality. Didn't that just happen several months ago?
Is it still racist if you do it to yourself? I don't think so.
It's always racism. It's like that story from a few months back in which two lesbian women made it look like they were the victims of intolerant actions and hate speech, and after a thorough investigation it was determined to be self-inflicted.
The crusaders on these forums came in and said, "It's still racism and hate speech!" They made up the usual stuff about how it's clearly done because of the intolerance in society, etc. etc. But then they're at a loss to explain how the definition of racism/hate speech actually applies and just harp on about how we're being intolerant or something. I'll be honest, after the excuses started I just laughed at the idiocy and rad, not really paying attention.
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It's always racism. It's like that story from a few months back in which two lesbian women made it look like they were the victims of intolerant actions and hate speech, and after a thorough investigation it was determined to be self-inflicted.
The crusaders on these forums came in and said, "It's still racism and hate speech!" They made up the usual stuff about how it's clearly done because of the intolerance in society, etc. etc. But then they're at a loss to explain how the definition of racism/hate speech actually applies and just harp on about how we're being intolerant or something. I'll be honest, after the excuses started I just laughed at the idiocy and rad, not really paying attention.
It absolutely is racist FaheyUSMC, just not in the way you're implying people say it is.
The woman who did it to herself clearly has some racial motivation to stir things up with whites due to some degree of racism. Sure, it could be from her mental unhingedness perhaps, but there's still a degree of racism in HER OWN ACTIONS.
The KKK taking action because of someone's skin color is no different than someone trying to evoke their name to get a racially motivated reaction.
(Note: I think this is starting to lean towards Debate not WTC - mayhaps a new thread in Debate for those that would like to debate the topic?)
It absolutely is racist FaheyUSMC, just not in the way you're implying people say it is.
The woman who did it to herself clearly has some racial motivation to stir things up with whites due to some degree of racism. Sure, it could be from her mental unhingedness perhaps, but there's still a degree of racism in HER OWN ACTIONS.
The KKK taking action because of someone's skin color is no different than someone trying to evoke their name to get a racially motivated reaction.
(Note: I think this is starting to lean towards Debate not WTC - mayhaps a new thread in Debate for those that would like to debate the topic?)
Nah, I'd agree, and you're right I was looking at this from the standpoint of, "Why do people always claim racism when there is no indication of it?" And yeah, I was basing it off of previous threads in which it was claimed, "It may not have been racist/intolerant, but it was still racist/intolerant!"
To Debate, then?
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can we just separate the southern states from the rest of the country, please.
the majority of the south isn't just a racist Jesusland. Its just the crazy people that get on tv. Its kinda like judging New Jersy off of Jersy Shores.
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Re: People misusing the term Vanilla to describe a flying, unleash (sometimes trample) critter.
On topic, it is terrible that this happened, people need to stop pretending that racism is not a common occurrence here in the US, and start holding individuals accountable for promoting bigotry in this country.
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http://abovethelaw.com/2012/09/texas-politician-tells-law-student-to-go-to-afghanistan-notwithstanding-the-fact-that-the-kid-is-an-american-citizen-born-in-pakistan/#more-193813
- Texan politician tells a law student, an American citizen who is from Pakistan, to go back to Afghanistan.
Disgusting.
To be fair, she did not say for him to go back to Afghanistan, she told him to go where he felt people would be "sensitive enough" for him. This happened to be Afghanistan because that was the country being discussed at the moment.
I think the real racist part was how she said those people live as though they are the stone age. I mean, come on, that's ridiculous, but it's not the same as portraying her as believing this guy came from Afghanistan because of his name.
Racism is definitely alive and likely will be. I know there is a lot of speculation that humanity as a species will not make another major evolution until we hit a large enough dilution of the gene pool and basically merge all of our races into one.
Sex is apparently the only real answer to ending racism. Marry outside your race and help our species evolve.
Still a sign of racism, just reversed now.
Re: People misusing the term Vanilla to describe a flying, unleash (sometimes trample) critter.
More a sign of the effects of mental illness and living in a society which encourages fear mongering as a means of societal control.
Still I really hope that instead of wasting time prosecuting and jailing this lady, the state sends her to a mental care facility, or gives into the care of her family.
I think she did. I thought it before I got to the updated part of the article. Say what you want about the KKK, but they are efficient in their murders, beatings and lynchings. The invisible empire, while disgusting to me, is much better at violence and terror than what this story describes.
Right - which the ability to have any effect is of course racism as well. Racism isn't just one flavor or another, there's many different flavors.
Re: People misusing the term Vanilla to describe a flying, unleash (sometimes trample) critter.
They are so good that there are rarely any murders, beatings, or lynchings that are able to be pinned on them anymore! Kind of like how our population increases at a fairly constant rate and our crime rates have been decreasing at a pace which holds the quantity consistent while proportionally decreasing percentage wise.
I mean I just searched on "when was the last confirmed KKK killing" came up with 2008. and I'm not digging further.
Just because someone writes KKK on something doesn't make them a member of the KKK. Probably some brain-dead, racist posers thinking it's cool to pretend they're part of the Klan.
Fortunately this one is more clear cut than my OP. (Note: Intolerance not racism)
Re: People misusing the term Vanilla to describe a flying, unleash (sometimes trample) critter.
Yea these bigots are really hard to take seriously when they say junk like that. To be fair though in another 10 years when these mouthbreathers are drooling all over themselves in a nursing home we won't have to listen to them anymore.
Seriously though are you just trying to troll the forum to find out whose racist and anti-LGBT?
Re: People misusing the term Vanilla to describe a flying, unleash (sometimes trample) critter.
now she will probably be facing criminal charges and a load of fines for the investigation.
Another story happened in FL where a women wanted a day off. she called and said she had been abducted. now she gets a lot of days off and she is charged with a felony.
i guess people don't think to well at times.
when i was in high school there was a similar incident. a kid claimed a bunch of skin head burned off his eye brows. he was in the news and everything else. i actually knew the person in question. it turned out that well he had a potato gun blow up and that burned his eyebrows off.
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As long as we can detach Florida.
I also think something is going on with this lady. Is it the racism she felt in her daily life that made her leash out in this way to make a statement? Whatever the cause, she handled this in the worst way possible.
Either the news is reporting more of these false hate crimes or they are appearing with a frightening amount of regularity these days. Stuff like this provides the exact opposite of the intended result.
Joking aside, this case seems too eerily close to that incident where a lesbian faked having her house vandalized by her neighbors in an act of anti-homosexuality. Didn't that just happen several months ago?
Because we care about facts.
It's always racism. It's like that story from a few months back in which two lesbian women made it look like they were the victims of intolerant actions and hate speech, and after a thorough investigation it was determined to be self-inflicted.
The crusaders on these forums came in and said, "It's still racism and hate speech!" They made up the usual stuff about how it's clearly done because of the intolerance in society, etc. etc. But then they're at a loss to explain how the definition of racism/hate speech actually applies and just harp on about how we're being intolerant or something. I'll be honest, after the excuses started I just laughed at the idiocy and rad, not really paying attention.
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It absolutely is racist FaheyUSMC, just not in the way you're implying people say it is.
The woman who did it to herself clearly has some racial motivation to stir things up with whites due to some degree of racism. Sure, it could be from her mental unhingedness perhaps, but there's still a degree of racism in HER OWN ACTIONS.
The KKK taking action because of someone's skin color is no different than someone trying to evoke their name to get a racially motivated reaction.
(Note: I think this is starting to lean towards Debate not WTC - mayhaps a new thread in Debate for those that would like to debate the topic?)
Re: People misusing the term Vanilla to describe a flying, unleash (sometimes trample) critter.
Nah, I'd agree, and you're right I was looking at this from the standpoint of, "Why do people always claim racism when there is no indication of it?" And yeah, I was basing it off of previous threads in which it was claimed, "It may not have been racist/intolerant, but it was still racist/intolerant!"
To Debate, then?
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Re: People misusing the term Vanilla to describe a flying, unleash (sometimes trample) critter.
the majority of the south isn't just a racist Jesusland. Its just the crazy people that get on tv. Its kinda like judging New Jersy off of Jersy Shores.