Did I imagine the latest gun rampage?

[Dana]

This is the U S of fucking A. If a few brown skinned folk get shot up, so be it. Put that shit on page nine unless some white guy got caught in the cross fire.

:umno But I know you're not serious

 

[Tim]

:umno But I know you're not serious

But I am serious about how stupid americans think.

The point was made that if this was a brown skinned shooter in a Christian church shooting fine white folk, it would be on every front page for weeks. We would be looking for the next country to invade and the brown folk in this country would need to hide again fearing repercussions from redneck vigilantes looking for street justice.

and that point is right on the money

 

[Dana]

But I am serious about how stupid americans think.

The point was made that if this was a brown skinned shooter in a Christian church shooting fine white folk, it would be on every front page for weeks. We would be looking for the next country to invade and the brown folk in this country would need to hide again fearing repercussions from redneck vigilantes looking for street justice.

and that point is right on the money

Yes this is true.

 

[Accountable]

It's crap and unproveable, but don't let that stop your venting. Venting is healthy.

 

[Tim]

It's crap and unproveable, but don't let that stop your venting. Venting is healthy.

Hide your head in the sand, the truth is hard to swallow

 

[Tim]

So how's this for evidence to support my claim?

Almost 4 years in office and nearly 1 in 6 Americans still think Obama is a Muslim. That's over 55,000,000 idiots
And it's nearly 1/3 of all conservative republicans.

 

[Dana]

So how's this for evidence to support my claim?

Almost 4 years in office and nearly 1 in 6 Americans still think Obama is a Muslim. That's over 55,000,000 idiots
And it's nearly 1/3 of all conservative republicans.

Let the little morons live in their dream world.

 

[Kakapo Dundee]

Let the little morons live in their dream world.

To paraphrase Dana...

This post is more of a "look at me" and "they should be ashamed of themselves"
..

 

[Kakapo Dundee]

Also, this thread seems to have an anti-America feel to it. But maybe that's just because I'm American, so I tend to notice it more. idk.

I think you're being a tad oversensitive there. Yes it happened in America, but there has definitely been a lot less press coverage here in New Zealand, and it's also received a lot less forum attention both on the domestic and international forums.

 

[Joe the meek]

The point was made that if this was a brown skinned shooter in a Christian church shooting fine white folk, it would be on every front page for weeks.

The news is in business to make money.

 

[Accountable]

So how's this for evidence to support my claim?

Almost 4 years in office and nearly 1 in 6 Americans still think Obama is a Muslim. That's over 55,000,000 idiots
And it's nearly 1/3 of all conservative republicans.

How many of them were brown skinned shooters in a Christian church shooting fine white folk?

 

[Accountable]

I'm happy to report on my town's reaction to the shooting:

[h=1]Sikh temple shooting leads to unity in San Antonio[/h]
The link has a video and article.

There are an estimated 700,000 Sikhs living in the U.S. with only about 300 families in San Antonio. The tight knit community has experienced an outpouring of support in the wake of the shooting. They were pleased to be joined by members of other faiths as they mourn the deaths of the shooting victims.

"San Antonio in my opinion is known for its diversity and cooperation across racial lines, ethnic lines and religious lines," said Imam Omar Shakir who represented local Muslims. "It's just a reassurance of what we already knew we had here and that's just a faith community and just a human community that cares about all human beings."

 

[Maulds]

My hometown news had a similar article

http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2012/08/birmingham-area_religions_reac.html#incart_flyout_living

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Since last Sunday’s shooting of six Sikhs at a temple in Wisconsin, there has been an outpouring of sympathy in Birmingham for Sikhs, a minority religion in India with men who wear turbans and are often mistaken for Muslims.
Christians, Jews, Muslims and local government officials have expressed sympathy and many will be in attendance today at the 11:30 a.m. service at the Sikh Gurudwara of Bessemer, 3335 Morgan Road, the only Sikh temple in the Birmingham area.
“There’s been an outpouring of support from Jewish, Christian and Muslim groups,” said Sundeepa Kaur Chugh, a Sikh who moved from India to Alabama 17 years ago.
“They are feeling the pain and hurt that we have,” she said. “What the shooter did does not reflect on who Americans are. How Americans have responded does reflect on the nation. People have apologized as if they were responsible and of course they are not. If you ignore somebody else’s pain and don’t reach out, there’s no healing.”

 

[itsmeJonB]

I dunno, it made me upset and feel physically ill when I heard about it, but I don't post immediately on discussion forums when something upsets me