Ray Lewis gives motivational speech to Baltimore youth

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  • kingofkingz
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    Ray need to shut the ? up... this ? killed 2 muthafuckas now he got the nerve to preach to us
  • Allah_U_Akbar
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    Ray is full of ? . He's so passionate in telling what black kids should do, but doesnt show much anger for the racist supremacy that blacks face.

    What is this based on? He clearly commented on the wrongness of what's being done to the people in Baltimore. Once again, I'm not understanding the criticisms you people are making. He's not telling anyone to not be mad or not do anything about what's happening. He's just expressing his opinion that what's currently being done is not the right thing. You can disagree, but all these character attacks are out of line.

    You conveniently left out the fact that he never addressed those killer cops directly. Good job.

    His concern was with trying to stem the destructive tide that is ongoing right now. Why did he need to address the killer cops to do that? Because of those riots, there are black people in those neighborhoods that lost their homes and jobs. Maybe Ray is more concerned with stopping people from hurting others in their own community than addressing some pigs that don't give a ? about what he has to say anyway.

    Or maybe he's afraid of losing his job with ESPN for criticizing the police.
  • The Lonious Monk
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    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Ray is full of ? . He's so passionate in telling what black kids should do, but doesnt show much anger for the racist supremacy that blacks face.

    What is this based on? He clearly commented on the wrongness of what's being done to the people in Baltimore. Once again, I'm not understanding the criticisms you people are making. He's not telling anyone to not be mad or not do anything about what's happening. He's just expressing his opinion that what's currently being done is not the right thing. You can disagree, but all these character attacks are out of line.

    You conveniently left out the fact that he never addressed those killer cops directly. Good job.

    His concern was with trying to stem the destructive tide that is ongoing right now. Why did he need to address the killer cops to do that? Because of those riots, there are black people in those neighborhoods that lost their homes and jobs. Maybe Ray is more concerned with stopping people from hurting others in their own community than addressing some pigs that don't give a ? about what he has to say anyway.

    White supremacy caused those riots. Stop deviating from what is the root cause.

    White supremacy wasn't burning black people's homes down. Other black people were doing that. Nobody is ignoring root cause. However, just because racism is at the core of why the riots happened doesn't mean that someone can't speak out against the riots when they were the immediate threat. Again, those cops are under investigation. The ? hasn't even been resolved yet, so why should people prioritize speaking on that over the destruction that was currently going on at the time?
  • rapmusic
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    I wish we could all have a steady stream of consciousness about this situation in Baltimore.. Everybody is so busy trying to get the media to show the side that they think is right, people who we never saw before the crazy ? happened arguing on TV about the word thug being code for ? and post Kentucky game riots. People arguing for or against the mom who pulled her son away from that ? , people so busy sharing videos that "the media will not show you" even though I saw the majority of that ? in TV. At the end of the day parts of the city have been trashed and we STILL might not even find out what happened to Freddie Grey, they're trying to say he broke his own spine and ? . People are ? up the city and are getting mad at people who have negative things to say about them ? up the city. This is a game to these people man! We still might not find out what happened after all this! If you burn the city to the ground so be it.. I don't care about Ray's comments, he felt he had to say something I guess so it's whatever. If you're out there protesting or whatever for Freddie Grey you don't have time to care what Ray Lewis says anyway.
  • Ilike2get baked
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    Ray is my ? and all but I think this ? is talking just to hear himself talk...he said in the video that he knows that there is a deeper issue which we all know is police brutalization of black people...so why not address that in the video? Gettin tired of people talking about the rioting and ? but not talking about the ROOT of the issue.....
  • dwade206
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    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Ray is full of ? . He's so passionate in telling what black kids should do, but doesnt show much anger for the racist supremacy that blacks face.

    What is this based on? He clearly commented on the wrongness of what's being done to the people in Baltimore. Once again, I'm not understanding the criticisms you people are making. He's not telling anyone to not be mad or not do anything about what's happening. He's just expressing his opinion that what's currently being done is not the right thing. You can disagree, but all these character attacks are out of line.

    You conveniently left out the fact that he never addressed those killer cops directly. Good job.

    His concern was with trying to stem the destructive tide that is ongoing right now. Why did he need to address the killer cops to do that? Because of those riots, there are black people in those neighborhoods that lost their homes and jobs. Maybe Ray is more concerned with stopping people from hurting others in their own community than addressing some pigs that don't give a ? about what he has to say anyway.

    White supremacy caused those riots. Stop deviating from what is the root cause.

    White supremacy wasn't burning black people's homes down. Other black people were doing that. Nobody is ignoring root cause. However, just because racism is at the core of why the riots happened doesn't mean that someone can't speak out against the riots when they were the immediate threat. Again, those cops are under investigation. The ? hasn't even been resolved yet, so why should people prioritize speaking on that over the destruction that was currently going on at the time?

    The reaction to white supremacy has been measured in American history before (Ferguson, Watts, LA, Baltimore). If it wasn't for white supremacy, it would've just been a normal day in B-More. But people like you want to point the finger at the oppressed as if it is completely acceptable to live in peace under white supremacy. Again, good job.
  • skpjr78
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    Its so funny to see these negroes and cacs preaching non violence and singing we shall overcome in 2015.

    These white folks ? me with that ol' "they should be non violent like dr. king". dr king practiced non violence as white ppl demanded and he was rewarded with a very violent death at the hands of a white ppl.

    And these old ass silly negroes still singing freedom songs and ? are as relevant today as rotary dial phones and rabbit ear antennas. These old ass ? been marching and singing for 50+ years and havent overcome yet.

    FOH with all that ? . White folks are quick to tell someone else to be non violent but from the mystic river massacre of 1637 to the invasion of iraq when have they ever practiced non violence themselves??????
  • LPast
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    But y'all acting like jokes. Destroying your own neighborhoods.

    If they want to take the violence route and be taken seriously they would be vigilante cop killing, not this temper tantrum bs.
  • Focal Point
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    Idiots still think destroying your own ? is the way to go, like that's sending a message to the world that anyone will take serious. High school kids with misplaced energy and a lack of thought to the family grieving started that riot. Opportunist jumped on board. Buffoonery
  • dwade206
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    Idiots still think destroying your own ? is the way to go, like that's sending a message to the world that anyone will take serious. High school kids with misplaced energy and a lack of thought to the family grieving started that riot. Opportunist jumped on board. Buffoonery

    No one said it was the way to go. It is anger due to white supremacy. But of course, you always seem to gloss over that. Great job. You're on a roll.
  • Bazz-B
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    Ray lewis is giving a speech to hight school students on Tv.
  • kzzl
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    The only thing more powerful than white ? is white folks money. Ray Lewis is paid for.

    But I ain't surprised at the strategy, a ? like him not on they side is a powerful disadvantage. We've all seen how he gets on the field, passion like that is contagious. Dude would set fire to the feet of the desperate and frustrated, he's a weapon with a mic in his hand. A boosted moral can bring the best out a person.

    They had to get that chess piece off the board.
  • The Lonious Monk
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    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Ray is full of ? . He's so passionate in telling what black kids should do, but doesnt show much anger for the racist supremacy that blacks face.

    What is this based on? He clearly commented on the wrongness of what's being done to the people in Baltimore. Once again, I'm not understanding the criticisms you people are making. He's not telling anyone to not be mad or not do anything about what's happening. He's just expressing his opinion that what's currently being done is not the right thing. You can disagree, but all these character attacks are out of line.

    You conveniently left out the fact that he never addressed those killer cops directly. Good job.

    His concern was with trying to stem the destructive tide that is ongoing right now. Why did he need to address the killer cops to do that? Because of those riots, there are black people in those neighborhoods that lost their homes and jobs. Maybe Ray is more concerned with stopping people from hurting others in their own community than addressing some pigs that don't give a ? about what he has to say anyway.

    White supremacy caused those riots. Stop deviating from what is the root cause.

    White supremacy wasn't burning black people's homes down. Other black people were doing that. Nobody is ignoring root cause. However, just because racism is at the core of why the riots happened doesn't mean that someone can't speak out against the riots when they were the immediate threat. Again, those cops are under investigation. The ? hasn't even been resolved yet, so why should people prioritize speaking on that over the destruction that was currently going on at the time?

    The reaction to white supremacy has been measured in American history before (Ferguson, Watts, LA, Baltimore). If it wasn't for white supremacy, it would've just been a normal day in B-More. But people like you want to point the finger at the oppressed as if it is completely acceptable to live in peace under white supremacy. Again, good job.

    You're arguing all around the point. No one is saying that it's wrong to speak out against white supremacy. There are plenty of people using these events as a springboard to do just that. You keep on using the term "pointing the finger" which is so stupid in this context. No one is blaming rioters or looters for the conditions that have led to this. People are calling rioters and looters out for the damage they are causing, which is perfectly valid. Ray was not telling them not to be mad or to ignore the racism that is negatively impacting them. He was calling on them to be more responsible about how they direct their anger. It doesn't make any sense to damage yourself and others just as oppressed as you to get back at those who are oppressing you. That's dumb as ? .

    You have the benefit of being removed from the situation, so there is no reason you shouldn't be able to sit back and employ logic. If you run into a teen that has been bullied heavily and is in the middle of attempting to commit suicide, do you try to get that person to stop what they're doing or do you go run to find the bullies that pushed that teen to that point so you can fuss at them? If you choose to do the latter, that's fine I guess, but I don't see why you'd have anger towards someone who instead chooses to do the former.
  • Stiff
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    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Ray is full of ? . He's so passionate in telling what black kids should do, but doesnt show much anger for the racist supremacy that blacks face.

    What is this based on? He clearly commented on the wrongness of what's being done to the people in Baltimore. Once again, I'm not understanding the criticisms you people are making. He's not telling anyone to not be mad or not do anything about what's happening. He's just expressing his opinion that what's currently being done is not the right thing. You can disagree, but all these character attacks are out of line.

    You conveniently left out the fact that he never addressed those killer cops directly. Good job.

    His concern was with trying to stem the destructive tide that is ongoing right now. Why did he need to address the killer cops to do that? Because of those riots, there are black people in those neighborhoods that lost their homes and jobs. Maybe Ray is more concerned with stopping people from hurting others in their own community than addressing some pigs that don't give a ? about what he has to say anyway.

    White supremacy caused those riots. Stop deviating from what is the root cause.

    White supremacy wasn't burning black people's homes down. Other black people were doing that. Nobody is ignoring root cause. However, just because racism is at the core of why the riots happened doesn't mean that someone can't speak out against the riots when they were the immediate threat. Again, those cops are under investigation. The ? hasn't even been resolved yet, so why should people prioritize speaking on that over the destruction that was currently going on at the time?

    The reaction to white supremacy has been measured in American history before (Ferguson, Watts, LA, Baltimore). If it wasn't for white supremacy, it would've just been a normal day in B-More. But people like you want to point the finger at the oppressed as if it is completely acceptable to live in peace under white supremacy. Again, good job.

    You're arguing all around the point. No one is saying that it's wrong to speak out against white supremacy. There are plenty of people using these events as a springboard to do just that. You keep on using the term "pointing the finger" which is so stupid in this context. No one is blaming rioters or looters for the conditions that have led to this. People are calling rioters and looters out for the damage they are causing, which is perfectly valid. Ray was not telling them not to be mad or to ignore the racism that is negatively impacting them. He was calling on them to be more responsible about how they direct their anger. It doesn't make any sense to damage yourself and others just as oppressed as you to get back at those who are oppressing you. That's dumb as ? .

    You have the benefit of being removed from the situation, so there is no reason you shouldn't be able to sit back and employ logic. If you run into a teen that has been bullied heavily and is in the middle of attempting to commit suicide, do you try to get that person to stop what they're doing or do you go run to find the bullies that pushed that teen to that point so you can fuss at them? If you choose to do the latter, that's fine I guess, but I don't see why you'd have anger towards someone who instead chooses to do the former.

    Using your own analogy, I think it's extreme to compare the riots to a bullied teen committing suicide. I think something more accurate would be a bully and battered teen who has had enough..but doesn't quite know how to deal with his emotions/frustrations so in a fit of rage he goes home and punches the wall, bloodying his own knuckles, destroying his own room( think of the scene from Boyz N the Hood where Tre has the breakdown at nia long's house..but more intense). An obvious cry for help.

    Are you going to go in and chastise the teen for not "Being better at being angry?" Or are you going to comfort the teen, hear him out, work with him to find productive solutions moving forward?

    If the first thing you want to do is lecture, cool but I don't understand how y'all can look down on people who don't think this is the time for that.
  • Focal Point
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    dwade206 wrote: »
    Idiots still think destroying your own ? is the way to go, like that's sending a message to the world that anyone will take serious. High school kids with misplaced energy and a lack of thought to the family grieving started that riot. Opportunist jumped on board. Buffoonery

    No one said it was the way to go. It is anger due to white supremacy. But of course, you always seem to gloss over that. Great job. You're on a roll.

    That's false re-read some posts where a couple folks were justifying the riots. And it wasn't due just to white supremacy, looting and burning your own neighborhood and high school kids yelling we run this city is something else entirely. Just continue to ignore it I guess
  • dwade206
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    dwade206 wrote: »
    Idiots still think destroying your own ? is the way to go, like that's sending a message to the world that anyone will take serious. High school kids with misplaced energy and a lack of thought to the family grieving started that riot. Opportunist jumped on board. Buffoonery

    No one said it was the way to go. It is anger due to white supremacy. But of course, you always seem to gloss over that. Great job. You're on a roll.

    That's false re-read some posts where a couple folks were justifying the riots. And it wasn't due just to white supremacy, looting and burning your own neighborhood and high school kids yelling we run this city is something else entirely. Just continue to ignore it I guess

    Yup, blame the oppressed, not the oppresser. Shut up ?
  • Focal Point
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    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Idiots still think destroying your own ? is the way to go, like that's sending a message to the world that anyone will take serious. High school kids with misplaced energy and a lack of thought to the family grieving started that riot. Opportunist jumped on board. Buffoonery

    No one said it was the way to go. It is anger due to white supremacy. But of course, you always seem to gloss over that. Great job. You're on a roll.

    That's false re-read some posts where a couple folks were justifying the riots. And it wasn't due just to white supremacy, looting and burning your own neighborhood and high school kids yelling we run this city is something else entirely. Just continue to ignore it I guess

    Yup, blame the oppressed, not the oppresser. Shut up ?

    You wrote nothing constructive, like I said ? I don't condone burning down and looting your own ? how does that help the oppressed and negatively affect the oppressor, you want to riot, then riot in the oppressors neighborhood not in the oppressed neighborhood... ? common sense
  • aneed123
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    white folk hated Ray and discrediTed his word all those years calling him murderer now he is their ? mascot Smh this can't be life
  • dwade206
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    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Idiots still think destroying your own ? is the way to go, like that's sending a message to the world that anyone will take serious. High school kids with misplaced energy and a lack of thought to the family grieving started that riot. Opportunist jumped on board. Buffoonery

    No one said it was the way to go. It is anger due to white supremacy. But of course, you always seem to gloss over that. Great job. You're on a roll.

    That's false re-read some posts where a couple folks were justifying the riots. And it wasn't due just to white supremacy, looting and burning your own neighborhood and high school kids yelling we run this city is something else entirely. Just continue to ignore it I guess

    Yup, blame the oppressed, not the oppresser. Shut up ?

    You wrote nothing constructive, like I said ? I don't condone burning down and looting your own ? how does that help the oppressed and negatively affect the oppressor, you want to riot, then riot in the oppressors neighborhood not in the oppressed neighborhood... ? common sense

    Classic house-? case. "Oh, I know ? sho iz mean ta us, but don't yo black ass go out in dose skreets and start a ruckus" ass ? .
  • The Lonious Monk
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    Stiff wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Ray is full of ? . He's so passionate in telling what black kids should do, but doesnt show much anger for the racist supremacy that blacks face.

    What is this based on? He clearly commented on the wrongness of what's being done to the people in Baltimore. Once again, I'm not understanding the criticisms you people are making. He's not telling anyone to not be mad or not do anything about what's happening. He's just expressing his opinion that what's currently being done is not the right thing. You can disagree, but all these character attacks are out of line.

    You conveniently left out the fact that he never addressed those killer cops directly. Good job.

    His concern was with trying to stem the destructive tide that is ongoing right now. Why did he need to address the killer cops to do that? Because of those riots, there are black people in those neighborhoods that lost their homes and jobs. Maybe Ray is more concerned with stopping people from hurting others in their own community than addressing some pigs that don't give a ? about what he has to say anyway.

    White supremacy caused those riots. Stop deviating from what is the root cause.

    White supremacy wasn't burning black people's homes down. Other black people were doing that. Nobody is ignoring root cause. However, just because racism is at the core of why the riots happened doesn't mean that someone can't speak out against the riots when they were the immediate threat. Again, those cops are under investigation. The ? hasn't even been resolved yet, so why should people prioritize speaking on that over the destruction that was currently going on at the time?

    The reaction to white supremacy has been measured in American history before (Ferguson, Watts, LA, Baltimore). If it wasn't for white supremacy, it would've just been a normal day in B-More. But people like you want to point the finger at the oppressed as if it is completely acceptable to live in peace under white supremacy. Again, good job.

    You're arguing all around the point. No one is saying that it's wrong to speak out against white supremacy. There are plenty of people using these events as a springboard to do just that. You keep on using the term "pointing the finger" which is so stupid in this context. No one is blaming rioters or looters for the conditions that have led to this. People are calling rioters and looters out for the damage they are causing, which is perfectly valid. Ray was not telling them not to be mad or to ignore the racism that is negatively impacting them. He was calling on them to be more responsible about how they direct their anger. It doesn't make any sense to damage yourself and others just as oppressed as you to get back at those who are oppressing you. That's dumb as ? .

    You have the benefit of being removed from the situation, so there is no reason you shouldn't be able to sit back and employ logic. If you run into a teen that has been bullied heavily and is in the middle of attempting to commit suicide, do you try to get that person to stop what they're doing or do you go run to find the bullies that pushed that teen to that point so you can fuss at them? If you choose to do the latter, that's fine I guess, but I don't see why you'd have anger towards someone who instead chooses to do the former.

    Using your own analogy, I think it's extreme to compare the riots to a bullied teen committing suicide. I think something more accurate would be a bully and battered teen who has had enough..but doesn't quite know how to deal with his emotions/frustrations so in a fit of rage he goes home and punches the wall, bloodying his own knuckles, destroying his own room( think of the scene from Boyz N the Hood where Tre has the breakdown at nia long's house..but more intense). An obvious cry for help.

    Are you going to go in and chastise the teen for not "Being better at being angry?" Or are you going to comfort the teen, hear him out, work with him to find productive solutions moving forward?

    If the first thing you want to do is lecture, cool but I don't understand how y'all can look down on people who don't think this is the time for that.

    lol You're trying too hard to make a one to one connection between the two analogies. That's not the point of an analogy.

    In both the real situation and my analogy, the fundamental problem is one party victimizing another party. In both the real situation and my analogy, the victimized party is taking a self destructive action. The point of the analogy is that some see it is smarter to prioritize saving the victimized party from itself over condemning the bully because getting the bully to be recognized as the cause of all the trouble is meaningless if the victim has already done irreparable damage to itself.
  • Stiff
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    Stiff wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Ray is full of ? . He's so passionate in telling what black kids should do, but doesnt show much anger for the racist supremacy that blacks face.

    What is this based on? He clearly commented on the wrongness of what's being done to the people in Baltimore. Once again, I'm not understanding the criticisms you people are making. He's not telling anyone to not be mad or not do anything about what's happening. He's just expressing his opinion that what's currently being done is not the right thing. You can disagree, but all these character attacks are out of line.

    You conveniently left out the fact that he never addressed those killer cops directly. Good job.

    His concern was with trying to stem the destructive tide that is ongoing right now. Why did he need to address the killer cops to do that? Because of those riots, there are black people in those neighborhoods that lost their homes and jobs. Maybe Ray is more concerned with stopping people from hurting others in their own community than addressing some pigs that don't give a ? about what he has to say anyway.

    White supremacy caused those riots. Stop deviating from what is the root cause.

    White supremacy wasn't burning black people's homes down. Other black people were doing that. Nobody is ignoring root cause. However, just because racism is at the core of why the riots happened doesn't mean that someone can't speak out against the riots when they were the immediate threat. Again, those cops are under investigation. The ? hasn't even been resolved yet, so why should people prioritize speaking on that over the destruction that was currently going on at the time?

    The reaction to white supremacy has been measured in American history before (Ferguson, Watts, LA, Baltimore). If it wasn't for white supremacy, it would've just been a normal day in B-More. But people like you want to point the finger at the oppressed as if it is completely acceptable to live in peace under white supremacy. Again, good job.

    You're arguing all around the point. No one is saying that it's wrong to speak out against white supremacy. There are plenty of people using these events as a springboard to do just that. You keep on using the term "pointing the finger" which is so stupid in this context. No one is blaming rioters or looters for the conditions that have led to this. People are calling rioters and looters out for the damage they are causing, which is perfectly valid. Ray was not telling them not to be mad or to ignore the racism that is negatively impacting them. He was calling on them to be more responsible about how they direct their anger. It doesn't make any sense to damage yourself and others just as oppressed as you to get back at those who are oppressing you. That's dumb as ? .

    You have the benefit of being removed from the situation, so there is no reason you shouldn't be able to sit back and employ logic. If you run into a teen that has been bullied heavily and is in the middle of attempting to commit suicide, do you try to get that person to stop what they're doing or do you go run to find the bullies that pushed that teen to that point so you can fuss at them? If you choose to do the latter, that's fine I guess, but I don't see why you'd have anger towards someone who instead chooses to do the former.

    Using your own analogy, I think it's extreme to compare the riots to a bullied teen committing suicide. I think something more accurate would be a bully and battered teen who has had enough..but doesn't quite know how to deal with his emotions/frustrations so in a fit of rage he goes home and punches the wall, bloodying his own knuckles, destroying his own room( think of the scene from Boyz N the Hood where Tre has the breakdown at nia long's house..but more intense). An obvious cry for help.

    Are you going to go in and chastise the teen for not "Being better at being angry?" Or are you going to comfort the teen, hear him out, work with him to find productive solutions moving forward?

    If the first thing you want to do is lecture, cool but I don't understand how y'all can look down on people who don't think this is the time for that.

    lol You're trying too hard to make a one to one connection between the two analogies. That's not the point of an analogy.

    In both the real situation and my analogy, the fundamental problem is one party victimizing another party. In both the real situation and my analogy, the victimized party is taking a self destructive action. The point of the analogy is that some see it is smarter to prioritize saving the victimized party from itself over condemning the bully because getting the bully to be recognized as the cause of all the trouble is meaningless if the victim has already done irreparable damage to itself.

    But come on tho…suicide is kind of an extreme metaphor for these riots. They were self-destructive but they weren't suicide . Those check cashing places, liquor stores and the CVS weren't the lifeblood holding everything together
  • God_Yunn
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    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Idiots still think destroying your own ? is the way to go, like that's sending a message to the world that anyone will take serious. High school kids with misplaced energy and a lack of thought to the family grieving started that riot. Opportunist jumped on board. Buffoonery

    No one said it was the way to go. It is anger due to white supremacy. But of course, you always seem to gloss over that. Great job. You're on a roll.

    That's false re-read some posts where a couple folks were justifying the riots. And it wasn't due just to white supremacy, looting and burning your own neighborhood and high school kids yelling we run this city is something else entirely. Just continue to ignore it I guess

    Yup, blame the oppressed, not the oppresser. Shut up ?

    You wrote nothing constructive, like I said ? I don't condone burning down and looting your own ? how does that help the oppressed and negatively affect the oppressor, you want to riot, then riot in the oppressors neighborhood not in the oppressed neighborhood... ? common sense

    Walk us through how you would riot step by step in this situation.
  • Focal Point
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    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Idiots still think destroying your own ? is the way to go, like that's sending a message to the world that anyone will take serious. High school kids with misplaced energy and a lack of thought to the family grieving started that riot. Opportunist jumped on board. Buffoonery

    No one said it was the way to go. It is anger due to white supremacy. But of course, you always seem to gloss over that. Great job. You're on a roll.

    That's false re-read some posts where a couple folks were justifying the riots. And it wasn't due just to white supremacy, looting and burning your own neighborhood and high school kids yelling we run this city is something else entirely. Just continue to ignore it I guess

    Yup, blame the oppressed, not the oppresser. Shut up ?

    You wrote nothing constructive, like I said ? I don't condone burning down and looting your own ? how does that help the oppressed and negatively affect the oppressor, you want to riot, then riot in the oppressors neighborhood not in the oppressed neighborhood... ? common sense

    Classic house-? case. "Oh, I know ? sho iz mean ta us, but don't yo black ass go out in dose skreets and start a ruckus" ass ? .

    House ? ??? That's hilarious and you sound like a ? ? with no purpose. Tell me how burning your own ? down helps the cause ? ... yeah, I'm mad so I'ma loot and burn my own ? and all of the people in my neighborhood ? too, great answer ? ? .

    Worse kind of ? is the one that supports setting our ppl back...
  • Focal Point
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    ? _Yunn wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Idiots still think destroying your own ? is the way to go, like that's sending a message to the world that anyone will take serious. High school kids with misplaced energy and a lack of thought to the family grieving started that riot. Opportunist jumped on board. Buffoonery

    No one said it was the way to go. It is anger due to white supremacy. But of course, you always seem to gloss over that. Great job. You're on a roll.

    That's false re-read some posts where a couple folks were justifying the riots. And it wasn't due just to white supremacy, looting and burning your own neighborhood and high school kids yelling we run this city is something else entirely. Just continue to ignore it I guess

    Yup, blame the oppressed, not the oppresser. Shut up ?

    You wrote nothing constructive, like I said ? I don't condone burning down and looting your own ? how does that help the oppressed and negatively affect the oppressor, you want to riot, then riot in the oppressors neighborhood not in the oppressed neighborhood... ? common sense

    Walk us through how you would riot step by step in this situation.

    Ain't no step by step, you march into the opressors neighborhoods and centers and wreck shop. That will show them you mean business.
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    ? _Yunn wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    dwade206 wrote: »
    Idiots still think destroying your own ? is the way to go, like that's sending a message to the world that anyone will take serious. High school kids with misplaced energy and a lack of thought to the family grieving started that riot. Opportunist jumped on board. Buffoonery

    No one said it was the way to go. It is anger due to white supremacy. But of course, you always seem to gloss over that. Great job. You're on a roll.

    That's false re-read some posts where a couple folks were justifying the riots. And it wasn't due just to white supremacy, looting and burning your own neighborhood and high school kids yelling we run this city is something else entirely. Just continue to ignore it I guess

    Yup, blame the oppressed, not the oppresser. Shut up ?

    You wrote nothing constructive, like I said ? I don't condone burning down and looting your own ? how does that help the oppressed and negatively affect the oppressor, you want to riot, then riot in the oppressors neighborhood not in the oppressed neighborhood... ? common sense

    Walk us through how you would riot step by step in this situation.

    Ain't no step by step, you march into the opressors neighborhoods and centers and wreck shop. That will show them you mean business.

    Lol the police have secured those neighborhoods. Use common sense bro