(06-23-2020, 06:42 PM)Sammy Wrote: (06-23-2020, 06:33 PM)TJBender Wrote: I’m not going to go hunting for statistics while on my phone. The phrase “black lives matter” is viewed with contempt by a lot of white peoples and jj because they don’t understand what it means and they don’t want to. You can’t say that all lives matter when certain lives are made to matter more or less.
But, you can't show any proof, except your opinion? I don't hold that in contempt, it's a lie that you are pushing. I am in many mixed circles, and not one black person in my circle would agree with YOU. You are the problem, not some arbitrary "white" people that ... YOU CAN'T LIST. You are lying, and you won't admit it ... So you hold onto the lie as a crutch. Let it go, see the good people out there that aren't who you claim they are.
I mean, for one, I don’t get where the sudden “you’re lying” is coming from. It’s not that I can’t list. I could. But I’m on my phone and I don’t feel the need to prove it to a bunch of people on an Internet message board, because hunting for stats on a phone sucks.
(06-23-2020, 06:44 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: (06-23-2020, 06:28 PM)Sammy Wrote: I have a feeling he baited you, and you took the bait.
To your reply ... You admit it is your opinion, and you have zero proof that a black life is not equal to a white life (Today).
No "baiting" at all. I simply responded to what he said (wrote).
The problem is that many misguided people think the very same way as the quote of his that I highlighted.
Many people view history through a very narrow lens. Highlighted right now is the history of slavery in this country. Think about this. Was moving and taking the lands of Native Americans right? Guess what? When the Native Americans were relocated during the Trail of Tears incident it not only included them, but also the slaves that they owned. Was the relocation and taking of their land just? Are they exempt from the sin of slavery in our nation's history? What about the black slave owners? Where does it end?
Have you not seen a single thing I had to say about Andrew Jackson? He’s probably the greatest monster in American history. Custer is right up there too. Sherman, for three. To me, at least, anyone complaining about Thomas Jefferson having sex with a slave and not calling Jackson out for making extermination of an entire race his calling is ignorant or in denial.
We can move on to Asian Americans, who were put into prison camps set up by the only socialist dictator this country has ever had, FDR. And, like I‘ve said many times, my issue with the confederacy isn’t one of slavery. It isn’t one of burying history. It’s the reality that if you were on the side of the confederacy in the civil war, you are a traitor, and you should not be honored or memorialized on public ground.
