Correct. Shockingly, many people don’t read the content they comment on...

The fact that you’re unable to see the difference between worrying about the impact of violent action on the public perception of the protest/ the impact of property destruction on the livelihoods of the people whose businesses were destroyed vs. placing the value of that property over the importance of Black…

You nailed it. 

Except that Jewish people are consistent targets of white supremacist organizations in this country. So, they don’t have the “same” super power. Iranians are white, but I would say that because Americans associate them with Islam, they lack the benefits of their whiteness. I could say the same thing for Albanians.…

Your anti-Semitism is showing

There is zero evidence for the Black origin of the ancient Hebrews. You are conflating many, many things here. Semitic refers to a language family that incorporates many ethnicities and racial groups. That language family originated in ancient Mesopotamia, and all DNA evidence suggests that the people who lived in…

So your point is that people should not be critical of an openly racist ideology or words because other people are racist? 

Semitic is not a racial classification. It is a language family that began in ancient Mesopotamia. Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic...all are Semitic languages. This remains the scientific classification, in the US and elsewhere, though you are correct that “anti-Semitic” directly references anti-Jewish beliefs and actions.

The Semitic languages originated in Mesopotamia. The ancient languages of Syria and Yemen are Semitic, and the people in those places are largely the same as they have been for thousands of years, with the exception that those in southern Yemen have increasingly mixed with the populations in the Horn of Africa (though…

Fair man, fair. 

Sure. I think this is a very different country than it was in 1967, and I think it’s worth noting that this demonstration is really nothing new at this point and has barely scratched the national news cycle. Again, to me this is window dressing that is not and will not drive progress. 

I hear you completely. I don’t argue with the sentiment. I just see this as performative vs. standing up to a bully. I also think it places the emphasis on a form of resistance that is largely ineffective, particularly for very small minority populations. Point is — this isn’t going to fix the problem and it’s not…

Exactly. In every sense exactly. 

It would be nice if things were so simple. 

Except they weren’t there, right? I mean it feels good to see this, but it’s not as though this is some kind of proof that this kind of action is going to prevent racist violence or make police less brutal. There was no one there to confront them, which, frankly is for the best. Reality is, this is window dressing and…

This is by far one of the best things I have read on the internet in years. You killed it Mike. 

The reason people feel justified bringing it up is that Black men represent about 6% of the population and account for 36% of all murders in the US annually (compared to white men, who account for 30%). What’s not discussed is that high murder rates within the Black community are heavily localized - essentially, most…

One organization providing 1/3 of all abortions in the US is massively significant. Toxic culture should not be condoned, but the reality is that PP is THE dominant force serving many, many impoverished communities. Deciding not to support them seems wholly counterproductive. We need to be realistic about the…

By all means do your own fact checking, but it’s quite easy, for instance, to look up Al Andalus on Wikipedia and see the period during which Islamic dynasties ruled Spain and the extent of the associated territories. It will become apparent rather quickly that A. there was no presence in the Netherlands, and B.…

I don’t know if you’re going to get the credit you deserve here, but you managed to make the more powerful argument exactly because you took the time to interrogate the numbers more rigorously.