johnshamrock
John
johnshamrock

Bottom line: treat people the way you. Want. To. Be. Treated. Not how you feel you are entitled to treat them or are justified to treat them. USVET is being starred because he said exactly what everyone else is thinking, but which we can’t talk about politely and freely in the open because we will have to suffer the

You’re right. About understanding people, that is. There are a great many people in this country that I do not understand, nor do I wish to. They don’t even understand each other, which is maybe one reason why they target each OTHER with gang violence and guns. Someone is teaching these young men and women to behave

Like it or not, there’s a cultural affirmation of negative, disrespectful behavior in the African-American community, and some others. It exists. There shouldn’t be anything wrong with pointing that out. This doesn’t mean these POC are somehow inferior or deserving of their mistreatment and murder, but their massive

It’s okay if you hate me. Miss Bland should be alive today. Im not cruel and heartless. I guess it can come across that way, but I’m not. I’m an American, an Arab, brown, and also hated by millions by default. I didn’t plan on revealing that I’m a POC because I didn’t want to make any of this about ME. But, it’s out

But it will contribute. You can’t try to pretend that if there is an action, that it will not be followed by a reaction. It’s simple cause-and-effect. Even a baby understands consequences. This failure to believe/want to believe that disrespectful behavior will probably be met with more disrespect (or death) is

Well if it were me I would recall the young woman Sanddra for an example of what to do differently (the lady who ended her life in the jail). It’s true that we don’t legally need to be nice and polite to officers of the law. Being pulled over and ticketed, especially if unfair can be a very damaging event. But, look,

Yikes. This highlights an ugly thorn that has nagged me: one can’t be a part of meaningful discourse about police/black relations unless your point of view is anti-cop or pro-BLM. An honest answer to this post is assailed immediately because it doesn’t fit the mould of

Even if the few are not representative of all BLM supporters its the fact that BLM refuses to denounce these acts of hatred and racism. It paints a very intolerant picture of your cause when you have people like Yusra Khogali spearheading your campaigns. Maybe its time for a little bit of liberal self reflection, take

Hate to be on the unpopular side: USAVeteran has a point.

#BLM was its own worst enemy. From day one, it didn’t even have a clear list of ‘demands’ to help ease huge tension between its members and the wider American world. In the end: people saw through it for what it was: a collection of spoiled, foul-mouthed trouble-makers seeking to to convince the world that young black

Yeah, but have you killed any ladies in it?