It’s a good thing the Colonists were able to overthrow the British with nothing more than grit, citizen Militias, and vast amounts of wealth that didn’t have to be borrowed from anyone. Imagine how things could have turned out if we had to ask a foreign nation with animosity toward The British to help us out.…

I give you a star for everything you said except the first paragraph, as I never expressed a desire to overthrow the government and felt that your comment began by implying that I did. The rest of what you said I absolutely agree with!

That is exactly what I meant when I said the founding fathers had no idea what the future would hold (tactical nukes?). Obviously it’s not a good idea to let civilians have everything the government has, and the fact that no civilian militia can conceivably overthrow a modern military is where these supporters have…

Um... Blacks are 13% of the US... You stated in the article, that 16% of mass shootings were committed by blacks... Simple math would also show that 1 person out of 13% (black) [or 1 in 42 million] vs 1 person of 63% (white) [1 in 203.5 million] are representative of a different percent of said total population.

Which gets at the heart of the argument. Many of the things we tell people they can’t do, we have no right to tell them. Some of these rights are written into our founding documents with the intention that as long as our country exists, they cannot be taken away. While the founding fathers had no idea what the future…

Except a fast trigger finger emulates rapid fire, and an actual rapid fire can be incredibly slow (as rapid fire generally means you hold the trigger and the magazine empties without having to pull the trigger again, not necessarily the speed at which bullets can fire) . As far as the bump stock is concerned, it’s…

I want this to be good. It has SO much potential... and while I realize Netflix isn’t HBO, it looks like a youtube series filmed by promising young talents instead of a real tv show.

This entire article is just you reciting your own racial prejudices. If you actually treat any of the people that you have described above differently (walk on the other side of the road, go down a different isle) then these prejudices become racist actions. Was the point of this article to state problems in your own…

This is an important distinction to make. However, the hostility that emanates from your reply is misplaced. Polish in the English language can be anything of or related to Poles, OR of or related to the country of Poland. As these concentration camps were located within Poland, they are of Poland geographically as…

Interesting article, and like many others, these rules are pretty ingrained, but I would like to pop out the question of a Beret as they do not tip, or lift in the same manner when meeting someone.

I did know about the Black Loyalists that went to Canada, but upon looking back into the issue, you are absolutely right that they freed a much more significant amount of the run away slaves that fought for them then I have previously been led to believe! Thank you stranger for the nudge I needed to look into this. It…

While he may have been racist, it’s important to note that shipping them back to Africa was NOT a racist idea. That IS there homeland and where they belonged. People of this time era had a much stronger bond to lands and heritage, and shipping them home would not only (In a very limited way) right a wrong, but also…

I applaud you for actually using facts in your argument against the National Anthem! So many articles on The Root are based on second or third hand feelings instead of facts!

Remember, this is only one persons opinion on the meaning of this verse. If we tack Occam’s Razor into account, we realize there are a lot of hoops to jump through to justify this persons want to demonize the National Anthem. The Anthem at face value actually explains itself pretty succinctly.

Remember that he didn’t THINK blacks were mentally inferior, he knew blacks were mentally inferior. This is a fact. NOT because they lacked the potential, but because they were bared by law from being educated. With this in mind, it requires simply taking the text at face value to realize what he’s actually saying is…

Afterthought. The idea that these protests have anything to do with military is not invented by the conservative media, as easily disproved with an antic dote. Flags and anthems at sporting events it to thank soldiers and honor the country that allows you to play those games. If you don’t believe that fact, then think…

Outrage? Hardly. Simply a call to reason when making an argument. Don’t attack the person, attack the argument. Attacking a person is a non-admittance of defeat. I took an oath to pursue a life in education. My job is to fight ignorance in our society, and I simply wish to understand how people can have such flawed…

You know, I don’t. How can someone who has been given so much exercise their free speech to spout such ignorance is so beyond logic and sense that it does in fact completely blow my mind. The whole purpose of public education is to make sure we don’t have people like this in our society. This just shows how we have…

Your argument again shows the same ignorance that permeates every facet of our society. Are there police that murder people? Absolutely. Are there police that murder blacks? Again, yes. Is it routine in ANY part of America? ALL facts point to no. In fact, the truth is that blacks are killed in situations of violence…

Since everything stated is pretty definitively a fact taught in every 8th grade Social Studies class across America (baring the calling of someone who has such a great life because of a country they spit in the face of a POS), I compel you to use critical thinking to explain why you think the truth is in fact a load…