oeb, I don't look at is racism at all with BLM. I just see some people who have good intentions and some people who are idiots who want to riot and loot under the mask of being BLM. Regardless, I just see a lot of people who simply want to be treated equally.They want to be treated equally but the problem is that their definition of equally includes retribution for the sins against their fathers.
Anyway, I am not going to change your highly exaggerated opinions about everything. You can stick with them if it makes you feel better about yourself. I really don't give a shit either way. My only suggestion is to open up your mind and look at different points of view. You can't succeed in life with tunnel vision. All that does is guarantee you a miserable life looking at everything with negativity if you don't agree with it. That's not how to go through life. Originally Posted by Lucas McCain
Diversity will never work out, and not just because of people like me.
Every white guy who gets turned down for a promotion he deserves won't feel like he was treated equally.
Every white guy who wants to be Chief of Police but some black woman who is less qualified gets the job anyway won't feel like he was treated equally.
Anyone turned down for a professorship or scholarship to "make up for past discrimination" won't feel he was treated equally.
I admit, I'm probably not a concern of the marketing department of pro sports. They don't care whether I watch or not. The problem they have is every white man out there is discriminated against in some way, and not all of them like it. Once they all realize it, they might be ready to shut this situation where black skin color gets all the perks, deserved or not.
Lucas, the rest of us will be waiting for you to get cheated and then join our side. Also, I apologize for what I've said about you in the past. Honestly, I think we would be friends in real life though I disagree with your stance on race relations, obviously. I was wrong on some of the things I said to you. You make sense on most things, though certainly not everything.
Until then, to all the black people out there who treat me well in society, which includes most all of you, please don't take this the wrong way. I know you deserve a decent life just like me. I want you to have it. I just don't think we can both have what we want, living in the same country, and navigate all the political hacks who would be happy to sell either one of us out for their own power and money.
They don't care about you or me.
Next time you are kind to a 45-50 year old white guy who reacts positively to your simple human gestures of friendship, it could be me. I hope you have a nice day. Thanks for being a decent person in spite of everything I have written on this board. It isn't personal.
I'm headed out to my country place for awhile, going to do maintenance on my equipment, both the life sustaining equipment that would let me live off the grid, and the "defensive" equipment, to guard my freedom to do so.
To those that think ahead, thanks to the Mormons, there are plenty of reasonably priced options to buy good food that can be stored for extended periods of time - just don't let everyone know what you are up to because they will want you to share when the time comes...