That's Racist! (Racists Don't Care)

[Free]

It saddens me how they failed.

Republicans have failed to smear Sen. Rafael Warnock with a ‘racist stereotype’: report

Republicans have reportedly been unable to define Sen. Rafael Warnock (D-GA) with a "racist stereotype," so they're scrambling to come up with another line of attack.The GOP is trying to turn the pastor of Martin Luther King's home church into a self-serving political insider after trying and...

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[Innula Zenovka]

Probably Brits are more aware of Sikhism than they are in North Carolina, but it seems extraordinary that the campus police weren't aware of the significance of a Sikh's kirpan and why he'd be unwilling to let them handle it like an ordinary knife.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

"How much can we learn about Harriet Tubman?"

Not enough, apparently.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Insurers force change on police departments long resistant to it

Well, at least someone is forcing police departments to clean up their act. Longish post but a good read.

Requiring gun owners to carry third party insurance for their weapons, to compensate victims for things like them getting stolen and used in a crime, would do wonders for improving storage and reducing kids shooting each other.

 

[detrius]

Requiring gun owners to carry third party insurance for their weapons, to compensate victims for things like them getting stolen and used in a crime, would do wonders for improving storage and reducing kids shooting each other.

When I encounter someone claiming to be a "responsible gun owner", I like to ask them if they have this type of gun-liability insurance for their weapons.

When they start arguing against such an insurance, it tells me that they are, in fact, not "responsible gun owners".

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Free]

Sad.

 

[Cate Foulsbane]

I am so sick of this racist crap. How can we make it stop?

 

[Free]

How can we make it stop?

I've been told that once the robot overloads take over, they'll stop it.

 

[Spirits Rising]

I am so sick of this racist crap. How can we make it stop?

trust me, you don't want an honest answer out of some here - myself included.

 

[Cate Foulsbane]

trust me, you don't want an honest answer out of some here - myself included.

What? Get rid of all people? Probably easier than retraining their brains to appreciate diversity.

 

[Cate Foulsbane]

I've been told that once the robot overloads take over, they'll stop it.

Probably so...sigh...

 

[Cate Foulsbane]

it seems extraordinary that the campus police weren't aware of the significance of a Sikh's kirpan and why he'd be unwilling to let them handle it like an ordinary knife.

This is the USA. Where many police in many places aren't aware of basic human rights, Constitutional rights, and most details of most religions.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

This is the USA. Where many police in many places aren't aware of basic human rights, Constitutional rights, and most details of most religions.

It's also just lazy... the cop probably had a phone on them and could have just looked up what it was and the law around it. It's not like the cop was in any immediate danger.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

This is the USA. Where many police in many places aren't aware of basic human rights, Constitutional rights, and most details of most religions.

Yes, but it's a university campus, which -- even in North Carolina, I would have thought -- is likely to have a Sikh community of some size, and I'd have thought someone could have made sure the campus police knew about kirpans and respecting the religious and cultural sensitivities of people who wear them.

 

[Sid]

This is the USA. Where many police in many places aren't aware of basic human rights, Constitutional rights, and most details of most religions.

But they do know the detail that good American Christians nowadays carry at least a gun or two.

 

[Cate Foulsbane]

Yes, but it's a university campus, which -- even in North Carolina, I would have thought -- is likely to have a Sikh community of some size, and I'd have thought someone could have made sure the campus police knew about kirpans and respecting the religious and cultural sensitivities of people who wear them.

You would think..even in North Carolina. I live here and I know there are plenty of intelligent, educated, empathetic human beings. But campus police are probably hired because they are willing to get less pay, they aren't really qualified to be "regular" police, they love the idea of policing, they don't have college degrees, some probably are intimidated by if not jeered by students, and they aren't required to understand any of the people they are supposed to be policing. I am sure there are some campus cops who are great, but equally sure there are some who are not.

 

[Cate Foulsbane]

But they do know the detail that good American Christians nowadays carry at least a gun or two.

Yep. Maybe that's why so many are careful not to pick on good American Christians aka white people.