It's pretty easy. Apparently you just need to kill a "brown" guy in DC if you're "black", and you'll get off with virtually zero punishment of consequences.
"...but drug addictions and an impoverished background, compounded by racist interactions with the police and lack of opportunities can make people do stupid things."
I'm sure one or more of the above are true in this case, so...
I guess I'd argue that if you do "stupid things" and get away with or get rewarded for those things, that you're more likely to continue to do "stupid things".
Because who knew that it was wrong to steal someone's car, and kill them in the process? I'm not saying that it's not stupid, I'm saying that being stupid isn't an excuse.
Oh, but they can't help it, don't you know. " drug addictions and an impoverished background, compounded by racist interactions with the police and lack of opportunities" compel beyond one's ability to resist. Makes them totally powerless, don't you know, to employ self-discipline, maturity and respect for others, to say nothing of for themselves. Oh yeah. It's totally out of their hands.
What's interesting with that line of reasoning is that it's intended to remove responsibility for ones actions from a specific group of people based on the color of their skin. The question I have is- If black people aren't personally responsible when they do bad things, then wouldn't someone else be responsible when they did good things?
I guess the white-guilt folks would simply find it precious and patronize them in similar fashion to the patronizing they're already doing. Remember that such a line of reasoning originates from a very addled, low-intellect mind, so your question can't ever occur to them, given the point is to posture as compassionate...not actually being truly compassionate.
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"...but drug addictions and an impoverished background, compounded by racist interactions with the police and lack of opportunities can make people do stupid things."
I'm sure one or more of the above are true in this case, so...
I guess I'd argue that if you do "stupid things" and get away with or get rewarded for those things, that you're more likely to continue to do "stupid things".
Because who knew that it was wrong to steal someone's car, and kill them in the process? I'm not saying that it's not stupid, I'm saying that being stupid isn't an excuse.
Oh, but they can't help it, don't you know. " drug addictions and an impoverished background, compounded by racist interactions with the police and lack of opportunities" compel beyond one's ability to resist. Makes them totally powerless, don't you know, to employ self-discipline, maturity and respect for others, to say nothing of for themselves. Oh yeah. It's totally out of their hands.
What's interesting with that line of reasoning is that it's intended to remove responsibility for ones actions from a specific group of people based on the color of their skin. The question I have is- If black people aren't personally responsible when they do bad things, then wouldn't someone else be responsible when they did good things?
I guess the white-guilt folks would simply find it precious and patronize them in similar fashion to the patronizing they're already doing. Remember that such a line of reasoning originates from a very addled, low-intellect mind, so your question can't ever occur to them, given the point is to posture as compassionate...not actually being truly compassionate.
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