Althouse: Sunrise

October 27, 2023

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Joe Smith said...: Isn't it great to be sending money to both sides of the Middle East war?

Those defense stocks don't rise by themselves...; 10/27/23, 5:57 PM
lonejustice said...: I don't recommend movies on Althouse blog because everyone has their own preferences. But I liked this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horses_of_God

It was filmed in Casablanca, and gives you some insight into how some dirt poor young kids who live in the slums of Casablanca, with no future, can get caught up in suicidal jihad. Not all of them join or stay. But it gives you some insight about why some of them would. It is in Arabic, with English subtitles. My wife, who graduated from American University in Beirut, Lebanon, and who is fluent in Arabic, tells me the subtitles are accurate. For whatever it is worth, my wife's father was a Professor of Biology at American University in Beirut, and he received his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, so that is his connection to this blog.; 10/27/23, 7:36 PM
Mason G said...: "Isn't it great to be sending money to both sides of the Middle East war?"

When we start sending troops, will they be drawing straws to see which side they're on?; 10/27/23, 7:39 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: Biden 2024! Because it takes 50 years of domestic and foreign policy experience to start a world war and a civil war simultaneously!; 10/27/23, 8:26 PM
Eva Marie said...: (Horses of God is available on YouTube.)
My irreverent question: if the terrorists had tortured, killed, and beheaded puppies or kittens, would college students in the United States stage rallies in support of the terrorists?; 10/27/23, 8:40 PM
Mutaman said...: Rt41Rebel said...

"Biden 2024! Because it takes 50 years of domestic and foreign policy experience to start a world war and a civil war simultaneously!'

Trump2024- Because it only takes two years to create a situation where nobody can go out of their house, over 1 million people died, the economy tanked, and the Commander In Chief told us to take horse tranquilizers.
Here's hoping Trump has lots of cigarettes and a lot of KY jelly.; 10/27/23, 8:47 PM
wildswan said...: It's almost easy to see why Hamas attracts jihadists just as BLM attracts supporters in the black community. But it's equally easy to see that the outcome from Hamas in Gaza in 2023 is worse than what they had before 2005 just as Minneapolis is far worse for the black community than it was before the George Floyd-Soros-BLM "reforms." Government by ideologues who are interested in ideology as it justifies looting as in North Korea and in Gaza and in Minneapolis has never worked. As time goes on the ideo-looters become more rabid and their people more frantic and outsiders, revolution tourists universities, become more culpably blind. This is a situation that should be recognized and taught in political science. But unfortunately political science is teaching interpretations of situations that existed fifty years ago - that's how they blind themselves. The colonial governors are gone; so are the white supremacists; the bad government - and it is very bad in some places - is coming from the greed of locals hiding their corruption in riots evocations of the past.; 10/27/23, 8:49 PM
wildswan said...: It's almost easy to see why Hamas attracts jihadists just as BLM attracts supporters in the black community. But it's equally easy to see that the outcome from Hamas in Gaza in 2023 is worse than what they had before 2005 just as Minneapolis is far worse for the black community than it was before the George Floyd-Soros-BLM "reforms." Government by ideologues who are interested in ideology as it justifies looting as in North Korea and in Gaza and in Minneapolis has never worked. As time goes on the ideo-looters become more rabid and their people more frantic and outsiders, revolution tourists universities, become more culpably blind. This is a situation that should be recognized and taught in political science. But unfortunately political science is teaching interpretations of situations that existed fifty years ago - that's how they blind themselves. The colonial governors are gone; so are the white supremacists; the bad government - and it is very bad in some places - is coming from the greed of locals and their pretense that the mess they are currently making is caused by the past.; 10/27/23, 8:51 PM
gadfly said...: Robert Card’s body was found in a wooded area near Lisbon, a town about 8 miles from where the shooting took place in Lewiston on Wednesday evening, the sources said. That location is close to a recycling plant Card was recently fired from, a law enforcement source told CNN.; 10/27/23, 9:00 PM
William said...: I'm reading a biography of the Duke of Wellington. He tried to broker a deal between Russia and the Turks. Greece was in rebellion. The Russians wanted to intervene to support their fellow members of the Orthodox faith. The Ottomans, some of them anyway, wanted to send a large army to Greece and enslave the inhabitants (those they didn't kill). They wanted to use those slaves for cheap labor in other parts of the Ottoman Empire. Cooler heads prevailed.....When you talk of hatred, Greek/Turk divide is right up there with the Israeli/Abrab rupture. I knew this Cypriot Greek physician who was gentle and soft spoken, but when the subject turned to Turkey he would all of a sudden become inflamed with anger--real rage. I don't think he would behead Turkish babies, but the rage was murderous.....I'm familiar with the kind of resentment that many Irish feel against the English, and, of course, as an American I know all about the divide here between Blacks and whites, but this was magnitudes greater....In America, a lot of the anger is performative, but there are parts of the world where people truly want to kill each other based on race or creed.; 10/27/23, 9:09 PM
Iman said...: The S of a B Card saved the taxpayers some money by being found dead.; 10/27/23, 9:33 PM
Original Mike said...: Congratulations to new Badger hockey coach Mike Hastings for sweeping the #1 Minnesota Gophers. The Badgers are 7-1 to start the season. Quite a turnaround for a storied program that has been down for far too long. As a decades long Badger hockey fan, I am excited to see where this team is headed.; 10/27/23, 10:15 PM
The Vault Dweller said...: This is about my favorite time of the year. Cool, but not overly cold weather, leaves somewhere on the spectrum of turning to being groundcover, and gray skies protecting me from Helios's wrath.; 10/27/23, 10:37 PM
MadTownGuy said...: Maine mass shooting suspect found dead, officials say

"NEWS
Maine mass shooting suspect found dead, officials say
by: David Sharp, Patrick Whittle, Holly Ramer, Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press

Posted: Oct 27, 2023 / 03:02 AM PDT

Updated: Oct 27, 2023 / 08:14 PM PDT

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LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The man wanted in the mass shooting at a bowling alley and bar that killed 18 people and wounded 13 was found dead Friday, bringing an end to a search that put the entire state of Maine on edge for the last two days.

Robert Card, who was wanted in connection with the shootings at Schemengees Bar and Grille and at Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley in Lewiston, was found dead in Lisbon Falls, Maine, Gov. Janet Mills said at a Friday night news conference.

Commissioner of Maine Department of Public Safety Mike Sauschuck said Card was found at 7:45 p.m. near the Androscoggin River of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He declined to provide a specific address.

Police found Card’s body at a recycling facility where he recently worked, a law enforcement official told the AP. The official was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity.

A bulletin sent to police across the country shortly after the attack said Card had been committed to a mental health facility for two weeks this past summer after “hearing voices and threats to shoot up” a military base.

A U.S. official said Card was training with the Army Reserve’s 3rd Battalion, 304th Infantry Regiment in West Point, New York, when commanders became concerned about him.

State police took Card to the Keller Army Community Hospital at West Point for evaluation, according to the official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the information and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Authorities had scoured the woods and hundreds of acres of family-owned property, sent dive teams with sonar to the bottom of a river and scrutinized a possible suicide note Friday in the second day of their intensive search for Card."; 10/27/23, 10:54 PM
wildswan said...: "Rt41Rebel said...
Biden 2024! Because it takes 50 years of domestic and foreign policy experience to start a world war and a civil war simultaneously!"

True that. And maybe he'll get in a financial collapse for the trifecta before he goes.; 10/28/23, 1:30 AM
Kai Akker said...: Ford lost $62,000 on every Electric Vehicle it sold in Q3.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/10/green-dreams-going-up-in-smoke.php

Excerpts:

“GE Offshore Wind to Post $1 Billion in Losses.”
...

"Green” energy companies and electric vehicle manufacturers rely on governments to force consumers to buy their products, like it or not. But there is a limit to how much of a decline in their standard of living voters are willing to accept for the sake of “green” mythology. Blackouts have already begun (not to mention skyrocketing electricity prices), and as blackouts become more widespread, voters are going to punish the politicians who lied to them about “green” energy. Let’s hope that happens before tens of billions more dollars are poured into the coffers of the cynical “green” industries.; 10/28/23, 2:46 AM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I know anecdotal evidence doesn’t make an epidemic but…

In my capacity as a rideshare driver, over the past few months I’ve come across one instance of a young men hitting/assaulting his apparent girlfriend in the back seat of the car while I drove.

Two other occasions, the young women passengers related incidents of violence to other people (not the authorities) via the phone.

The one incident that happened in my presence, I reported it to the platform after I dropped them off. I was a bit shaken.

If you are wondering, I drive in the ATL area.; 10/28/23, 4:17 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: White people getting upset about black people taking down Confederate statues - that white people erected to terrorize black people - is as funny as how black people are now sticking up for American values - that white people imprinted on us - after white people abandoned them (for sex - OnlyFans - drugs - fentanyl - money - Wall Street - and angry-white-man racial grievance) a long time ago.

Nobody's taking you seriously anymore.; 10/28/23, 4:21 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: AS TMR PREDICTED: Peter Zeihan is missing George W. Bush.; 10/28/23, 4:22 AM
Humperdink said...: Rt41Rebel "Biden 2024! Because it takes 50 years of domestic and foreign policy experience to start a world war and a civil war simultaneously!"

Interesting comment and accurate. It's takes a foreign policy wizard to drain the US treasury, such as it is, to fund the most corrupt country in Europe, suspend sanctions on the Ayatollah Rock 'n Rolla's regime, forcing the Rooskies in to the waiting arms Chairman Xi Jinpingpong, all the while encouraging an invasion on our southern border.

Let's not forget the war(s) he has declared on oil drilling, the internal combustion engine, gas stoves, the Orthodox Catholic Church, parents attending school board meetings, pro-life protestors, and Trump's lawyers. All of this in record time!; 10/28/23, 4:29 AM
wendybar said...: "Why is the US government giving so much support to the world while leaving ordinary Americans mired in poverty and despair? And when President Trump promised to change that and began the hard work of putting Americans first, the government turned its energy to destroying him. No wonder we Americans are angry."

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/10/across_america_we_labor_only_to_have_dc_give_our_money_away_overseas.html; 10/28/23, 4:43 AM
iowan2 said...: My irreverent question: if the terrorists had tortured, killed, and beheaded puppies or kittens, would college students in the United States stage rallies in support of the terrorists?

Micheal Vick has some thoughts on that. If only he had just stuck to beating his wife, he could have had a long career in the NFL.; 10/28/23, 5:41 AM
Humperdink said...: Mutaman stated with certainty:Commander In Chief told us to take horse tranquilizer"

You need up your game Mutaman, although I think it's an impossible task. Ivermectin was approved for human use in 1987 under the name Mectizan®; 10/28/23, 5:52 AM
Old and slow said...: Here's something to consider Crack. "White people" are not a monolithic group. We don't act in concert, and we aren't all in agreement. Maybe you should try looking at the world as a bunch of individuals.; 10/28/23, 6:46 AM
Narayanan said...: When we start sending troops, will they be drawing straws to see which side they're on?
=============
does doubled treason cancel itself out ?; 10/28/23, 6:48 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Sending aid to Ukraine and Hamas: The graft won't generate all by its little lonesome without some outside aid. Joe needs a new retirement home, a new kitchen (the previous one burned down, says Joe) and a new Corvette.; 10/28/23, 7:22 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Old and slow said...

"Maybe you should try looking at the world as a bunch of individuals."

Maybe you should try looking at the country as it is, and not as you wish it would be.

"White people" conquered this land. They said so. And, they said, they did it for themselves. "White people." And they said that for a long long long long long long time. They killed and enslaved a lot of other people, just to make the point. So, while I'm glad to see you've finally learned the lessons that Martin Luther King had to give his life to teach you., now you have to learn patience while the rest of a shake off the bullshit that you brainwashed us with for centuries. Trying to position yourself as the moral authority, after all that bullshit, is not a winning strategy. Like your use of a Funkadelic lyric, a few days ago, you always seem to want to try to twist our messages for own use against us. That just makes you look like a royal asshole, because it proves you don't even know how to use moral authority, except as a cudgel to beat people with and - once again - try to get the upper hand.

Which is what got you into this trouble in the first place,...; 10/28/23, 7:52 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Old and slow said...

Here's something to consider Crack. "White people" are not a monolithic group. We don't act in concert, and we aren't all in agreement. Maybe you should try looking at the world as a bunch of individuals.

Here's something to consider Old and slow . How about, just once, in over 10 years that I come here, I find you guys saying nice things about black people. Can that happen? Is that possible? There are literally millions of us and I never come over here and find y'all saying shit that's complementary. It's always some asshole saying we have to "prove" we're intelligent - without telling us who we have to prove it to - I suspect white people, like they stand over us disapprovingly (or like we care). Or some other bullshit, like you quoting Funkadelic, when I know you don't listen to Funkadelic, because you don't understand that the lyrics you quote are directed at white people.

Am I ever going to come on this site and see you - Old and slow - actually DEFENDING black people from some charge, ever? Or is it just gonna be another day to see blacks are being used as a piñata for the rest of you supposed NON-RACISTS to talk shit?

And how is it, if you're not racists, that my one black voice - in this sea of white conservatism - can discombobulate you son of a bitches so much? Are you simply not ready for the idea that Black people are still not entirely comfortable around you? Is that too much of a concept for you to wrap your head around after almost 300 years of white bullshit? Have you ever considered taking a day off?

BTW - This is not a statement about the Althouse blog, Ann, or Meade, but about many of the commenters, who are more racist than they suspect - as is the Republican Party - which is why everybody, who leaves the Democrats, soon becomes an independent once the'vey tried the GOP out.; 10/28/23, 8:09 AM
Old and slow said...: Crack, I don't have nice things to say about "black people", because that is a gigantic and diverse group of people. How can one say anything meaningful about a category that large?; 10/28/23, 8:36 AM
Saint Croix said...: How about, just once, in over 10 years that I come here, I find you guys saying nice things about black people.

Crack, it's impossible to say "nice things about black people" when there are, I don't know, a billion black people in the world, and they all have different souls and ideas and personalities and beliefs and attitudes.

I don't know 99.99% of the black people in the world. Never met them, haven't exchanged any words with them, have no basis for any opinion whatsoever.

Anything "nice" I say about people when I have no idea who they are is fantasy, surely.

I can say plenty of nice things about my neighbors, Shea and Travis, or King, who is in my Bible study, or JoAnne, who is also in my Bible study. I can say nice things about Clarence Thomas, who I love, or Richard Pryor, who I also love. I am amazed by Frederick Douglass. I am inspired by Reverend King.

Surely you have heard many people on the Althouse blog say nice things about the black people we know.

Tell me something nice about Idi Amin. I haven't heard anything nice about him. You know something?; 10/28/23, 8:46 AM
West TX Intermediate Crude said...: Crack-
I don't care that you and your racist cohorts think that I am the racist.
You never heard me saying nice things about black people because I say nice things about all kinds of people, and I do not identify them as white, black, brown, yellow, red, or multi-colored.
They are people who I say are good or nice or skilled or talented or friendly, and their color is irrelevant. (Their sexuality is even less relevant, unless we are discussing romantic relationships).
The mostly white conservatives who comment here would eagerly vote for any one of the Republican POC's who are running for president over either of the lily-white Democratic candidates (Biden and the congressman who is more anonymous that the Speaker).
The Intersectionalists who have taken over the left are the ones who decided that good isn't good enough unless it's black and good, and talent isn't talented enough unless it's queer and talented.
That worldview is rejected by the people you oppose. The people on your side will be disadvantaged by their inability to communicate, or think straight ("Islam is right about queers and women"). Hilarious!
Leftists are trying to redefine common words such as Man, Woman, and, now, Racist.
Racist means defining a person's worth by the race of the person.
You can try to change it, but it means what it means.
When all that is left is Queer Blacks vs. Straight Blacks, you will be the loser. If you're lucky, my folks won't let it get that far, and you will be safe.; 10/28/23, 8:49 AM
Iman said...: wipipo this, wipipo that.

Asshole; 10/28/23, 8:49 AM
Original Mike said...: "Ford lost $62,000 on every Electric Vehicle it sold in Q3."

That's OK, Joe Biden will make them whole with your tax dollars.; 10/28/23, 9:34 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Old and slow said...

Crack, I don't have nice things to say about "black people", because that is a gigantic and diverse group of people. How can one say anything meaningful about a category that large?

I don't know, but I manage it.; 10/28/23, 9:50 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/28/23, 9:50 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Saint Croix said...

"Tell me something nice about Idi Amin. I haven't heard anything nice about him. You know something?"

He cared about the Palestinians.; 10/28/23, 9:52 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: West TX Intermediate Crude said...

"Crack-
I don't care that you and your racist cohorts think that I am the racist."

Well, don't expect anybody to stop calling you that, then. You're living up to it and you want to keep living up to it - by treating blacks like white people always have: Like we don't matter. Our opinions don't matter. Our presence amongst you does not matter. The history of this country does not matter. The black people that have been killed by whites over all the centuries do not matter. The only thing that matters is how whites narcissistically think of themselves.

Now they're saying - if you don't agree with the Jews treating the Palestinians that way - you're an antisemite.

And - with your track record - black people are saying, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."; 10/28/23, 9:58 AM
Michael K said...: Crack:

"White people" conquered this land. They said so. And, they said, they did it for themselves. "White people." And they said that for a long long long long long long time. They killed and enslaved a lot of other people

Crack is not aware of the pre-Columbian history of north America. People came over from Siberia and they came in waves. Some, conquered those who had come before. Humans did not originate in this hemisphere. I cannot recommend reading for you highly enough.; 10/28/23, 10:06 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: America is a country that needed laws to keep white people - specifically - from killing the rest of us. Now, the people those laws were made for want to try to act like they are the moral authorities.

Hilarious.

Iman said...
wipipo this, wipipo that.

Asshole

Don't like being talked about, do you? Yet, I can find conversations about "black people" every day. We've got about 300 years of literature, plays, TV shows, movies, songs, and more for blacks to "get over." White people got about 300 years of hearing about themselves - specifically - before I'm gonna take that comment seriously.

If you wanna die, as angry as your average black person, be my guest. Lord knows, you never cared about our anger, so nobody's gonna give a damn about yours.; 10/28/23, 10:12 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: For 400 years, white people are going to bully you because they're white people and they think they're superior.

For the next 400 years, white people are gonna bully you, because they want to claim the moral high ground, as a way to still pretend they're superior.

And, in both cases, they have an argument for why you should be grateful - to them - for doing so.

After you "prove" to them you're intelligent, of course,....; 10/28/23, 10:17 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: It's really too funny how, just a few days ago, one of you was talking about black people need to "prove" to whites we're intelligent, and none of you jumped up to say "You can't say that about a diverse group of people." Why? Because he was saying something negative about us.

Your hypocrisy is off the charts.; 10/28/23, 11:01 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Michael K said...

"Crack is not aware of the pre-Columbian history of north America."

That's another thing to blame white people for: fucked up educations.; 10/28/23, 11:03 AM
Iman said...: You broke your promise, crackers.; 10/28/23, 11:13 AM
Iman said...: All the best to you, crack. Hope you feel better soon.; 10/28/23, 11:19 AM
Saint Croix said...: Question for Crack: Suppose Obama announced tomorrow that he loved his mama more than his daddy, so from now on, he identifies as white.

Is that okay, in your worldview?; 10/28/23, 12:08 PM
MadTownGuy said...: From Matt Taibbi, via email:

"Thanks, to a Politician Who Did His Job

When the IRS visited my home, Jim Jordan actually did something about it. Why couldn't I call a Democrat?

A new report about IRS home visits has just been released by the House Weaponization of Government Committee, chaired by Ohio congressman Jim Jordan. It outlines disturbing issues, including confirmation that IRS agents making home visits may come without warning, using aliases, and without informing local enforcement agencies of their presence.

One of the cases outlined is my own. My home was visited by the IRS while I was testifying before Jordan’s Committee about the Twitter Files on March 9th. Sincere thanks are due to Chairman Jordan, whose staff not only demanded and got answers in my case, but achieved a concrete policy change, as IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel announced in July new procedures that would “end most” home visits.

Anticipating criticism for expressing public thanks to a Republican congressman, I’d like to ask Democratic Party partisans: to which elected Democrat should I have appealed for help in this matter? The one who called me a “so-called journalist” on the House floor? The one who told me to take off my “tinfoil hat” and put greater trust in intelligence services? The ones in leadership who threatened me with jail time? I gave votes to the party for thirty years. Which elected Democrat would have performed basic constituent services in my case? Feel free to raise a hand.

If silence is the answer, why should I ever vote for a Democrat again?"; 10/28/23, 1:08 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: Saint Croix said...

Question for Crack: Suppose Obama announced tomorrow that he loved his mama more than his daddy, so from now on, he identifies as white.

Is that okay, in your worldview?

What do you mean, okay? He can say whatever he wants - and has. You're not under the impression I'm a fan, are you? After he campaigned with Oprah? After over 10 years on this blog? Are you high? I already said the man's not black. I already said he had to ask his basketball buddies how to act black. What difference would it make to me which parent he favored? If Michelle said she's not black, now that would be something.; 10/28/23, 2:35 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: Blogger Iman said...

"All the best to you, crack. Hope you feel better soon."

I feel fine. Some of y'all are offensive. Specifically the types that sit around and let white people say things like black Americans have to "prove" to them we're intelligent, but when I challenge you to merely say something positive about us, I get white chickenshits becoming weasels by saying you can't talk about a group that's that diverse. I mean, you must think I'm stupid, to think I'm going to accept that.

Whatever you think about my intelligence, you have to know what I think about a group of grown-ass white people who, themselves, aren't intelligent enough, or gracious enough, that they can't just say a compliment. I can do it. But not you guys. You guys act like giving compliments to blacks is equivalent to a dental appointment. And that's the statement that speaks for you.; 10/28/23, 2:46 PM
Saint Croix said...: Also, Crack, if you could substitute

"you people"

for

"y'all"

that would be funnier

and the South would appreciate it; 10/28/23, 3:20 PM
Saint Croix said...: Idi Amin cared about the Palestinians.

The Butcher of Africa was a cannibal who ate black people because he thought some cult shit about eating human flesh. Wikipedia gave about one sentence to that behavior. A cannibal in the 20th century! Who murdered half a million people.

In the movie, it was said that he was obsessed with Scotland. (Great, my people, blamed again!). The ghosts of my ancestors cry out. "He's not a fookin' Scot!"

Do I take it that you are referring to the PLO seizure of an airplane in Uganda? That's why you think he "cares" for the Palestinians?

After the terrorists took the civilian airplane hostage, the PLO released all the non-Jews, wanting to only keep Jews as prisoners.

20 non-Jews said, "Fuck you, PLO, we're staying with the Jews, you'll have to murder us, too, bitches."

Those are my heroes, Crack.

Israeli commmandos flew in and took the plane, freeing almost all the hostages.

The Ugandan military often staged multiple coup attempts -- like the Germans did with Hitler -- trying to remove the fucking madman in charge of the country.

Most people have never heard of Idi Amin. Most of us have little knowledge of Africa, and maybe it's fair to blame racism for that.

On the other hand, if we knew more about all the atrocities that black people do to black people in Africa, it would weaken the racist impulse to blame white people for everything.

Crack, the media is filled with people who think like you. They repress and hide black-on-black violence, and they consciously try to find and show white-on-black violence. This racism has reached an irrational zenith in our society recently.

I don't know why you're acting like a virulent racist today, and on (some) other days. I know you are much smarter than that.; 10/28/23, 4:02 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: Blogger Saint Croix said...

Idi Amin cared about the Palestinians.

"The Butcher of Africa was" blah blah blah a bunch of patronizing bullshit BLAH that has absolutely nothing to do with answering the damn request to "Tell me something nice about Idi Amin." You either just wanna see yourself lecturing a black person or you just want to hear yourself talk, but - whatever you're doing - you're not paying attention to the conversation.

"Do I take it that you are referring to the PLO seizure of an airplane in Uganda? That's why you think he "cares" for the Palestinians?"

No, I saw an interview with him, and he spoke about the Israeli Palestinian problem. He had a clear understanding of it, and he sympathized with the Palestinians.

"Those are my heroes, Crack."

I don't have any heroes.

"Most people have never heard of Idi Amin. Most of us have little knowledge of Africa, and maybe it's fair to blame racism for that."

But only that. Nothing else. It's affected nothing. Just how much we know about Africa. Not how much we know about slavery or anything else. Just that. It's important that we put a boundary around what racism has affected. Never mentioned who started it. Never mention who started anything. Just keep giving weapons to one side and everything will be fine.

"On the other hand, if we knew more about all the atrocities that black people do to black people in Africa, it would weaken the racist impulse to blame white people for everything."

I grew up in South Central Los Angeles, one of the worst gang areas in the country, and my brother is a Crip - I keep telling you I've been seeing dead bodies since elementary school - but you guys are so dumb, and suffer from so much tunnel vision, that you can't see I understand black on black violence better than you ever will? Do you understand how condescending and stupid you sound?

"Crack, the media is filled with people who think like you."

That's funny because I can't find them. This is one issue that we disagree on and you guys have decided to slander me all together - cancel culture. It doesn't matter that I am conservative. It doesn't matter I'm a Trump supporter. It doesn't matter that I didn't vote for Obama or Biden. All that matters is I don't agree with you 100% of the time. Fuck you.

"They repress and hide black-on-black violence, and they consciously try to find and show white-on-black violence."

Meanwhile, you patronize me. I wonder which is worse? Because this is pretty excruciating. Have you ever seen the scene in "Trading Places" with the silly old white racists explaining commodities to Eddie Murphy? You are those old white racists right now.

"This racism has reached an irrational zenith in our society recently."

That's a lie. The zenith of racism in this country passed long ago. The Klan was riding then. What we have now are white people experiencing what it feels like to hear other people talk about them for the very first time in the history of this country. And they get very upset about it. It's never been possible before. Now you wanna scream that it's racist. But, as I pointed out, you're very comfortable when white people, here, say things like black people have to "prove" our intelligence. You don't charge that white person with racist thoughts. Or being a racist. You save that for the black guy.

"I don't know why you're acting like a virulent racist today, and on (some) other days. I know you are much smarter than that."

Ugh-huh. And I hope you're not as dumb as you appear right now. Or do you have to "prove" different to black people?; 10/28/23, 5:49 PM