Spare me your "concern" all of a sudden for a CVS store, jobs or ANYTHING in the AfAm Baltimore cmty

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

What a bunch of bullshit -

[NOLALady]

1. Thank You!

[Throd]

2. You should burn a store in your neighborhood as some sign of solidarity with the protests.

You know, get the complacent masses out of their comfort zone.

[AuntPatsy]

3. http://www.civilrights.org/archives/2009/06/449-stonewall.html

Read

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

4. I wont respond to them anymore, I only want to talk to liberals, lines are being drawn

[Oktober]

11. You think liberals are pro theft, looting and property destruction....?

Boy howdy are you deluded...

[840high]

46. +1

[pablo_marmol]

69. +2 NT

[AuntPatsy]

14. I understand, I think people are not taking the time to read through and are simply

Reacting without clear thought by writing down thoughts without thinking them through...don't let that get to you..

[Spitfire of ATJ]

31. Too many people have to work with white people who are in full freak out mode....

Then there's the Right Wingers who are celebrating.

I saw one headline saying, "Obama, Eric Holder and Al Sharpton got the race war they wanted."

They LOVEZ them some "riot porn".

From Breitbart:



(Note how bored the people are in the background. Probably not even related to the riots)

[840high]

47. This pic is from yesterday.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

57. I got it from someone today in my email.

[840high]

62. That was right after the

ballgame last night. Game was cancelled tonight.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

68. Good! That gives Olbermann an excuse to comment!

[840high]

74. Yep.

[jmowreader]

70. Zoom in on the white guy's sweatshirt

It says "National Police Week." Yeah, that's just what you want to wear to a riot caused by police brutality.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

71. Now THERE is your REAL "thug".

[Ken Burch]

90. Did the big white dude in the "Sean Jean" shirt drink ALL the beers on that table? Jesus!

[melman]

21. How many stores were burned down?

None. Maybe it's you that should read more about it.

[Egnever]

39. An interesting read but horribly oversimplified

The part that isn't mentioned is that it was a catalyst for action. It was what came after the riots that was important and what got things accomplished. It wasn't the riot it was the organizing that came after the riot that made things start to change.

You could certainly argue that the stonewall riots were the spark that started the organizing efforts but I would argue that it was the police response in the first place that created the drive for the organizing.

Maybe there will be organizing after this with people actually doing the work that needs to be done to remove the officials responsible for looking the other way while the police brutalized their cities. Maybe but I doubt it.

I hope I am wrong.

[AuntPatsy]

40. I hope so to....but I do t have much faith these days...

[Travis_0004]

5. I bet there are a few CVS employees who are concerned.

[AuntPatsy]

42. i have no doubt....many are concerned, all reasons valid.

[NobodyHere]

86. I doubt they're employed anymore

nt

[Scuba]

6. Thank you for this post. Good to call out the hypocrisy and bullshit.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

7. You are welcome.

[cwydro]

10. Damn right!

Cut the fire hoses anytime you can.

Just not those used on your home or business that might be burning.

[NuclearDem]

24. Hooray DailyCaller!

[840high]

49. Same story was on BBC news.

[hrmjustin]

27. Daily caller?

[morningfog]

29. His homepage!

[Nye Bevan]

36. Actually, some of the very best DUers have been known to cite Daily Caller as a source.

This distinguished DUer, for example:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512193

[morningfog]

43. You are one creepy dude. I did link to a PDF of opposition research of Romney.

Pretty good use wouldn't you say?

We know why you loooove it.

[Nye Bevan]

45. I'm not complaining that you selected Daily Caller as a source to cite for that information.

And generated traffic to their site by linking to them.

Sometimes a source is just a source.

[morningfog]

50. You are linking to a post from over three years ago.

To make some kind of point.

Creeeeeeeepy.

I know why you posted what you did from the Daily Caller. You know why too!

[msanthrope]

112. Oh, snap.....nt

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

9. It is a good practice to ignore posters who are always full of shit, i am working hard to do that

[Major Hogwash]

12. I wonder what Hillary will say about this situation in Baltimore.

This isn't going to go away anytime soon.

[840high]

53. Nothing from her yet. She

did tweet her bumper stickers are available.

[Ken Burch]

92. She'll say whatever the focus groups tell her to say.

As always.

[SwankyXomb]

15. Unfortunately

the more of them we put on ignore, the more opportunities they have to spew their right-wing authoritarian filth unchallenged.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

16. Catch 22...problem IS this is supposed to be a liberal forum. We shouldnt have to deal with this

crap

[Doctor Who]

35. Oh. Poor you.

You have to hear from people who disagree w/ you. What's going on now is not serving any beneficial purpose.

[romanic]

88. Can't handle people that disagree with you.

Must be tough.

[Texasgal]

13. No... you SPARE ME!

Holy shit! Do you have any idea who will be affected by the CVS burn? Seriously? Elderly? employees? REALLY???

Yeah, what a bunch of bullshit!

[Daemonaquila]

19. Oh, the outrage!

Stores are insured, customers can use a different store, and employees can get unemployment and new jobs elsewhere. Murdered youth can not be restored, their friends and families can not get a replacement, and an entire generation of young people taught that they're worth less than a CVS by comments like this one get lost yet again.

[kacekwl]

30. Murdered youth will

certainly not be restored by looting and burning. Young people should be taught the are worth more than a CVS And should also be taught they are more and better ways to get things to change than looting and burning. I can not see how anyone can defend these actions and think anything will change for the better because of it. This killing and abuse by police will not change overnight and by using violence will delay the change that much longer.

[840high]

55. xactly

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

99. This is a beginning, some will join us, some will fight us.

[snooper2]

106. so you've been out in the streets?

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

107. Seattle after Garner/"I cant breathe"

But I am white, and mostly white people were there so I was in NO danger AT ALL

[AuntPatsy]

22. All I can seem to be able to see in my mind is Mr gray being thrown around against

Metal sides over and over again, the fear, the pain, the terror he most surely felt as those last few moments of his life slowly ebbing away was lost to the violence alone....

What continues to hold my attention is the factual knowledge that he is by far not the only one that took such a ride, yes others survived if you call being paralyzed survival.....

The tip of the iceberg, I have no doubt thousands of similar stories darken our country...it cannot continue, you do realize that passive silent protests will not stop these horrific attacks...

Next time it could very well be someone you yourself care deeply about, don't doubt it, the future is never certain...

And yes I can feel for those that are effected in other ways, we all can...

[undergroundpanther]

54. Mr.grays spine was broken in 3 places

He was shot in the back,than banged around in a steel box with edges as seats . I have spine problems, it hurts like hell, I can't imagine the agony of his last few hours.

That makes me a hell of a lot more upset than yet another chain store being fucked up,only to re open in two months at the most.

[AuntPatsy]

58. Exactly, just wow at some of these comments....

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

100. That would make ANY decent person angrier than some property damage. White privilege which is

exercised DAILY in america prevents otherwise well meaning people from seeing what there is to see.

They best get it though, and quick, because shit is happening and those of us who "Do The Right Thing" need as much help as we can get.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. I saw that and my first thought was the candy aisle.

[Stellar]

17. It's everywhere...

https://storify.com/betakateenin/white-people-riots

[SoLeftIAmRight]

18. Now these guys are thugs

smile

[redruddyred]

20. fuck cvs

I worked there for all of three months, they are scum.

[Lobo27]

23. So according to this logic, I can go destroy things

that are not mine because I'm pissed off. Hmm, so the next time there is Cliven Bundy, let us not get upset about it. He is pissed anyways.

[NuclearDem]

26. No.

Just no.

[onecaliberal]

41. Please don't compare decades of oppression to when "you get upset"

It shows the lack of understanding. It's NOT the same thing in any way shape or form

[Lobo27]

59. So then tell me how is destroying things that are no yours helpful?

Destroying a mom and pop store or someone's car. I just don't see how that helps anyone. Infact it hurts people.

[onecaliberal]

84. I can't tell you and you can't tell me because neither of

us have endured the lifetime of harassment and oppression these people have. You obviously have never felt completely hopeless.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

101. Thank you, and it is impossible for us white folks to relate, so our job is to trust them

when they tell us it is true.

[onecaliberal]

104. You'd have to be deaf and blind not to know

Black and other minority people have been oppressed. Not everyone starts off at the same place in life. To deny that is to deny reality.

[Lobo27]

113. Hmm, I'm hispanic and come from an immigrant father.

I feel oppressed and hated at times. Here in Texas people have gone nuts hispanics. My white grandmother has never acknowledged me. So yea, I can understand some of what black folks are going through.

[bvar22]

110. Go look up the definition of "Strawman".

Almost every post that begins with "So....." is a Strawman,
and your post so perfectly illustrates.

[Lobo27]

111. Again I ask, is the destruction of things that are yours ok?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. I knew someone from "Bawmore" as he pronounced it....

He was glad to get out of there.

[bettyellen]

52. Are you here to make fun of people? Noted.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

63. Nope. The OP has a point....

Baltimore wasn't on anyone's radar.

Neither was Ferguson for that matter.

[hrmjustin]

28. The whole situation is heartbreaking.

[L0oniX]

32. Canadian Vice Service?

[Chan790]

34. Indeed.

I've done community organizing work in those neighborhoods. I wish people would stop acting like this isn't a long time coming or is a marginal faction, as opposed to a legitimate outpouring of rage resulting from years of oppression, police harassment and racism in the poorer inner-city areas of Baltimore.

It's a city that has had a substantial economic renaissance over the past 15 years...and not even a small part of it has been visited upon these areas of the city or reaped by the residents of the neighborhoods of West Baltimore. I hate to use the term ghetto...but in the traditional sense of the word, West Baltimore is ghettoized.

Nobody talks about it but the areas of DC on the east bank of the Anacostia are in the same situation. Walled off from the turn-around of the rest of DC by the river, Ward-8 is used by the city to shut-out and hold the "undesirable" minority population that is being forced out of NW and Capitol Hill by revitalization and gentrification.

[VScott]

37. At least the liquor stores are safe.

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[AuntPatsy]

61. Do you have more to add?

[VScott]

72. Yeah, stock up on toilet paper and paper towels

Apparently it's the new coin of the realm...

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[AuntPatsy]

77. There was an episode on Supernatural, yes I'm a fan, where God, who is Chuck

Tells another character in a future scenario that toilet paper will be the most desirable and needed commodity so stock up for the end times, found that amusing and smart...

[VScott]

82. I'm a one-ply person living in a two-ply body

Buy it cheap... stack it deep.

[AuntPatsy]

83. :)

[Logical]

38. Thanks for the totally worthless post. Dumbest one of the night! Nt

[SMC22307]

56. Second dumbest. We're going to have a Republican president in 2016...

because namby-pamby Democrats are so easily influenced by right-wing media and anonymous Hillary-"bashing" posters on DU is the winner.

Er, maybe that one wasn't from tonight. Still...

[oneshooter]

66. Jury Results

On Mon Apr 27, 2015, 11:50 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Thanks for the totally worthless post. Dumbest one of the night! Nt
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6579371

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

This was just completely unnecessary, not to mention incredibly rude.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Mon Apr 27, 2015, 11:57 PM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: At this point, hiding almost anything would be unfair, since almost nothing gets hidden for reasons other than jurors personally disliking the poster and I won't do that kind of shit. Disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, and otherwise inappropriate are all absolutely fine on DU today. Even encouraged!
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Seen worst said to legal gun owners on DU.
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Why post just to insult instead of making an actual argument? This shit has got to stop. Hide this garbage.

[Logical]

76. Well, it was close. I dodged a bullet. Thanks for posting! Nt

[JustAnotherGen]

89. I disagree

Some idiot posted about the mayor's make up. Like - really? What a worthless human being that is.

Vattel though - props - best post of the night but he received a hide for telling someone the truth of how he perceived them.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

103. I bet you didnt know all these white privileged folks are really worried about AfAm community

eh?

That all of a sudden they care that the unemployment rate is much higher in this community than the nationwide average, eh?

I dont know how any AfAm deals with this without getting really pissed.

[JustAnotherGen]

109. Well their concern is duly noted

[blue neen]

44. I don't know exactly what happened with this CVS Pharmacy.

Did it actually burn down? I had read that a CVS and a Rite-Aid had been looted, but that was a number of hours ago.

If those pharmacies are closed down, however, it is a matter of concern. Here is an example:

<You're the mother of a 10 year old girl getting chemo for leukemia The doctor called in her prescription to CVS for steroids that she is required to take the day before her chemo treatments. The pharmacy ran it through your daughter's insurance and filled the prescription prior to suddenly being shut down today.>

<You can't pick up the prescription. Another pharmacy can't fill it because it has already been run through her insurance. For it to be run through at another pharmacy, CVS has to cancel out their claim. You don't have the money to pay for this yourself.>

<You try to get this resolved by calling another CVS and calling the doctor's office. This takes all day, the window for taking the steroid is over, and now you have to cancel her chemo for tomorrow.>

Freddie Gray's death is another senseless death in a string of tragedies being perpetrated against black youth in our country. When will it end, for God's sake?

It doesn't mean we should lose our understanding of other peoples' troubles and the plights they find themselves in during these difficult times.

[AuntPatsy]

64. http://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/cvs-birth-control

[blue neen]

75. Um, that has nothing to do with my post at all.

Nothing. Whatsoever.

Substitute the name of another pharmacy. It makes no nevermind.

[AuntPatsy]

78. I see it differently, Look further.. Take your time

[blue neen]

98. Okay.

Thank you.

[pablo_marmol]

67. Thank you......a voice of reason and empathy. NT

[jberryhill]

91. I have been assured on DU these are minor inconveniences

[jobycom]

48. Dude, can't you see that a looted CVS store is bigger deal than a black kid beaten to death by cops?

I mean, maybe black people should just ask cops to stop killing them. I'm sure that would work. All these protests and riots are just going to interrupt white people's feelings of safety, and soon they might start thinking that all this "murder of an unarmed black teenager" stuff is a big deal.

[stumblnrose]

60. But, But CVS Is Infrastructure

Someone was calling CVS infrastructure...wth? CVS is corporate pharma tool, dispensary for vaccines and spread of autism. Infrastructure is value-added and there doesn't seem to be much of that in this part of town.

[beam me up scottie]

79. "CVS is corporate pharma tool, dispensary for vaccines and spread of autism."

[jberryhill]

93. Autism? Jesus

[jberryhill]

93. Autism? Jesus

[jberryhill]

93. Autism? Jesus

[NuclearDem]

102. dafuq

[snooper2]

108. holy fuck everyone is coming out of the woodwork LOL

[LittleBlue]

65. I can't even blame the rioters

The cycle of poverty in the black community is so evil. Frustration is natural because no progress is being made. Just hope nobody ends up dead.

[AuntPatsy]

80. But a CVS gives them a piece of the pie,

[NobodyHere]

87. I can easily blame the rioters

It's really not that hard.

And tell me what progress will be made by burning down your community?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

73. burning buildings are newsworthy

Gray's death was mostly ignored by the media.

[AuntPatsy]

81. After reading most of the posts throughout today on this subject I can safely say

They won this round.....the media that is...

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

105. People who respond "but what about the buildings" are going to say white privileged idiocy

like that media or no media.

But yes, the media makes it way worse

[Quantess]

85. Sounds like a great way to make a ghetto even more of a ghetto.

Shit where you live.

[Gloria]

96. I feel like we're back in the 60's

and now I'm wondering, when do women start doing something to fight back??

I'm itching for so many fights right now...

The violence is not a good thing, but there's so much crap festering in the country that something has to give at some point.

Occupy seems to have faded, and now the race issue with regard to the police has been rearing its head.

Oh, I can hear "For What It's Worth" by the Buffalo Springfield right now....

[MFM008]

97. Messages need to be sent

especially to the wealthy 1%. People are getting tired of whats happening to the middle and lower class and are getting angry and you are not immune or safe.

[Quayblue]

114. I find it rather fucking interesting that I have seen not a person

mention the boarded up rowhouses in the background of some of these pictures. I don't have time to essay a post about it, but I will say people can't see past their fuckin noses.

right on to this post.