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Uponthegears

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5. Out of curiosity

Mon Aug 1, 2016, 09:27 PM

Aug 2016

Which of these proposals tickle your funny bone?

Was it the suggestion that a war is being waged on black people?

Even setting aside the fact that the 4th Circuit just found that the State of North Carolina was waging war on black people, one would think the pile of dead unarmed black bodies stacking up at the business end of cop guns would be nothing to laugh at.

I also see little humor in the fact that 60 trillion dollars of slave-created wealth is being held by the beneficiaries of the plantation culture.

I'm also not laughing at the use of educational institutions as a tool of early criminalization.

I'm just wondering what is so funny.

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Black Lives Matter Releases Policy Agenda [View all] Yukari Yakumo Aug 2016 OP

it certainly won't help Skittles Aug 2016 #1

+1 n/t SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2016 #2

sounds good to me JustinL Aug 2016 #3

How does the US end the war on black people when it cannot guillaumeb Aug 2016 #4

Out of curiosity Uponthegears Aug 2016 #5

"retroactive decriminalization and immediate release of all people convicted of drug offenses" oberliner Aug 2016 #13

At first blush Uponthegears Aug 2016 #19

With respect to marijuana, yes, it's a mainstream idea oberliner Aug 2016 #20

It is or was in the Libertarian Party Platform Uponthegears Aug 2016 #21

OK oberliner Aug 2016 #23

Actually, this is reasonable. The WOD was all about putting blacks in jail in the first place. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #40

Some of them are poorly stated. Two are pure fantasy. Warpy Aug 2016 #6

+1, I wonder if NBC is being punked uponit7771 Aug 2016 #8

Yes, it was written by a child or a troll. Warpy Aug 2016 #10

It may seem like pure fantasy, but it doesn't mean you don't fight for it. kcr Aug 2016 #16

Fantasy doesn't just mean "snowball in hell chance," Warpy Aug 2016 #17

Well, I'm sure they would disagree with you kcr Aug 2016 #18

This looks nothing like the BLM request I read about a week or two ago. uponit7771 Aug 2016 #7

The racists are already making fun of BLM gg4usa Aug 2016 #9

I think that Uponthegears Aug 2016 #11

Thanks for explaining that - seems things should be equal under the law gg4usa Aug 2016 #42

Yes. They are. Iggo Aug 2016 #22

Seems like what a radical protest group would demand. geek tragedy Aug 2016 #12

Most of what they want can be achieved by simply VOTING and holding their representatives glennward Aug 2016 #14

With gerrymandering and bullshit voter ID laws. It makes it kind of hard for all of us to vote. Glassunion Aug 2016 #31

What's the problem? kcr Aug 2016 #15

Black lives matter. (n/t) Iggo Aug 2016 #24

3, 4 & 5 are the only ones that make true sense and acheivable. romanic Aug 2016 #25

Folks make a lot of assumptions on what "reparations" exactly are. Glassunion Aug 2016 #32

Here is a link to their policy agenda, with more detsils. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2016 #26

This reminds me of the old "Lil Abner" comic strip in one way... Archae Aug 2016 #27

I would support some form of reparations for slavery. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2016 #29

Oh? Archae Aug 2016 #35

The US government would handle 1 and 2. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2016 #36

Except there is no such thing as "perpetual poverty based on race." Archae Aug 2016 #38

Systemic racism does not happen because of a few bad actors. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2016 #41

Meanwhile melman Aug 2016 #28

Reparations? Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #30

Click on "Reparations" Glassunion Aug 2016 #34

Conveniently vague enough that no matter what happens... TipTok Aug 2016 #33

Nice hit and run. Starry Messenger Aug 2016 #37

yup JI7 Aug 2016 #39