ShowHBK Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 oh boy... Could be put in the Kitchen? http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/activist-marshawn-mccarrel-kills-ohio-statehouse-article-1.2525393 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grudes Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 I read about this earlier today. No better way to show black lives matter then killing yourself in dramatic fashion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustlestiltskin Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Spot for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 What? His demons won more than just today...er, yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsm_sleeper Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 point missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 "noted" he pissed on the State House lawn...kudos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 (edited) ... Edited February 9, 2016 by jeffro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 No need for this to go to the kitchen, assuming the thought was this would end up on a racism path. Nowhere on this forum is that tolerated. Being homeless and then on a path to make a difference, we can't read about this and think there is something we can rationalize about his action. Glad he didn't take anyone with him. If it was demons he wrestled, I hope he's at rest. If it's vengeance he wished to come from his sacrifice, then let his anger rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowHBK Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 No need for this to go to the kitchen, assuming the thought was this would end up on a racism path. Not even kinda thought that... just to get that out there. It seemed to me like a really bad way to "stick it to the man" and a very sad situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 It seemed to me like a really bad way to "stick it to the man" and a very sad situation. Agreed, that a somewhat unknown person taking their life where he did, would be cause enough to make a difference in what he found frustration with. I'll be running for office soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Obviously this was someone with mental health issues, sad to hear, from reading the article it seems as if he had done some good in his community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pntbll309 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Is there any real news happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I have to say, each day it is starting to look more and more like the 1960's in our modern age. Anybody remember this image from their history textbooks? This was a Buddhist monk who self immolated in protest of the persecution of buddhists in South Vietnam in 1963. The idea of suicide in furtherance of political protest, or self martyrdom is centuries old. however there seems to be this movement to down play the message due to the act itself. There are two tragedies here: 1) that this was performed by a young man who had more to give to this world and whose exhaustion and frustration drove him to extreme and irrational thinking, and 2) that we use "mental" illness as a means of downplaying the message that he was trying to express. Instead of pitying him for being driven to these extremes, we as a society should recognize that these inequalities still exist and that they drive people to things like this often. 1966-1968 was the most violent era of racial inequality protests in the history of America as well as an era of extreme political dichotomy. People went to extremes to carry the message of inequality in that period, opposing political factions fought int he streets violently, and here we are 50 years later and people are still going to extremes to protest racial inequality and the country is now as polarized as it was during that same era. You know how they say those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectragod Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I'm sure white privilege brought this on, -0- fucks given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Gump 9 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I have to say, each day it is starting to look more and more like the 1960's in our modern age. Anybody remember this image from their history textbooks? This was a Buddhist monk who self immolated in protest of the persecution of buddhists in South Vietnam in 1963. The idea of suicide in furtherance of political protest, or self martyrdom is centuries old. however there seems to be this movement to down play the message due to the act itself. There are two tragedies here: 1) that this was performed by a young man who had more to give to this world and whose exhaustion and frustration drove him to extreme and irrational thinking, and 2) that we use "mental" illness as a means of downplaying the message that he was trying to express. Instead of pitying him for being driven to these extremes, we as a society should recognize that these inequalities still exist and that they drive people to things like this often. 1966-1968 was the most violent era of racial inequality protests in the history of America as well as an era of extreme political dichotomy. People went to extremes to carry the message of inequality in that period, opposing political factions fought int he streets violently, and here we are 50 years later and people are still going to extremes to protest racial inequality and the country is now as polarized as it was during that same era. You know how they say those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it? The street I lived on in Vietnam name after that monk. There's a temple one and a half block from my house also name after him. That's all I have to share. Carry on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbs3000 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Sad to hear, he was a very good friend of my wife's coworker. I got the feeling he was a guy in alot of pain and in need of help/treatment who was seeing and dealing with more then one could bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10phone2 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Sorry to hear it happen. I hope that his personal struggles are not taken advantage of to fit ones cause for publicity. At the end of the day, until black lives matter to black people and they are willing to invest their time instead of scapegoating.... nothing will change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledhead36 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Sorry to hear it happen. I hope that his personal struggles are not taken advantage of to fit ones cause for publicity. At the end of the day, until black lives matter to black people and they are willing to invest their time instead of scapegoating.... nothing will change. Unfortunately, you are correct. Until they respect each other, nothing will change. How does a black person expect the rest the world to take them seriously, when they virtually murder each other routinely. More black people are killed by black people than white people, every single year. The statistics are out there. I have lots of black friends, all who are successful and can't understand this themselves. Unfortunately our government has done nothing for these people. I thought when we elected a black president, that now there would be the time for black people to understand that opportunity exists out in the world other than with crime. Our president has done nothing but push people further down into the system by providing free money and looking for free money in and out as the "opportunity". Our president has failed the black people, and he doesn't seem to even care. http://www.twincities.com/2016/02/08/st-paul-shooting-arrest/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiek2000 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Unfortunately, you are correct. Until they respect each other, nothing will change. How does a black person expect the rest the world to take them seriously, when they virtually murder each other routinely. More black people are killed by black people than white people, every single year. The statistics are out there. I have lots of black friends, all who are successful and can't understand this themselves. Unfortunately our government has done nothing for these people. I thought when we elected a black president, that now there would be the time for black people to understand that opportunity exists out in the world other than with crime. Our president has done nothing but push people further down into the system by providing free money and looking for free money in and out as the "opportunity". Our president has failed the black people, and he doesn't seem to even care. http://www.twincities.com/2016/02/08/st-paul-shooting-arrest/ He has divided the races more in the last 8 years, rather than make any attempt to bring them together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 No need for this to go to the kitchen, assuming the thought was this would end up on a racism path. Nowhere on this forum is that tolerated. Being homeless and then on a path to make a difference, we can't read about this and think there is something we can rationalize about his action. Glad he didn't take anyone with him. If it was demons he wrestled, I hope he's at rest. If it's vengeance he wished to come from his sacrifice, then let his anger rest. Unfortunately, you are correct. Until they respect each other, nothing will change. How does a black person expect the rest the world to take them seriously, when they virtually murder each other routinely. More black people are killed by black people than white people, every single year. The statistics are out there. I have lots of black friends, all who are successful and can't understand this themselves. Unfortunately our government has done nothing for these people. I thought when we elected a black president, that now there would be the time for black people to understand that opportunity exists out in the world other than with crime. Our president has done nothing but push people further down into the system by providing free money and looking for free money in and out as the "opportunity". Our president has failed the black people, and he doesn't seem to even care. http://www.twincities.com/2016/02/08/st-paul-shooting-arrest/ Two really good posts that needed re-quoted/liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwg2189 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Unfortunately, you are correct. Until they respect each other, nothing will change. How does a black person expect the rest the world to take them seriously, when they virtually murder each other routinely. More black people are killed by black people than white people, every single year. The statistics are out there. I have lots of black friends, all who are successful and can't understand this themselves. Unfortunately our government has done nothing for these people. I thought when we elected a black president, that now there would be the time for black people to understand that opportunity exists out in the world other than with crime. Our president has done nothing but push people further down into the system by providing free money and looking for free money in and out as the "opportunity". Our president has failed the black people, and he doesn't seem to even care. http://www.twincities.com/2016/02/08/st-paul-shooting-arrest/ +1. Obama's reaction to the race riots of recent has been absolutely nothing short of sickening. If the races were reversed with the Treyvon incident, and we had a white president making comments about justice for (a white) Treyvon, he'd instantly be public enemy #1 and on high alert for assassination. Thank God we've only got 11 more months of this ignorant fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustlestiltskin Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 good. spot for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I loved Rage Against the Machines first album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Bye Felicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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