It is a rare when you can say, "Well officer, He had an eye patch....a peg leg, and a parrot on his shoulder....." Would the media tell us to be on the look out for a bird lover? They would hate to hurt a BG's feelings by calling him half blind and disabled.Rockrz wrote:What other adjectives would you have one use to describe a criminal???BigBlueDodge wrote:I noticed a disturbing trend. I have read many postings that discuss a news event, or situation that occurred to the post, and the race is always pointed out of the attackers.
"A human person robbed the bank at 5th & Main Street today"
Like, duh! What did the person look like???
Was he white, black, brown, yellow...that's part of a person's description.
Sorry, but you can't get around that.
And, that's part of the problem...ignoring the facts just cause it might hurt someone's feelings.rm9792 wrote:Read the newspaper, it is rarely ever mentioned. When you dig deeper you do find a trend in certain areas of town, not being racist, simple facts. Reporters go out of their way to not mention race and especially ignore it if they are illegals.
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