Can we talk about the sterling/silver thing?

[Mecca]

Assholes come in all colors, guy.

on RM, they all happen to be white males. This is a problem within our community. This is a problem, Whitey.

[Mecca]

I cannot believe I'm reading responses from someone who lives down in South America, and does not experience & hear stories of the day-to-day social relations in this country. Please, shut the fuck up.

And I should get out more? I work with plethora of different minorities. And I respect a great number of them. Also, I hang out with a group of federal agents. I hear firsthand accounts. Again, you don't live in this country. Shut up.

Pretty sure I've been to more of your country than you, man.

Also, I love that the response to a comment that says "your views are ignorant and insulated" is "I AM HERE EVERY DAY, OF COURSE I'M NOT INSULATED".

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[Whitey McTeeth]

Don't have to tell me, my name's Whitey for Christ's sake.

[Whitey McTeeth]

Heaven help us the day they show up here.

[Harry Lime]

I cannot believe I'm reading responses from someone who lives down in South America, and does not experience & hear stories of the day-to-day social relations in this country. Please, shut the fuck up.

And I should get out more? I work with plethora of different minorities. And I respect a great deal of them. Also, I hang out with a group of federal agents. I hear firsthand accounts. Again, you don't live in this country. Shut up.

he can have an opinion about a racist comment regardless of his country of origin

When he tests my knowledge and experience, and verbally insults me, I'm going to shoot back. And my response has validity.

I cannot believe I'm reading responses from someone who lives down in South America, and does not experience & hear stories of the day-to-day social relations in this country. Please, shut the fuck up.

And I should get out more? I work with plethora of different minorities. And I respect a great number of them. Also, I hang out with a group of federal agents. I hear firsthand accounts. Again, you don't live in this country. Shut up.

Pretty sure I've been to more of your country than you, man.

.

Uhhh, what?

It's also humorous that this is coming from you. A person who feels he knows someone well by chatting online.

[@SkitchP]

Here's the thing harry lime.

I actually understand, and to some degree agree with Mark Cuban's poorly stated attempt at a point was. But you have done such a dramatic job of coming off as a xenophobic racist, I've decided to cross the street now that I've seen you coming.

[Mecca]

I think Cuban chose his words poorly because he used some very charged words to describe a black kid in a hoodie as a potential threat. The only defense for him is that he was trying to present an archetype that society programs you to react to (for both examples) as a threat. It is a sight judgement and pretty much the definition of prejudice to look at either of those people and think they are a threat. I don't think Cuban meant anything other than he practices risk averse behavior, but if you can't see why citing a black kid in a hoodie as enough of a threat to cross to the other side of the street is racist, then you are just digging your own hole, Lime.

[Mecca]

I cannot believe I'm reading responses from someone who lives down in South America, and does not experience & hear stories of the day-to-day social relations in this country. Please, shut the fuck up.

And I should get out more? I work with plethora of different minorities. And I respect a great deal of them. Also, I hang out with a group of federal agents. I hear firsthand accounts. Again, you don't live in this country. Shut up.

he can have an opinion about a racist comment regardless of his country of origin

When he tests my knowledge and experience, and verbally insults me, I'm going to shoot back. And my response has validity.

I think you need to take a step outside of yourself, go back and read what you wrote. I'm a fairly moderate person with conservative leanings when it comes to politics and I feel you're just making the rest of us look really bad right now. I don't know why you feel the need to defend a rich, white billionaire's beliefs or poorly chosen words.

[Jorge]

Pretty sure I've been to more of your country than you, man.

Uhhh, what?

You suggest that, as someone who lives in South America, I have no authority to comment on US race relations. I posit that I've likely seen more of the US than you have (I used to live there, I travel there frequently, and half my family lives there, scattered throughout the entire country). I will also come right out and say that, based on how clueless you come off in this and several other threads when you try to discuss social issues, you're not particularly insightful, nor do you have much of an ability to empathize. I'm sure this makes your writing very interesting.

[Jorge]

This remains true btw

When you say shit like "we never hear about black violence against whites", you come off like a sheltered moron.

[Harry Lime]

If

Here's the thing harry lime.

I actually understand, and to some degree agree with Mark Cuban's poorly stated attempt at a point was. But you have done such a dramatic job of coming off as a xenophobic racist, I've decided to cross the street now that I've seen you coming.

I am merely addressing the cold, harsh reality of this country. I'm also trying to understand the racist tendencies and where they derive from, as was Stephen A. Smith. Are you going knock Smith, a black man who grew up in the slums of New York and climbed his way up the proverbial ladder of success?

And if the cold, harsh reality is what bothers you, I'm sorry.

I cannot believe I'm reading responses from someone who lives down in South America, and does not experience & hear stories of the day-to-day social relations in this country. Please, shut the fuck up.

And I should get out more? I work with plethora of different minorities. And I respect a great deal of them. Also, I hang out with a group of federal agents. I hear firsthand accounts. Again, you don't live in this country. Shut up.

he can have an opinion about a racist comment regardless of his country of origin

When he tests my knowledge and experience, and verbally insults me, I'm going to shoot back. And my response has validity.

I don't know why you feel the need to defend a rich, white billionaire's beliefs or poorly chosen words.

As I said above, he is trying to get the root of the cause. Not many people do this, and they should. But I don't blame them for trying, people misinterpret their points.

And how many times do I have to say that there are people in the black community who agree with and understand Mark Cuban. I can't stress that enough. Obviously they're seeing the point, because they're defending him, and using the same dialogue I am.

And that's all the validity I need.

[Norah]

This is my favorite thing on the Internet right now.

[@SkitchP]

This is my favorite thing on the Internet right now.

It's really truly amazing. If Harry Lime came out in favor of #YesAllWomen , id probably join the cause.

[Mecca]

If

Here's the thing harry lime.

I actually understand, and to some degree agree with Mark Cuban's poorly stated attempt at a point was. But you have done such a dramatic job of coming off as a xenophobic racist, I've decided to cross the street now that I've seen you coming.

I am merely addressing the cold, harsh reality of this country. I'm also trying to understand the racist tendencies and where they derive from, as was Stephen A. Smith. Are you going knock Smith, a black man who grew up in the slums of New York and climbed his way up the proverbial ladder of success?

And if the cold, harsh reality is what bothers you, I'm sorry.

I cannot believe I'm reading responses from someone who lives down in South America, and does not experience & hear stories of the day-to-day social relations in this country. Please, shut the fuck up.

And I should get out more? I work with plethora of different minorities. And I respect a great deal of them. Also, I hang out with a group of federal agents. I hear firsthand accounts. Again, you don't live in this country. Shut up.

he can have an opinion about a racist comment regardless of his country of origin

When he tests my knowledge and experience, and verbally insults me, I'm going to shoot back. And my response has validity.

I don't know why you feel the need to defend a rich, white billionaire's beliefs or poorly chosen words.

As I said above, he is trying to get the root of the cause. Not many people do this, and they should. But I don't blame them for trying, people misinterpret their points.

And how many times do I have to say that there are people in the black community who agree with and understand Mark Cuban. I can't stress that enough. Obviously they're seeing the point, because they're defending him, and using the same dialogue I am.

And that's all the validity I need.

so wearing a hoodie with the hood up means you're a threat?

[Harry Lime]

If

Here's the thing harry lime.

I actually understand, and to some degree agree with Mark Cuban's poorly stated attempt at a point was. But you have done such a dramatic job of coming off as a xenophobic racist, I've decided to cross the street now that I've seen you coming.

I am merely addressing the cold, harsh reality of this country. I'm also trying to understand the racist tendencies and where they derive from, as was Stephen A. Smith. Are you going knock Smith, a black man who grew up in the slums of New York and climbed his way up the proverbial ladder of success?

And if the cold, harsh reality is what bothers you, I'm sorry.

I cannot believe I'm reading responses from someone who lives down in South America, and does not experience & hear stories of the day-to-day social relations in this country. Please, shut the fuck up.

And I should get out more? I work with plethora of different minorities. And I respect a great deal of them. Also, I hang out with a group of federal agents. I hear firsthand accounts. Again, you don't live in this country. Shut up.

he can have an opinion about a racist comment regardless of his country of origin

When he tests my knowledge and experience, and verbally insults me, I'm going to shoot back. And my response has validity.

I don't know why you feel the need to defend a rich, white billionaire's beliefs or poorly chosen words.

As I said above, he is trying to get the root of the cause. Not many people do this, and they should. But I don't blame them for trying, people misinterpret their points.

And how many times do I have to say that there are people in the black community who agree with and understand Mark Cuban. I can't stress that enough. Obviously they're seeing the point, because they're defending him, and using the same dialogue I am.

And that's all the validity I need.

so wearing a hoodie with the hood up means you're a threat?

Pretty much sums up my final word on the subject:

[Jorge]

And how many times do I have to say that there are people in the black community who agree with and understand Mark Cuban. I can't stress that enough. Obviously they're seeing the point, because they're defending him, and using the same dialogue I am.

And that's all the validity I need.

The "black community" is not a homogenuous mass, nor does it default to a single position. It's really absurd for you to suggest that, because there are black people who agree with Mark Cuban, there is no validity to the objections against his wording. And you do this often... when some NBA star came out and criticized the response to the Trayvon Martin shooting, you posted his comment as if to say "LOOK, SEE! A BLACK PERSON AGREES! IT'S NOT RACIST". Stop that. It's fallacious.

[Jorge]

Here are some other fallacious Harry Lime arguments, for future reference:

- "Other people agree with me."
- "My dad's a cop."
- "My dad's a cop and he agrees with me."

[Harry Lime]

People with merit, agree. Something you have no respect for while you sit on that imaginary high horse.

Okay. Now I'm done.

[BurtReynolds]

Agreeing with Steven A Smith on any subject is grounds for immediate imprisonment. He is truly worse than Hitler.

[Norah]

Okay. Now I'm done.

No you're not.