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post #51 of 78
7/10/09 at 2:08pm
I saw news footage of one of the young kids describing the reaction of the pool members upon seeing the campers arrive. It just about broke my heart. Imagine being a 10 year old black kid who's excited about going to a pool - a good one, not a crappy inner city public pool - and the parents start taking their kids out of the pool and making racist comments right in front of you about the danger you pose to their kids. This is the type of stuff that gives people complexes for years.

This is basically some early 20th century Jim Crow bullshit plain and simple, and it immediately made me think about the crap my grandmother, a WWII vet and retired government worker, had to deal with. I think the most infuriating part was the boldness with which the pool members could spout off their racist views without fear of embarrassment or consequences. This is the shit that happens in culturally homogenous areas and why diversity is a valuable ideal.
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post #52 of 78
7/10/09 at 2:19pm
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Akron Police are looking for a group of 30 to 50 boys who are accused of attacking a local family after a fireworks display.
Yes, because they stay in packs.
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post #53 of 78
7/10/09 at 2:27pm
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I saw news footage of one of the young kids describing the reaction of the pool members upon seeing the campers arrive. It just about broke my heart. Imagine being a 10 year old black kid who's excited about going to a pool - a good one, not a crappy inner city public pool - and the parents start taking their kids out of the pool and making racist comments right in front of you about the danger you pose to their kids. This is the type of stuff that gives people complexes for years.

This is basically some early 20th century Jim Crow bullshit plain and simple, and it immediately made me think about the crap my grandmother, a WWII vet and retired government worker, had to deal with. I think the most infuriating part was the boldness with which the pool members could spout off their racist views without fear of embarrassment or consequences. This is the shit that happens in culturally homogenous areas and why diversity is a valuable ideal.
But it didn't happen! You liberals are being too sensitive! It was just one irate black parent playing the race card! White people are being attacked in Ohio! Bands of roving teenagers under the Obama Black Militant Hypno-Ray! HEEEELP!!!
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post #54 of 78
7/10/09 at 2:44pm
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Baiting. Do they offer any classes on spelling there?
Yes, I'm on the waiting list for those. Because that's the important part.
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post #55 of 78
7/10/09 at 2:45pm
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But it didn't happen! You liberals are being too sensitive! It was just one irate black parent playing the race card! White people are being attacked in Ohio! Bands of roving teenagers under the Obama Black Militant Hypno-Ray! HEEEELP!!!
C'mon, you know that incident in Ohio was just a flash mob gone wrong. We (oops, they...) didn't mean to hurt those poor white folks, much. I think. And they were probably just asking that white family for directions to the pool and got some uppity answer in return - something like "take a left and go straight for 3 blocks." You know how they say never get between a bear and its cubs...well, never get between a mob of black dudes and the pool...or the local Popeye's for that matter. Did I just say that? Bad negro, bad.

However, we blacks ARE too susceptible to that Black Militant Hypno-Ray. Although, it would be fun to zap O'Reilly or Limbaugh with that. All we'd need is a few Japanese engineers, some Public Enemy LPs, mix, and in a few months we've got Bill O'Reilly calling Farrakhan a patriot and his employers pinheads.
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post #56 of 78
7/10/09 at 2:51pm
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Although, it would be fun to zap O'Reilly or Limbaugh with that. All we'd need is a few Japanese engineers, some Public Enemy LPs, mix, and in a few months we've got Bill O'Reilly calling Farrakhan a patriot and his employers pinheads.
Are you, by any chance, taking up a collection for this wonderful cause? Can I at least subscribe to your newsletter?
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post #57 of 78
7/10/09 at 3:56pm
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Are you, by any chance, taking up a collection for this wonderful cause? Can I at least subscribe to your newsletter?
Oops, that reminds me, I forgot the disclaimer that indicates this technology is purely hypothetical. And the one assuring the government that I do NOT in fact advocate a mass Black Militant Movement.

Phew, I wonder if that's enough to keep me off the watchlist...

Aw Hell, what the hay. All collections can be sent via PayPal to CHUD, where continued operation of their site, including the forums, will allow me to further fantasize about the day when Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly will team up ala Chuck D and Flavor Flav and go medieval on anyone denying young blacks the right to 1) swim at private pools, 2) beat unsuspecting white families, and 3) attend summer blockbusters free of questionably racist robotic characters.

Subscriptions to Black Militant Hypno-Ray Weekly are currently unavailable due to the lack of a Black Militant Hypno-Ray Weekly. However, plans are underway. Yes they are.
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post #58 of 78
7/10/09 at 4:04pm
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Oops, that reminds me, I forgot the disclaimer that indicates this technology is purely hypothetical. And the one assuring the government that I do NOT in fact advocate a mass Black Militant Movement.

Phew, I wonder if that's enough to keep me off the watchlist...

Aw Hell, what the hay. All collections can be sent via PayPal to CHUD, where continued operation of their site, including the forums, will allow me to further fantasize about the day when Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly will team up ala Chuck D and Flavor Flav and go medieval on anyone denying young blacks the right to 1) swim at private pools, 2) beat unsuspecting white families, and 3) attend summer blockbusters free of questionably racist robotic characters.

Subscriptions to Black Militant Hypno-Ray Weekly are currently unavailable due to the lack of a Black Militant Hypno-Ray Weekly. However, plans are underway. Yes they are.
Maybe try for a monthly first?
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post #59 of 78
7/10/09 at 4:33pm
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Maybe try for a monthly first?
Too ridiculous an idea for me to have restrained myself to one issue per month. Besides, all the weekly and monthly talk would be for naught if, in this hypothetical world we're discussing, Oprah were to green light it as a recurring segment on her show.
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post #60 of 78
7/10/09 at 4:42pm
dajuice7, will there be t-shirts or something via CafePress? I want to proudly display my affiliation and support for your fine periodical amongst my Caucasian brethren. Also, let me know if you are planning a fund-raising telethon, as I would happily answer phones and take pledges for your fine organization.
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post #61 of 78
7/10/09 at 4:53pm
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dajuice7, will there be t-shirts or something via CafePress? I want to proudly display my affiliation and support for your fine periodical amongst my Caucasian brethren. Also, let me know if you are planning a fund-raising telethon, as I would happily answer phones and take pledges for your fine organization.
I think I'd have to run that by Jake, who in all fairness did come up with the Black Militant Hypno-Ray idea. The ideas are limitless, though. I can see it now...

White T emblazoned with the phrase "How to tell if you're friend has fallen victim to the Black Militant Hypno-Ray..." Then below a list of characteristics. Or maybe a simple Che-like depiction of Limbaugh with a mega-afro and pick.

Wait, WTF. Look what you all have me doing...
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post #62 of 78
7/10/09 at 5:45pm
I'm going to get tarred and feathered for this, but why is the idea of a bunch of black teens jumping a white family so completely impossible to so many of you? And what white family in Ohio would "provoke" a group of, let's say, five to ten black teens? The reporting was shit, but I don't see how the basic premise is so unlikely. You know there are bad black people too, right?
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post #63 of 78
7/10/09 at 5:53pm
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I'm going to get tarred and feathered for this, but why is the idea of a bunch of black teens jumping a white family so completely impossible to so many of you? And what white family in Ohio would "provoke" a group of, let's say, five to ten black teens? The reporting was shit, but I don't see how the basic premise is so unlikely. You know there are bad black people too, right?
It's Ohio... I could easily see either side instigating it.
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post #64 of 78
7/10/09 at 6:00pm
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I'm going to get tarred and feathered for this, but why is the idea of a bunch of black teens jumping a white family so completely impossible to so many of you? And what white family in Ohio would "provoke" a group of, let's say, five to ten black teens? The reporting was shit, but I don't see how the basic premise is so unlikely. You know there are bad black people too, right?
Because from my experience in the world the scenario as presented makes no sense. They just come across a random group of people and attack them? And these are the only people who get attacked? If the stunningly huge mob of teens had been rampaging before or after, I might believe it.

The scenario that makes the most sense is the guy who got randomly jumped was making some comments - either to the kids or in a way he thought wouldn't get heard - and they beat him down. Which doesn't make them right, at all. They should be prosecuted for that. But a huge pack of kids beating up one family and then just going home? Bullshit.
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post #65 of 78
7/10/09 at 6:04pm
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Because from my experience in the world the scenario as presented makes no sense. They just come across a random group of people and attack them? And these are the only people who get attacked? If the stunningly huge mob of teens had been rampaging before or after, I might believe it.
The isolated nature of it is a bit of a red flag, good point. Initially it reminded me of the "wilding" shit that was on the front page of the Post every day for a year back in the 80s.
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post #66 of 78
7/10/09 at 6:59pm
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Because from my experience in the world the scenario as presented makes no sense. They just come across a random group of people and attack them? And these are the only people who get attacked? If the stunningly huge mob of teens had been rampaging before or after, I might believe it.

The scenario that makes the most sense is the guy who got randomly jumped was making some comments - either to the kids or in a way he thought wouldn't get heard - and they beat him down. Which doesn't make them right, at all. They should be prosecuted for that. But a huge pack of kids beating up one family and then just going home? Bullshit.
Yeah, all of this.
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post #67 of 78
7/10/09 at 10:05pm
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Because from my experience in the world the scenario as presented makes no sense. They just come across a random group of people and attack them? And these are the only people who get attacked? If the stunningly huge mob of teens had been rampaging before or after, I might believe it.

The scenario that makes the most sense is the guy who got randomly jumped was making some comments - either to the kids or in a way he thought wouldn't get heard - and they beat him down. Which doesn't make them right, at all. They should be prosecuted for that. But a huge pack of kids beating up one family and then just going home? Bullshit.
And the fact that they focused on the man. The daughter was pushed away and left alone, the mother wasn't touched, the son in the bushes (really?) was fine. Those kids went after the men in the group with a purpose. And what I find interesting is that the father, who was allegedly stomped by an amazing number of assailants and is now facing thousands of dollars in medical bills, looks completely untouched in those video interviews. That's not the face of a man who was attacked by fifty human beings.

The guy did or said something inciting, the kids all ganged up on him, and when they made their point, they bolted.
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post #68 of 78
7/10/09 at 10:14pm
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Oops, that reminds me, I forgot the disclaimer that indicates this technology is purely hypothetical. And the one assuring the government that I do NOT in fact advocate a mass Black Militant Movement.

Phew, I wonder if that's enough to keep me off the watchlist...

Aw Hell, what the hay. All collections can be sent via PayPal to CHUD, where continued operation of their site, including the forums, will allow me to further fantasize about the day when Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly will team up ala Chuck D and Flavor Flav and go medieval on anyone denying young blacks the right to 1) swim at private pools, 2) beat unsuspecting white families, and 3) attend summer blockbusters free of questionably racist robotic characters.

Subscriptions to Black Militant Hypno-Ray Weekly are currently unavailable due to the lack of a Black Militant Hypno-Ray Weekly. However, plans are underway. Yes they are.
Get this gentleman on WEAA 88.9!
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post #69 of 78
7/11/09 at 3:11am
I worked at a daycare in Phoenix when I was in college, and we had a summer program, so we went to a public pool. The lifeguards hated us because they didn't trust any of us (possibly with very good cause) to watch this giant influx of kids. We never got any racist remarks though, even though we were more than half minority students.

If I were to look back at my experience during that time with the most sweeping broad strokes generalization, and particularly racist eyes I suppose most of our black kids couldn't swim very well. Though at the same time they were the most sweet natured of all the kids, like, across the board.

That's my racial stereotype for the day guys: little black kids are so sweet they'll kill you with unnecessary hugs.
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post #70 of 78
7/11/09 at 11:42am
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Because from my experience in the world the scenario as presented makes no sense. They just come across a random group of people and attack them? And these are the only people who get attacked? If the stunningly huge mob of teens had been rampaging before or after, I might believe it.

The scenario that makes the most sense is the guy who got randomly jumped was making some comments - either to the kids or in a way he thought wouldn't get heard - and they beat him down. Which doesn't make them right, at all. They should be prosecuted for that. But a huge pack of kids beating up one family and then just going home? Bullshit.
I've been jumped twice in my life as an adult; once in Cleveland and once in Akron. Both times involved me walking by my lonesome and a group of black teenagers spoiling for a fight. It didn't turn me racist but this scenario has happened.
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post #71 of 78
7/11/09 at 11:49am
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I've been jumped twice in my life as an adult; once in Cleveland and once in Akron. Both times involved me walking by my lonesome and a group of black teenagers spoiling for a fight. It didn't turn me racist but this scenario has happened.
Right, you weren't a family of people. Not trying to diminish what happened to you, mind you, since getting jumped sucks no matter who did it.
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post #72 of 78
7/21/09 at 10:09am
"Hey, you just got kicked out of a swimming pool in Philadelphia! What are you doing next?"

"I'm going to Disney World!"
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post #73 of 78
7/21/09 at 10:12am
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Then he will gather all of them in a theater to show them the next Madea film. They will all suddenly die of unknown causes.
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post #74 of 78
7/21/09 at 10:50am
The initial story said they had walked to a friends house (so were no longer at the fireworks - hence fewer potential witnesses) and that one of the group of attackers hit the guy's friend, and the guy joined in the fight, then the whole crowd came after the guy. Thus the guy himself may not have been terribly provoking so much as the his friend and a member of the group who were originally embroiled.
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post #75 of 78
7/21/09 at 11:48am
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The initial story said they had walked to a friends house (so were no longer at the fireworks - hence fewer potential witnesses) and that one of the group of attackers hit the guy's friend, and the guy joined in the fight, then the whole crowd came after the guy. Thus the guy himself may not have been terribly provoking so much as the his friend and a member of the group who were originally embroiled.
Crazy. Is there a link? People just keep throwing this one at me.
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post #76 of 78
7/22/09 at 11:52pm
Okay Tyler Perry, I forgive you for one Madea movie. But ONLY one Madea movie.
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post #77 of 78
7/23/09 at 7:15pm
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"Hey, you just got kicked out of a swimming pool in Philadelphia! What are you doing next?"

"I'm going to Disney World!"
I have no idea who Tyler Perry is but YAY!!! A happy ending to an otherwise horrible and depressing story.
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post #78 of 78
7/23/09 at 7:17pm
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I have no idea who Tyler Perry is but YAY!!!
I lolled.
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