REPORT: Leaked Document Reveals Police Plan to Kill African-Americans

[PsychicTaco115]

EDIT: Oh, is this about the recent case where supposedly the guy and the cop were wrestling over a taser and the cop had to shoot him, only someone caught the thing on video, and the cop shot him several times in the back while he was running away and then put the taser by the body?

Cause, yeah, getting a lil blatant there.

Yeah, I wrote this one angry

So it's less reporting and more smashing the keyboard to my face and using Spell Check to make coherent words and whatnot

 

[dalek sec]

I for one think that police - of all people - should treat all people equally.

I've been advocating that police should be shooting ALL people!

Black, white, Asian, some kind of gypsy woman should be all shot - and that is what the American equality is all about.

Glad to know I'm not the only who feels that way.

This is America damnit, we should kill everyone, it's the way our founding fathers would have wanted it!

 

[CrystalShadow]

Calling them African Americans is kind of offensive, no? Most of the black people in my area come from Jamacia and Haiti.

There's not really any good answer to this. If you try and just call them "black", some people get offended at the word. If you try and use African-American, others point out the thing you did that "we're not all from Africa!". I've heard some people are trying to bring back "Negro" as an "inoffensive" new term, free of the taint of Black and African-American, but of course, that caused a firestorm itself. Bottom line, no matter what term you use for just about any ethnic group out there, it's going to offend a percentage of them.

Though that does bring up a curiosity I've always had about other countries. Obviously, living outside the US, using the phrase African-American doesn't make sense. So what generic term is used for blacks who are outside the US, but you don't know their specific nationality?

You missed a trick though.

African-american would offend almost all the black people I've met in person, because most aren't african in any meaningful sense, and none are American.
Calling a british black person 'african-american' would already be absurd.

Calling an Australian aborigine one would be downright stupid on every possible level.

It's fascinating people can argue about what is an acceptable term for a black person, then blindly even ignore the existence of non-americans...

The guy I sort of had this awkward thing with for a while sure as hell wasn't 'african-american'.
But for the colour of his skin he was very much a british guy...
Complete with peculiarly british kinds of obnoxious behaviour... >_>

And if you're wondering, 'black' (or it's equivalent in the local language) is the most common term I've come across in europe.

In Australia, more than 95% of the black population are the country's original inhabitants, and the most politically correct way of referring to them is as 'indigenous Australians'.

Anyway, point is, there's far more wrong with the term 'african-american' than the 'african' bit...

Unless you view the US as the centre of the universe of course.... >_>

 

[sageoftruth]

I for one think that police - of all people - should treat all people equally.

I've been advocating that police should be shooting ALL people!

Black, white, Asian, some kind of gypsy woman should be all shot - and that is what the American equality is all about.

Glad to know I'm not the only who feels that way.

This is America damnit, we should kill everyone, it's the way our founding fathers would have wanted it!

Damn straight! They invented the phrase "Live free or die", so why aren't we killing the people who aren't free enough? Such a shame.

 

[Josh123914]

Well in that case I believe Obama would be much safer if he had all security services removed from his vicinity.

You never know, they may be in cahoots.

 

[mecegirl]

There's not really any good answer to this. If you try and just call them "black", some people get offended at the word. If you try and use African-American, others point out the thing you did that "we're not all from Africa!". I've heard some people are trying to bring back "Negro" as an "inoffensive" new term, free of the taint of Black and African-American, but of course, that caused a firestorm itself. Bottom line, no matter what term you use for just about any ethnic group out there, it's going to offend a percentage of them.

Though that does bring up a curiosity I've always had about other countries. Obviously, living outside the US, using the phrase African-American doesn't make sense. So what generic term is used for blacks who are outside the US, but you don't know their specific nationality?

I have never, in my life, heard someone genuinely take offense at calling black people "black". Neither have I heard anyone take offense at "African American" assuming the black person is in America (they would probably get annoyed if they were just African or if they were a black person from France or England).

*shrugs* I've heard it mentioned before. It's not a lot, but it's out there. Like I said, you're likely to annoy somebody no matter what phrase you use.

Yeah...that's not a thing unless the Black person isn't American. And as for actual African American's Black is generally preferred because there is no reason to add a modifier to American. It's not that it offends people its just that its stupid and overtly PC. Its not like White folks are going around calling themselves European Americans.

 

[Thaluikhain]

EDIT: Oh, is this about the recent case where supposedly the guy and the cop were wrestling over a taser and the cop had to shoot him, only someone caught the thing on video, and the cop shot him several times in the back while he was running away and then put the taser by the body?

Cause, yeah, getting a lil blatant there.

Yeah, I wrote this one angry

So it's less reporting and more smashing the keyboard to my face and using Spell Check to make coherent words and whatnot

Yeah, I'm guessing this week isn't going to be a good one for your keyboard. Though, rarely would be, I spose.

 

[PsychicTaco115]

Yeah, I'm guessing this week isn't going to be a good one for your keyboard. Though, rarely would be, I spose.

Usually I have better control of negative personal feelings when writing stories but this... This I couldn't do without putting my true thoughts down

Hopefully things will be better in the future though

There's always hope ^u^

 

[Thaluikhain]

Yeah, I'm guessing this week isn't going to be a good one for your keyboard. Though, rarely would be, I spose.

Usually I have better control of negative personal feelings when writing stories but this... This I couldn't do without putting my true thoughts down

Hopefully things will be better in the future though

Well, OTOH, at least you aren't going to run out of material, some quite bad stuff hit the headlines recently.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

No, wait, that's not what I meant!

Aaw crap...

Spoiler: Harsh but true?

 

[Thaluikhain]

Spoiler: Harsh but true?

Not sure about the harsh bit, I've seen people seriously arguing that victims are to blame for not doing that before getting shot.

 

[happyninja42]

You missed a trick though.

No I didn't, I specifically asked what people would call blacks in other countries, and even stated that African-American wouldn't make any sense, that's why I asked in the first place.

African-american would offend almost all the black people I've met in person, because most aren't african in any meaningful sense, and none are American.
Calling a british black person 'african-american' would already be absurd.

Calling an Australian aborigine one would be downright stupid on every possible level.

It's fascinating people can argue about what is an acceptable term for a black person, then blindly even ignore the existence of non-americans...

And I'm fascinated when people don't actually read something they reply to, and miss the point entirely. Did you not even see the last paragraph you quoted of me? Where I specifically ASK what you would call blacks outside the US? Since calling them African-American would be stupd? 'Cause I'm thinking you didnt, based on this response.

And if you're wondering, 'black' (or it's equivalent in the local language) is the most common term I've come across in europe.

In Australia, more than 95% of the black population are the country's original inhabitants, and the most politically correct way of referring to them is as 'indigenous Australians'.

Thank you, you finally got around to actually answering my question, after a paragraph of subtle insult talk.

Anyway, point is, there's far more wrong with the term 'african-american' than the 'african' bit...

Unless you view the US as the centre of the universe of course.... >_>

See above part where I tell you to actually read the question I asked before replying to it.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Spoiler: Harsh but true?

Not sure about the harsh bit, I've seen people seriously arguing that victims are to blame for not doing that before getting shot.

Let me guess, these people also think that rape is the fault of the woman for dressing provocatively? Yeah, I know a few of them.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Spoiler: Harsh but true?

Not sure about the harsh bit, I've seen people seriously arguing that victims are to blame for not doing that before getting shot.

Let me guess, these people also think that rape is the fault of the woman for dressing provocatively? Yeah, I know a few of them.

I'd imagine that there is some overlap, but then people who aren't generally reprehensible can still have serious failures on certain issues.

 

[Grumman]

Reported. I'd be glad to be rid of this guy and his stupid clickbait titles masquerading as actual, important news.

 

[AntiChri5]

Reported. I'd be glad to be rid of this guy and his stupid clickbait titles masquerading as actual, important news.

So have you always wanted to be the fun police, or is it a recent urge?

 

[Thaluikhain]

Reported. I'd be glad to be rid of this guy and his stupid clickbait titles masquerading as actual, important news.

Er...while I'm not particularly a fan of these articles, how are they masquerading as anything? They are always satire, never pretended otherwise, and the titles are always much the same. You know what you are getting once you've seen one or two before.

(Though, oddly, the issue was dealt with fairly seriously this time)

 

[PsychicTaco115]

Reported. I'd be glad to be rid of this guy and his stupid clickbait titles masquerading as actual, important news.

Oh

Well, this is awkward...

Even if this DID get a warning (though I don't know why it would), I'd still have 6 warnings left to go in order to be "rid of"

So yeah

 

[CrystalShadow]

Spoiler: hidden for length

You missed a trick though.

No I didn't, I specifically asked what people would call blacks in other countries, and even stated that African-American wouldn't make any sense, that's why I asked in the first place.

African-american would offend almost all the black people I've met in person, because most aren't african in any meaningful sense, and none are American.
Calling a british black person 'african-american' would already be absurd.

Calling an Australian aborigine one would be downright stupid on every possible level.

It's fascinating people can argue about what is an acceptable term for a black person, then blindly even ignore the existence of non-americans...

And I'm fascinated when people don't actually read something they reply to, and miss the point entirely. Did you not even see the last paragraph you quoted of me? Where I specifically ASK what you would call blacks outside the US? Since calling them African-American would be stupd? 'Cause I'm thinking you didnt, based on this response.

And if you're wondering, 'black' (or it's equivalent in the local language) is the most common term I've come across in europe.

In Australia, more than 95% of the black population are the country's original inhabitants, and the most politically correct way of referring to them is as 'indigenous Australians'.

Thank you, you finally got around to actually answering my question, after a paragraph of subtle insult talk.

Anyway, point is, there's far more wrong with the term 'african-american' than the 'african' bit...

Unless you view the US as the centre of the universe of course.... >_>

See above part where I tell you to actually read the question I asked before replying to it.

~facepalm~ Yeah. This happens sometimes. Now, I could accuse you of editing your post to try and make people look stupid, but it's fairly obvious that edits don't cascade through the system, so if you had done that, the evidence of it would be in my own post...

Obviously, this is my error. Sometimes, you just miss things. Look at what you said if the last paragraph is missing, and what I replied makes perfect sense.

Though, taking your reaction to my mistake into account, did you notice I actually answered your question?

So uh, well done on noticing that sometimes people can miss the obvious.

Shit happens. I'm not in the mood to say anything more than that right now.