I need a good response to this

holyguacamole79

This was on my FB feed. I already told him that his shift key is broken. ...

novella1186

News flash: he's an ignorant douche and I challenge him to not be an ignorant piece of shit.

dcbride86

It's always SO hard to not respond to posts like that.  I know the stats and how race impacts policing.  But if that's someone's views, me telling them the percentage of black people vs. white people in prison won't change their views.  Sigh.

RebeccaB88

I think a good response would be to unfriend him and go on about your life.

novella1186

RebeccaB88 said:

I think a good response would be to unfriend him and go on about your life.

This.

NavyBlue143

Scream internally. Drink. Accept that you cannot fix stupid. Drink. 

holyguacamole79

I already told him in a previous post that it's nor appropriate to call them the r-word and rats. The sad thing is, he has 2 daughters.

novella1186

holyguacamole79 said:

I already told him in a previous post that it's nor appropriate to call them the r-word and rats. The sad thing is, he has 2 daughters.

Well that fucking sucks. But maybe they'll grow up witnessing his douchery and being totally disgusted by it, and ultimately completely rejecting it thus turning into decent human beings by default. That's what happened with me and my dad. He's not racist by any means but he's an arrogant rude asshole with serious rage issues, so I try to be the opposite. These girls have hope.

ashley8918

I suggest:

dcbride86

novella1186 said:

holyguacamole79 said:

I already told him in a previous post that it's nor appropriate to call them the r-word and rats. The sad thing is, he has 2 daughters.

Well that fucking sucks. But maybe they'll grow up witnessing his douchery and being totally disgusted by it, and ultimately completely rejecting it thus turning into decent human beings by default. That's what happened with me and my dad. He's not racist by any means but he's an arrogant rude asshole with serious rage issues, so I try to be the opposite. These girls have hope.

@novella1186 - I love how you see the world!  I'm so jaded sometimes, and would have just stopped after "well that fucking sucks."  You're amazing because you see how it could turn out beautifully.  That is so rare and so awesome!

novella1186

dcbride86 said:

novella1186 said:

holyguacamole79 said:

I already told him in a previous post that it's nor appropriate to call them the r-word and rats. The sad thing is, he has 2 daughters.

Well that fucking sucks. But maybe they'll grow up witnessing his douchery and being totally disgusted by it, and ultimately completely rejecting it thus turning into decent human beings by default. That's what happened with me and my dad. He's not racist by any means but he's an arrogant rude asshole with serious rage issues, so I try to be the opposite. These girls have hope.

@novella1186 - I love how you see the world!  I'm so jaded sometimes, and would have just stopped after "well that fucking sucks."  You're amazing because you see how it could turn out beautifully.  That is so rare and so awesome!

aw thank you!

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novella1186

pinkrevenge said:

Don't respond. You will never ever get that kind of person to see how wrong, insensitive, and hateful they are. Even if you could, they would only cover it up and come back at you with all the venom they could muster.

Block that person, unfriend him, and never respond to him again. As for his daughters, as long as they interact with people not like him, they'll likely grow up to see how wrong and hateful he is. I did.

This is so true.

The guy I dated in college brought a friend to my apartment when I was having a get-together. One of my friends was visiting from my hometown and was watching something about Obama on TV (this was back before he was elected the first time so he was all over the news and stuff). For no reason, this random dude yells, "Ya know who I hate? I hate n----" and actually fucking yelled the n-word! My friends and I were stunned, and I was so humiliated to even have this guy in my apartment. I kicked him out and told him I don't allow that kind of bullshit in my home.

Well, of course he raged to my boyfriend about what a self-righteous bitch I was. And ya know what this dude actually said? That I was the racist equivalent of homophobic; that I was SO racist that I could not stand to hear any racist comments because I was terrified that my own racism would be exposed. Yeah. This was the piece of shit's theory on why I hate the n-word. There's just no getting through to people like that. They'll make up whatever far-fetched bullshit they need to to make it seem like they're not wrong. And it's infuriating. So all you can do is stay way far away.

HaileyDancingbear

I fucking hate these people.  "Oh, don't resist or commit any crimes and you don't have to worry about a cop shooting you"  SINCE WHEN IS SHOPLIFTING $20 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE OR MOUTHING OFF AT A COP/ RUNNING FROM A COP PUNISHABLE BY DEATH?????  Seriously, that's your response, any misbehavior whatsoever just means you deserve to be MURDERED?  

You know when a person should be shot by a cop?  When they have a gun and are pointing it at the cop.  If they are unarmed, then at no point were they pointing a gun at anybody, meaning they SHOULD NOT BE FUCKING KILLED, BECAUSE NO SANE SOCIETY USES THE DEATH SENTENCE FOR ROBBERY OR LOITERING.  

Know what happened the other day?  The FIRST person in all of Iceland's HISTORY was killed by a cop.  Meanwhile our cops are fucking firing anytime they feel their dick might be too small.  Fuck this place.  FUCK IT.  

luckya23

Why do you want to get involved in this?

beethery

Selling loosies on Bay Street is not an offense for which someone should be killed. 'Nuff said.

hellohkb

What about Tamir Rice? He was a 12 year old boy playing in the park. Cops didn't even attempt to approach him- The cop just shot at him and killed him. He was not asked to resist. But hey, it's totally not about race, right?

I would consider hiding his posts. I would not engage with him because it will give you a headache.

sophhabobopha

One of these:

holyguacamole79

luckya23 said:

Why do you want to get involved in this?

I just wanted to hear some good snark / wit. I'm addressing Christmas cards right now - I want to stay in a good mood.

phira

"Last time I checked, resisting arrest was not a capital offense."

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JCbride2015

Sigh.  I was really disappointed today when my beloved sister told me, "I'm really tired of people talking about racism.  It sucks.  But I didn't enslave anybody."  I told her I'm pretty sure black people are more tired of getting shot than she's tired of talking about racism.

phira

RebeccaB88 said:

I think a good response would be to unfriend him and go on about your life.

Depending on the person, this is a good response. But it really depends.

I can't really unfriend my husband's relatives without causing family drama, so I just ignore them.

JCbride2015

phira said:

RebeccaB88 said:

I think a good response would be to unfriend him and go on about your life.

Depending on the person, this is a good response. But it really depends.

I can't really unfriend my husband's relatives without causing family drama, so I just ignore them.

I do also think it's important to engage people with racist or other harmful ideas otherwise you risk that they will just be left alone in an echo chamber of hate and ignorance.  I've generally been "unfollowing" rather than "unfriending" so they will still see my progressive posts (unless they unfollow me too, of course).

holyguacamole79

JCbride2015 said:

phira said:

RebeccaB88 said:

I think a good response would be to unfriend him and go on about your life.

Depending on the person, this is a good response. But it really depends.

I can't really unfriend my husband's relatives without causing family drama, so I just ignore them.

I do also think it's important to engage people with racist or other harmful ideas otherwise you risk that they will just be left alone in an echo chamber of hate and ignorance.  I've generally been "unfollowing" rather than "unfriending" so they will still see my progressive posts (unless they unfollow me too, of course).

This was my intent. Then he blocked me. Oh well. I simply asked what about Tamir Rice. He didn't like that, and further asserted that if you draw a gun, a police officer can shoot you. I was about to write back "or choke you" when he blocked me. Wuss.

manillabar

holyguacamole79 said:

phira said:

RebeccaB88 said:

I think a good response would be to unfriend him and go on about your life.

Depending on the person, this is a good response. But it really depends.

I can't really unfriend my husband's relatives without causing family drama, so I just ignore them.

I do also think it's important to engage people with racist or other harmful ideas otherwise you risk that they will just be left alone in an echo chamber of hate and ignorance.  I've generally been "unfollowing" rather than "unfriending" so they will still see my progressive posts (unless they unfollow me too, of course).

This was my intent. Then he blocked me. Oh well. I simply asked what about Tamir Rice. He didn't like that, and further asserted that if you draw a gun, a police officer can shoot you. I was about to write back "or choke you" when he blocked me. Wuss.

Yeah I got blocked a couple days ago after giving a very thoughtful answer to a post that said (paraphrasing): "these protests need to stop. it's been a week and nothing's changed. They're just annoying and making racist white people hate them more."  

*sigh*

ChemFanatic25

holyguacamole79 said:

I already told him in a previous post that it's nor appropriate to call them the r-word and rats. The sad thing is, he has 2 daughters. is a member of the human race.

FTFY

Also, OUCH! My head hurts. Why is he screaming? It makes him look so ignorant. "News Flash, Don't resist, don't die." That sounds like the beginnings of a dictatorship . . . just saying.

FiancB

I know so many stupid people like this. I'm related to a lot of them. Sigh. 

The people that complain about the protests are just ridiculous to me. "Waaaah, I didn't get to X place as quickly as I would have liked because the protesters were being annoying". Protests are disruptive so that they get attention. That is the point of a protest. Durr. Holding a kumbayah in the privacy of one's home does not have the same effect. 

Anyway, good riddance.