Jezus, and they scream about us taking guns AWAY!

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UPDATED: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 22:09
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NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by penquin11:
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Originally posted by NEWOLDBROWNCOAT:
I find this difficult to reconcile with my notion that all small town white southerners in any position of power are racists, more or less publicly.
Do they really want all of the black households down there in the slums, or "the bottoms", or the black neighborhood, whatever they call it, to be armed?

Or are the exceptions for felons and paupers really code words for "black folks?"

I will admit that that is MY notion, MY prejudice, MY bias, not necessarily supported by facts. But I would walk into the town looking out for any sign of that.

Sweeping generalizations are not very nice. I have lived my entire life in the South, and there is racism present, and it isn't that rare. However, racists make up a minority of the general population.

"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it the most?"- Mark Twain

And I admit it; I wrote so, right there. You quoted it.

MY subsequent post, with demographic stats, is enough for me at least. I would suggest that those 2 counties, and that town, are products of white flight, just as racist as those old towns with billboards saying, " Nigger, don't let the sun go down on your ass in this town. "

Which suggests, to me , that arming the citizens of the town is a way to make SURE that black folks stay away.

But remember, I am not a judge making this determination- I'm just a private citizen observing something in the news from 2000 miles away. I wield no power, no authority, make no decision in any matter concerning this town, or the people who live there. The demographics suggest that my analysis might be correct. I do not feel compelled to go there and interview folks to get eyewitness opinions. It looks like it might be some sort of de facto segregation, to me. But it affects me not-- it's there and I'm here.

And the question I asked, "Are these code words to exclude black people?" is still a valid historical question. There will be no true answer spoken by any person, from far away or there. Observation of events, over a long period of time, will reveal one, maybe.

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