10-05-2017, 10:40 PM
Jesus (Christ, not Campos). That same tired old deflective bullshit, again. Why? (rhetorical)
No, Biggie, 'the same thing' absolutely does not happen 12 times a year in Chicago. There hasn't been a mass murder of people (not engaged in criminal activity) on the scale of what happened in Vegas in the modern history of this country.
And, if Paddock had chosen the Life is Beautiful festival where there would undoubtedly have been more black concert-goers and victims, I doubt the reaction would be much different.
Violent crime exists and a whole lot of people care -- tens of thousands of people work every day to prevent and solve the problems which are largely related to poverty and economics in cities like Chicago. The meth and Opioid crime and death epidemic among poor predominately white communities is also a major concern to many of us.
More can and should be done to prevent crime and fatalities in those areas, no argument here. But..........that obviously doesn't mean that concern and efforts surrounding the mass murders going down across the country are less justified, at least it doesn't mean that to people who can walk and chew gum at the same time and aren't hung up on the race of the victims.
No, Biggie, 'the same thing' absolutely does not happen 12 times a year in Chicago. There hasn't been a mass murder of people (not engaged in criminal activity) on the scale of what happened in Vegas in the modern history of this country.
And, if Paddock had chosen the Life is Beautiful festival where there would undoubtedly have been more black concert-goers and victims, I doubt the reaction would be much different.
Violent crime exists and a whole lot of people care -- tens of thousands of people work every day to prevent and solve the problems which are largely related to poverty and economics in cities like Chicago. The meth and Opioid crime and death epidemic among poor predominately white communities is also a major concern to many of us.
More can and should be done to prevent crime and fatalities in those areas, no argument here. But..........that obviously doesn't mean that concern and efforts surrounding the mass murders going down across the country are less justified, at least it doesn't mean that to people who can walk and chew gum at the same time and aren't hung up on the race of the victims.