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xongsmith
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Message 2 of 670 (830498)
03-31-2018 1:35 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Percy
03-31-2018 9:45 AM


If only they could just set their phasers on Stun. Or have Goldfinger's women pilots spray over the scene with the sleeping gas....
Maybe just use those sleeping weapons they use to bring down an escaped gorilla or lion into custody...

- xongsmith, 5.7d

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Message 269 of 670 (860925)
08-13-2019 3:20 PM
Reply to: Message 262 by Hyroglyphx
08-12-2019 11:56 PM


Re: Dayton Shooting
Hyroglypx wites:
Police without guns is like firefighters without houses.
Didn't you mean "hoses"???

"I'd rather be an American than a Trump Supporter."
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xongsmith
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Message 313 of 670 (863841)
10-01-2019 4:31 PM
Reply to: Message 309 by Hyroglyphx
09-28-2019 1:17 PM


Re: It's Time We Knew Why US Park Police Murdered Bijan Ghaisar
Hyro writes back to Percy:
You don't think any police should have guns and continue to make that the sole feature in any of your rants...
This is not True.

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Message 314 of 670 (863842)
10-01-2019 4:38 PM
Reply to: Message 65 by Percy
06-21-2018 10:00 AM


Re: Police Murder 17-Year-Old
Here is a quote from Percy in message 65 of this thread in 6/21/2018:
Take away most officer's guns, no murder. Only officers in special units should have guns.
See? Special units are armed.

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Message 487 of 670 (877163)
06-05-2020 6:00 PM
Reply to: Message 486 by Taq
06-05-2020 5:03 PM


Re: The Silencing of the Press
Tara Adcock Padilla
June 3 at 10:38 PM Shared with Public
Please everyone share this and ask your friends to share ...
Borrowed: This is from Caroline Crockett Brock
I am a 45 year old white woman living in the south, and today was the first time I spoke frankly about racism with a black man.
When Ernest, my appliance repairman, came to the front door, I welcomed him in. As this was his second visit and we’d established a friendly rapport, I asked him how he was feeling in the current national climate. Naturally, he assumed I was talking about the coronavirus, because what white person actually addresses racism head on, in person, in their own home?
When Ernest realized I wanted to know about his experience with racism, he began answering my questions.
What’s it like for you on a day-to-day basis as a black man? Do cops ever give you any trouble?
The answers were illuminating.
Ernest, a middle-aged, friendly, successful business owner, gets pulled over in Myrtle Beach at least 6 times a year. He doesn’t get pulled over for traffic violations, but on the suspicion of him being a suspect in one crime or another. Mind you, he is in uniform, driving in a work van clearly marked with his business on the side. They ask him about the boxes in his car--parts and pieces of appliances. They ask to see his invoices and ask him why there is money and checks in his invoice clipboard. They ask if he’s selling drugs. These cops get angry if he asks for a badge number or pushes back in any way. Everytime he is the one who has to explain himself, although they have no real cause to question him.
Ernest used to help folks out after dark with emergencies. Not anymore. He does not work past dinnertime, not because he doesn’t need the business, but because it isn’t safe for him to be out after dark. He says There’s nothing out there in the world for me past dark.
Let me say that again. Ernest, a middle aged black man in uniform cannot work past dark in Myrtle Beach in 2020 because it’s not safe for him. He did not say this with any kind of agenda. It was a quiet, matter of fact truth.
A truth that needs to be heard.
When I asked Ernest what ethnic terms he gets offended at, he said that the most offensive term people use is ‘boy’. Ernest has a bachelors in electronics and an associates in HVAC. He is not a ‘boy’, and the term ‘boy’ in the south implies inferiority in station and status. He came to Myrtle Beach and got a job at Hobart. The supervisor repeatedly used the term ‘boy’. Ernest complained. After several complaints Ernest was fired.
Ernest says most white people are a little scared of him, and he’s often put in a position where he has to prove himself, as though he’s not qualified to repair appliances.
After getting a job for 2 years at Sears appliance, Ernest started his own company, one he’s been running for several years. He is the best repairman we’ve had, and has taught me about washer dryers and how to maintain them myself, even helping me with another washer/dryer set and a dishwasher without charging me. I highly recommend his company, Grand Strand Appliance.
I asked Ernest what he thought of black bike week in Myrtle Beach, where thousands of black people come with bullet bikes and trash our town. He says it hurts black people in our city, and he disagrees with the NAACP coming in to sue businesses that close on black bike week. He hates working that week.
Ernest doesn’t have hope that racism will change, no matter who the president is. His dad taught him It’s a white man’s world, and he’s done his best to live within it.
When I asked him what I could do, he said, everyone needs to pray and realize we’re all just one country and one people.
I am a 45 year old white woman living in the south. I can begin healing our country by talking frankly with African Americans in my world---by LISTENING to their lived experience and speaking up. I can help by actively promoting black owned businesses. That’s what I can do today. Let’s start by listening and lifting up. It’s that simple.
#listenandlift
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Edit: I asked Ernest if I could take his picture and post our conversation on facebook. He thought it was a great idea. As he left my house an hour later, he looked me in the eye and said, "If you ever march, or have a meeting on this topic, or want to change things in Myrtle Beach, I'll stand with you."
What a great idea. Let's begin standing together.
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Edit: 1pm EST on 6/1. Ernest just called me and we had one of the sweetest moments, both laughing and crying about the response to this post. He started the conversation by saying, "Caroline, I don't know if I should kill you or kiss you--my phone is ringing off the hook!"
He doesn't have a FB profile, so he's coming over later so I can help him set one up. He's been absolutely overwhelmed, as have I, with the response. We're going to be sitting down together to read your comments. They mean so much. In addition, the Myrtle Beach city manager has contacted me and I'm getting all of us together to be sure this doesn't happen in our city any longer. THANK YOU WORLD.
Edit 6/2 9am. Just got off the phone with Ernest and the local news. They will be interviewing us today, and it will be on the local news in Myrtle beach tonight. I'll post it on my page later.
This is how we change our country. Normal folks. One town at a time.
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Add a bunch of blank lines after apparent paragraphs.

"I'd rather be an American than a Trump Supporter."
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xongsmith
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Message 587 of 670 (882639)
10-02-2020 4:41 PM
Reply to: Message 586 by Hyroglyphx
10-02-2020 3:44 PM


Re: racism in this country
Hyro writes:
Racism was at an all-time low in this country and these latest incarnations are only serving to destroy what progress was made. The metric for what qualifies as racist has a hair-trigger these days.
i think those of us who are white should STFU and let's ask POC what they think.
same with sexism.
of course those of us in a privileged group are going paint a rosier picture than what it is.

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xongsmith
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Message 665 of 670 (888938)
10-24-2021 10:28 PM
Reply to: Message 664 by Percy
10-24-2021 9:45 PM


Re: A Crack in the “Shoot to Kill” Mantra?
If only we could set phasers to "stun"!!!!

"I'm the Grim Reaper now, Mitch. Step aside."

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