Comment Re:The war on roads (Score 1) 285
I get mugged in my walkable neighborhood every day. Won't someone with a car come rescue me?
I get mugged in my walkable neighborhood every day. Won't someone with a car come rescue me?
So now you're replacing your original claim with a new one.
No, but I perhaps poorly stated my claim in the first place. I suppose I can see how, out of context, my claim could be misunderstood.
Do you have anything to support your new position, or do we have to take your word for this as well?
Uhm, you linked it and quoted it.
So you're actually admitting that you're trying to silence this issue on Slashdot. Okay.
It's a problem in my community. If you don't think it merits your attention, why do you keep spending time in the discussion?
I am a white male. I'm not against myself. You're projecting a straw man argument on me, and I'm not going to accept it.
I'm being accused of being anti-white, based on "crap others like [me] say", except no one like me says any such crap. It's a made up boogey man, and none of the very few examples anyone's trotted out* hold any water.
* I've gotten one reply with supposed evidence of white-hating anti-racists. They named two authors and two publications, neither of which turned up anti-white sentiment when actually Googling for it.
I will not be pressured to provide evidence for a claim I didn't make.
I'm just saying what I see in my neighborhood. Also, as a queer, I am not "using gay men like you" at all. Shrug.
they are not part of the genetic diversity that will get passed on to the next generation
Seems to assume heredity to me.
https://google.com/?q=jessica+... - hmm nope
https://google.com/?q=anil+das... - nope
https://google.com/?q=jezebel+... - nope but there's some amusing stuff
https://google.com/?q=themarys... - more nope
Sorry, as an anti-racist, I'm already used to this accusation, and it's a stupid fantasy. While I'm sure that there are actually a few people who genuinely "hate white people", it's a straw man argument to set this up as the position of the author or defenders, when none have expressed it. It's just a way to easily dismiss anti-racist sentiment without actually talking about its genuine motivations.
You seem to be under the mistaken impression that Capitol Hill was ever at any point all- or even majority-gay. Nope.
Not going to engage this racist shit.
I thought the absurdity of the claim, that queers are committing hate crimes against queers, would stand out enough. I guess I underestimated Slashdot. Thanks for explaining how to engage in jokes on the Internet tho.
I doubt it. I bet many of them specifically target other blacks, with full knowledge that a legacy of racism means authorities are much less likely to look into the matter fully and they stand a better chance of getting away with it. Most criminals are dumb but not completely. They burgle the house in the shitty neighborhood because they know odds are their isn't a patrol car as near by if someone calls the cops as their would likely be in a more affluent neighborhood, even in the spoils of a successful job won't be as great.
This is still not the same thing!
There should be no such thing as a hate crime. The concept has no place in a just society. All victims should matter equally. Why you were victimized should not be a factor. If someone is murdered/raped/robbed etc society should put equal effort into securing justice no matter who the victim is. When it comes to punishing or rehabilitating the perpetrator those are serious crime the commission of which means at a very fundamental level the prep is deranged and needs to be handled accordingly no matter what their 'reasons'. If they formed intent to do those types of harms why isn't important.
I agree that "hate crime" should not be used in determining punishment, but I strongly disagree that the concept should not exist. It is important, when trying to address a crime wave, to understand what is causing it. When the cause is bigotry, it's important to know that.
1. I live on the Hill in Seattle. I'm well aware of what is happening in this neighborhood.
2. The culture of Amazon's swelling ranks is not reflective of the overall tech industry. They hire so many young bros and shove money in their faces. The result is a whole bunch of rich man-children running around like they own the place. And increasingly, they do.
3. Regarding your article, it reinforces one of my points (the Hill's becoming less gay). The night life boom is absolutely a consequence of Amazon (and other tech) growth. It's frankly a disgusting scene. And it absolutely has all the ingredients to lead to increased violence toward queers in the neighborhood.
"And remember: Evil will always prevail, because Good is dumb." -- Spaceballs
