Black fuck-up kills white people on TV

[Faith No More]

It was ridiculous to me, how quickly this thread shifted into how poor Shinagami was being attacked because no one understood sarcasm.

Um...the reason the thread focused on her was because she felt it necessary to insult everyone that questioned whether or not her post was sarcasm.  Sans her pissy attitude, I doubt everyone would have concentrated on it so much.

But this is a dumb conversation to have in the first place.  The OP did not make a good point, as if white people rioting over this reporter's murder is even comparable to the riots in Baltimore in the first place.  The riots in Baltimore were due to the decades long oppression of black people by the authoritative forces that created a powder keg of hostility that was ignited by the death of yet aother innocent black man killed at the hands of the police.  To imply that white people see a double standard because rioting over the reporter's murder would be percieved as wrong while people are apologetic towards the Baltimore riots shows an absolute lack of basic understanding of human behavior and the psychological motivations behind it.  The authorites can only oppress people for so long before there is going to be an inevitable and hostile backlash.  While that backlash may not be morally justifiable, it is certainly understandable given that a human being will snap when pushed to the breaking point.  Factor in that it was a city-wide oppression, and you have set yourself up for one big "snap."

So, comparing the two is apples and oranges.  On top of that, the conversation completely misses the fact that black and white people are not monolithic blocs, and let's not forget that there were plenty of black people in Baltimore that worked to shield the police and did what they could to quell the riots.

This is why I hate discussions on race, because people see fit to look at in black and white(pun not intended) while the world is filled with shades of gray.  It was a dumb thread to start with, and I'm not sure why everyone thinks this is a conversation worth continuing.