Happy Juneteenth

[Charley3]

Originally Posted by El-mo

Someone blew up and entire city block a couple of christmases ago. Say the thing you want to say. No one is going to hurt you. You can be a brave boy.

Thanks….?
Not sure why pointing out the obvious tendency toward violence for any particular holiday, or any particular anything, makes me a “brave boy”. But whatever.

[Loretta77]

Chicago is a sh*t show everyday.

[berryberry]

Originally Posted by El-mo

I’m not sure I understand the point you’re trying to make here.

Why is it not surprising you don't understand these simple facts?

12 killed, more than 100 shot in Juneteenth celebrations across the US. The shootings ranged across multiple cities and states, including Chicago, Milwaukee, Washington, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Baltimore, Idaho, and Southern California.

Do you dispute these facts?

[Mistershark]

Originally Posted by berryberry

Why is it not surprising you don't understand these simple facts?

12 killed, more than 100 shot in Juneteenth celebrations across the US. The shootings ranged across multiple cities and states, including Chicago, Milwaukee, Washington, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Baltimore, Idaho, and Southern California.

Do you dispute these facts?

Sounds like you’re not the only one that doesn’t want to celebrate a holiday celebrating the end of slavery.

[berryberry]

Originally Posted by Mistershark

Sounds like you’re not the only one that doesn’t want to celebrate a holiday celebrating the end of slavery.

Do facts bother you? 12 killed, more than 100 shot in Juneteenth celebrations across the US.

You would have to ask all the Juneteenth celebrants why they celebrated by shooting each other. Did they first wish each other Happy Juneteenth before shooting each other?

[Mistershark]

Originally Posted by berryberry

Do facts bother you? 12 killed, more than 100 shot in Juneteenth celebrations across the US.

You would have to ask all the Juneteenth celebrants why they celebrated by shooting each other. Did they first wish each other Happy Juneteenth before shooting each other?

Which do you think is more likely? The people celebrating Juneteenth shot each other, or the people, like yourself, that are livid that a holiday celebrating the end of slavery exists shot some people.

[1pittsburgh]

Originally Posted by Jacuzzme

Yes, it’s pretty easy. When any one of a variety of topics comes up your mind defaults to race, even when it has nothing to do with it. That’s a you problem.

It's not a me problem. The topic is a holiday celebrating the end of the systematic enslavement of black people by the United States of America. It automatically defaults to race and has everything to do with it. Some people are angry that it's a holiday, which is pretty sad, and honestly the topic was really just happy Juneteenth, but some people couldn't help themselves and had to try and tarnish it. I guess after the Memorial Day post, I shouldn't be surprised. I'm actually surprised that the Fathers Day thread made it through unscathed. Fourth of July isn't too far off now. Let's see what you guys come up with for that. LOL


"You want it to be one way, but it's the other way." -Marlow

[Jacuzzme]

Originally Posted by Mistershark

Which do you think is more likely? The people celebrating Juneteenth shot each other, or the people, like yourself, that are livid that a holiday celebrating the end of slavery exists shot some people.

Clearly the former. The later would be the lead story on every channel and first page, above the fold of the New York Times.

[1pittsburgh]

Originally Posted by berryberry

Do facts bother you? 12 killed, more than 100 shot in Juneteenth celebrations across the US.

You would have to ask ALL the Juneteenth celebrants why they celebrated by shooting each other. Did they first wish each other Happy Juneteenth before shooting each other?

In 2020, 59 people were murdered per day in this country. The number is surely similar so far this year. Rationally speaking, it's nothing more than the law of averages, but you're blaming millions of innocent people for the actions of less than 100 people. There is no logic in that line of thinking. Do facts bother you?

[El-mo]

Originally Posted by berryberry

Do facts bother you? 12 killed, more than 100 shot in Juneteenth celebrations across the US.

You would have to ask all the Juneteenth celebrants why they celebrated by shooting each other. Did they first wish each other Happy Juneteenth before shooting each other?

The question is why you would reply to a “happy Juneteenth” post with stories of violent incidents. These things happen every holiday weekend, yet if there were a post about any other holiday, it’s highly unlikely you would try to link the violence to the holiday itself.

You try to be coy and play with plausible deniability, but you aren’t smart enough to pull it off.

[berryberry]

Originally Posted by Mistershark

Which do you think is more likely? The people celebrating Juneteenth shot each other, or the people, like yourself, that are livid that a holiday celebrating the end of slavery exists shot some people.

Only an idiot would believe it is the latter. Because if that was the case there would be 24/7 news coverage on every network reporting on it.

The DNC media, like some here, just loves to trot out their false racism claims. The fact that they haven't tells you all you need to know that the people celebrating Juneteenth shot each other

[berryberry]

Originally Posted by 1pittsburgh

In 2020, 59 people were murdered per day in this country. The number is surely similar so far this year. Rationally speaking, it's nothing more than the law of averages, but you're blaming millions of innocent people for the actions of less than 100 people. There is no logic in that line of thinking. Do facts bother you?

Nice try to deflect from the facts and why Juneteenth celebrants celebrated by shooting each other.

You just can't handle the truth. 12 killed, more than 100 shot in Juneteenth celebrations across the US.

[berryberry]

Originally Posted by El-mo

The question is why you would reply to a “happy Juneteenth” post with stories of violent incidents.

Because the thread was about Juneteenth and it was relevant to the discussion. Not sure why you think people who were celebrating Juneteeenth killing 12 and injuring 100 others is acceptable

[Charley3]

There’s more violent videos coming out every hour. LA was a shitshow. People from their own community begging their own people to do better.

[1pittsburgh]

Originally Posted by berryberry

Nice try to deflect from the facts and why Juneteenth celebrants celebrated by shooting each other.

You just can't handle the truth. 12 killed, more than 100 shot in Juneteenth celebrations across the US.

The truth is that you blamed millions for the actions of less than 100, and all the reasonable people reading this know why you did.

Originally Posted by berryberry

Because the thread was about Juneteenth and it was relevant to the discussion. Not sure why you think people who were celebrating Juneteeenth killing 12 and injuring 100 others is acceptable

The post was happy Juneteenth. Your posts were not relevant. It would be like going to a birthday party, and while everyone else is singing happy birthday, you're shouting over them to the birthday boy or girl, "hey, your fourth cousin robbed a bank this morning." Again, we know why you did what you did.