[quote]Professor X wrote:
I am too…but I get the impression that the “implications” only extend as far as people’s personal experience. That would mean not all implications are even being accepted.[/quote]
Well the implications I was referring to were whether this sparks changes to self defense laws or stand your ground laws. Whether it sparks even more guns grabs and violations of citizen’s second amendment rights.
The other portion of this I find fascinating is if it leads to any changes in the way we, as a society, start to react to similar violence in poor neighborhoods, not just gated communities. I’ve read some of the statements made by some protestors quoted by AP and the like that are very, very positive and thought provoking.
I’d like to see this snowball into us actually caring about things that matter, but I’m old enough to know that won’t happen, as sad as it is.
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I think this is bordering on self righteousness. [/quote]
I don’t think so. I hold the most powerful man in the world to a hirer standard than any other human being. I don’t think there is a POTUS I can’t find fault in, lol. This isn’t an I hate Bam thing. It is an I expected more thing.
I look at it like this: If he were my son, and he said that, would I be proud? The answer is no. I feel like it was the wrong thing to say. Particularly given the way he has handled foreign policy.
And that weight is unfair. He isn’t a Black POTUS, and is a POTUS. The color of his skin became irrelevant as to (at least my) judgment of his governance and leadership record the day after he made his first acceptance speech. Obama’s election is a hallmark in American history and should be (and will be) celebrated for decades to come.
We have literally come a very long way to elect an admitted pot head, let alone a Black man to the highest office in the land. I personally think he has done a poor job, because every single thing I supported him for in 2008 turned out to be a total and complete lie, but that is on me for believing a politician in a lot of ways.
Black or White his interjection into the case in that manor was poor leadership. He should be above all that non-sense, particular before anything goes to trial.
I have come to realize I often have the minority opinion when it comes to Bam, so this doesn’t surprise me.
It was unprofessional to the office.
And what racial implications? Society’s? The media’s? Obama’s?
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Well, it is funny you say this…yet expected the president to be INHUMAN with his response to it.[/quote]
No, I expected POTUS to not mention his or anyone’s race or cultural background when or IF he commented at all.
Yes I have high expectations of the most powerful man on Earth, sorry if that makes anyone uncomfortable.