Why Is Denial of Racism a Right Wing Issue In the West?

[twojarslave]

Since the most vocal critics of conservatives in these forums are having difficulty producing examples, I thought I’d highlight one of the few posts that provided concrete examples of racist behaviors and share my thoughts on what I can do as a white conservative male in America.

@jshaving

Eh…I live in South Dakota. The second biggest city in the state is Rapid City, near the Black Hills. Rapid has long been called “Racist City” by many of the state’s Indian (and some white) population. For whatever reason, it’s just been a bad place to be if you’re Native American. Back in the 90s, there were a string of murders that occurred along the creek that runs through part of the town, where many of the city’s homeless population lived. Most of these homeless people were Indians. Every few murders, there’d be “We’re cleaning up” spray painted under a bridge or somewhere. For the most part, the local P.D. was…not extremely motivated to solve the murders. Due to racism? I can’t say, but it felt that way to many people.

This is where you can and should expect conservatives to join you, in my opinion. At least at the local level. If murders are happening in my town and I don’t feel they are being investigated properly by the police, that’s an issue we should expect all good people to raise concerns about.

A similar prominent example that comes to my mind is the case of Ahmed Aubrey. His killers were not faced with charges until damning video footage was made public, many weeks after he was killed. The right thing for a guy like me to do in this case is to call attention to the shameful conduct of the prosecutor, and call attention to the criminal behavior of the McMichael’s. They chased Aubrey down in a pair of vehicles with guns drawn to confront him about perceived misbehavior, then shot him to death when he decided to fight for his life when confronted by a lynch mob with guns drawn. I’m not a lawyer, but the prosecutor’s explanation of why charges weren’t brought was ridiculous on it’s face.

I still stand by my take from when I first saw the video and learned about the event. If it were in my jurisdiction I’d share my opinion publicly on one of my area’s “Town of” common/public social media pages, along with never voting for that prosecutor ever again.

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From the video it seems he may have chosen to fight for his life. Let’s stick to facts and reasoned discussion in this thread please. I don’t see the purpose of mind-reading the intentions and motivations of others, absent any clear supporting facts. My smell test agrees that this is a lynching, but there is only so much we can see on the video. I get that people want immediate arrests but I think it is important to build a strong case and get justice in the end. I cannot fathom any scena…

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…and they’re not. Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, were arrested in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced. Both men face charges of aggravated assault and murder. It also seems that the person filming was a neighbor who was also involved in trying to chase this guy down. I’m curious if charges of some kind will be brought against him This part of the article blew my mind. George Barnhill, one of the prosecutors who first handled the cas…

I haven’t googled this case in a while, and it seems as though the disgraceful lack of charges is being prosecuted as misconduct.

Ex-Prosecutor Accused Of Interfering With Investigation Into Ahmaud Arbery's...

@jshaving

A couple of years ago, my (Native) cousin was walking through that town, on his way home from work one night, and he was chased by several, coincidentally, white men who were exiting a bar. They caught him, beat him up a bit, then held him down and cut his braids that he’d been growing since childhood off with a knife. They left after that, and nothing ever came of the “investigation.” He never felt safe there again, and moved to a more “Indian-friendly” part of the state.

My life changing beating came at the hands of a black man. How much racism was in his heart, I cannot say. I can only say that I’m a different man than I was 20 years ago, and if it went down again he’d be assaulting a different kind of target. As a conservative man, I’d suggest your cousin look towards a similar inward solution, rather than expect assholes to stop being assholes.

The cops still haven’t found the guy who robbed me at gunpoint 26 years ago, btw. It’s not like they jumped on my case because I was a white kid, especially since there was no realistic way they could ever identify and catch the guy who did it. Sometimes criminals just win.

@jshaving

Earlier this summer, I was in a restaurant, in that town, and heard a group of, coincidentally, white people at a table near me complaining about the local Indians. They didn’t seem to have really any valid complaints, but were throwing around pretty, uh, antiquated language. Prairie n*gger and stuff like that. No concern for who was around, who could hear, if people would agree, anything like that. I was with some members from the white side of my family and they said that’s pretty common.

There are all kinds of fun scenarios you can play out in your mind for how you can confront assholes in public, but you’ve got children now and you don’t get to pick petty battles with assholes in public anymore.

Well, maybe once they’re in late high school you could do what I did and do a little dive bar security work. That’s a good way to scratch an itch you may have to publicly confront assholes of all races, colors and creeds.