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I wish I had this skill. I generally can't make even complex topics more than a paragraph or so..
I read it all and thoroughly enjoyed it. It could be summed up as thieves like to steal commodity goods because they are easier to trade. Other than that they like to steal high demand luxury goods.
The Safeway in the San Francisco Castro neighborhood is especially... exciting... relative to the surrounding area. It even has its own full time police officer. One time as I was leaving I asked the officer why Folgers crystals of all things were locked up. His reply was "[ethnic group] gangs steal essentials in bulk, and sell them to the homeless." From that point forward it clicked in my head, retail theft is abou…
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> [ethnic group] interesting way to combat racism...
The irony is that the inhabitants of the "San Francisco Castro neighborhood" also form an ethnic group by virtue of living in the same place. Notably, it's a gay neighborhood. Takeaway? Gangs rob stores in gay villages. Oh, and cops are racists. Moral? Let people think for themselves, you can't get away from prejudice.
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The irony is that the inhabitants of the "San Francisco Castro neighborhood" also form an ethnic group by virtue of living in the same place. Notably, it's a gay neighborhood. Takeaway? Gangs rob stores in gay villages. Oh, and cops are racists. Moral? Let people think for themselves, you can't get away from prejudice.
How did you come to the conclusion that cups are racists?
The Safeway in the San Francisco Castro neighborhood is especially... exciting... relative to the surrounding area. It even has its own full time police officer. One time as I was leaving I asked the officer why Folgers crystals of all things were locked up. His reply was "[ethnic group] gangs steal essentials in bulk, and sell them to the homeless." From that point forward it clicked in my head, retail theft is abou…
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Is that combating racism, or is it combating information? Is there such a thing as a racist fact?
There may be no such thing as a racist fact, but there's definitely such a thing as racist dissemination of a fact. If, for example, you post a list of facts about crime rates among a particular ethnic group apropos of nothing, it's probably racist, regardless of whether or not the facts are true. That said, in this case I think it's just the bad taste that one often gets in their mouth knowing that a racist might re…
You're feelings have no bearing on the range of legal actions available to other people.
regardless of whether or not the facts are true.
What kind of state of mind are you in bro?
whether or not the facts are true.
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What do you think the definition of 'fact' is?
The Safeway in the San Francisco Castro neighborhood is especially... exciting... relative to the surrounding area. It even has its own full time police officer. One time as I was leaving I asked the officer why Folgers crystals of all things were locked up. His reply was "[ethnic group] gangs steal essentials in bulk, and sell them to the homeless." From that point forward it clicked in my head, retail theft is abou…
If you didn't see it as relevant information, or you didn't want to relay that information to us, then why not just say 'gangs'?
The Safeway in the San Francisco Castro neighborhood is especially... exciting... relative to the surrounding area. It even has its own full time police officer. One time as I was leaving I asked the officer why Folgers crystals of all things were locked up. His reply was "[ethnic group] gangs steal essentials in bulk, and sell them to the homeless." From that point forward it clicked in my head, retail theft is abou…
Why are you intentionally obfuscating what you saw as relevant information with your [ethnic group] bit? If you didn't see it as relevant information, or you didn't want to relay that information to us, then why not just say 'gangs'?
(I think that including it struck the perfect balance between flavor and a refusal to propagate racism. Without it, there's a simple report of information that was relayed. With it, I can better put myself there.)
The Safeway in the San Francisco Castro neighborhood is especially... exciting... relative to the surrounding area. It even has its own full time police officer. One time as I was leaving I asked the officer why Folgers crystals of all things were locked up. His reply was "[ethnic group] gangs steal essentials in bulk, and sell them to the homeless." From that point forward it clicked in my head, retail theft is abou…
For those worried about [ethnic]. I believe a black, white, asian, hispanic, etc... can have the same ethnicity. It is not necessarily racial.
It is 'racial' in the sense that it is a finer distinction of races. It fits in a hierarchy like -- people --> races --> ethnic groups
For example:
Whites --> Danes, Basque, Serbs
Blacks --> Yoruba, Luo, Kalenjin
It is strange and concerning that because there is so much walking on eggshells around these matters there is such ignorance[0] on basic matters.
[0] I mean that in the least offensive way, just basically not informed, or educated on a matter.