ADON237'S PROFILE

i agree with LouisCyphre as far as max's list being a little extreme... yes this issue is very important but it seems like you want to dismantle the police system rather than correct the problems within it.

police are allowed to be aggressive with people, that is a neccessary part of their job. of course not to the degree where they are maiming and murdering people.

number 3 on his list isn't actually too extreme, it is hardly double jeopardy and would naturally make sense if the officer killed someone with no reasonable justification....

i think i'm starting to see why arguing about race over the internet is a futile thing to do, but it doesn't help that our opinions on racism are extremely inflexible and ingrained into our mindsets already

first, i don't really care how shocked you are about my race, an overwhelming amount of people on this website are white heterosexual males... i was accused of being "racist" against white people which doesn't make any sense, even without considering that i am white...

"the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races." this sounds more like racial theory to me

regardles of your rigid and (quite frankly archaic) definition of racism, my wording for racism is more reflective of what is actually considered racist. the oxford dictionary definition of "racism" is too white-influenced.

a black man can believe he is superior to white people as much as he wants, but that isn't going to stop the political, economic, and social obstacles racism has generated that he must face. however, if a white man does the same racism will only fuel his efforts more, because he is on the oppressing side. it was designed to benefit those of his kind.

racial minorities can not oppress the racial majority in the united states because they aren't a statistical minority that possesses power over the statistical majority (like in south africa, where the smaller white population had power over the larger black population). to suggest white people in America can (currently or have been so far) be the victims of racism is to suggest that racial minorities have some sort of social, economic, or institutional power over white people. which isn't true.

if my white father hated black people, he would be racist. he would support the system that works against african americans. if he acted upon his racist thoughts, he would be an active participant in a racist system instead of a passive one. he is white, and white people as a race are the race that has the political/social/economic power. no single white person can change the balance of power or how it is used, it has to be a group effort...

bigotry against white people because of their race does exist in america, but they aren't being racially oppressed. bigotry isn't any more acceptable than racism, but it also doesn't have all of the very severe effects racism does, and seems to be a reaction from minorities because of racism from white people.

just because one "whitewashed" black person states an opinion (that happens to be one you & other white people agree with), does not mean that another black person or the majority of the african american community agrees with it, or that it is in any way, shape, or form, correct or well-founded.

white people who aren't disabled/queer/destitute/whatever are very unlikely (almost never) to face any police brutality... they're going to be treated respectfully and the police force (which the majority of its members are of similar demographics) are going to see them as human and sympathize with them more.

to even assert that white lives aren't considered the most valuable lives in western society is beyond ignorant. white lives aren't likely to be considered "less valuable", even by people of color, in western society for a very long time, if ever. of course everyone has their own racial pride and favors their own race but that is only to a certain extent.

trying to downplay race's impact on police brutality makes almost no sense either. a VERY disproportionate amount of police brutality victims are black americans, both men and women. i don't have the receipts or the will to find them, but it is very easy to find the statistics from various sources that support that common knowledge.

"pot" is a depressant, the odds of him being sent into some hulk-esque fury to beat down the man ((aka darren wilson)) are about 0, especially considering potential marijuana usage which wasn't actually mentioned at all at any time so that is irrelevant. the autopsy would have probably revealed drug-use related information...

i don't know about you, but if your average person is shot at and struck by a bullet, their first reaction isn't going to charge at their assailant... you can't assume the extraordinary. i mean the fact that you are defending eric garner's death makes me very concerned...

minorities of any kind are disproportionately victims of police brutality, that really isn't something that you can spend hours debating on. to say otherwise is to intentionally leave your eyes closed

game demos that receive sub-par reviews (aka a 3.5 or less) are much less likely to get attention because of the pretentious twat who decided it would be appropriate to rate an unfinished product, and people won't put time into mediocre material. and its not like most users who review games on this site are active enough (or active long enough) to see the game finished and are willing to re-review it.

that sort of risk discourages demo releases imo, which makes the feedback process needlessly difficult to go through