Interesting, but not surprising view on open carry in political activities and race.

[loose noose]

What is really unique about this country is that you do have the right to turn the channel, and get a vast expression of the news be it Fox, CNN, MSNBC, or whatever, and then after digesting that array of news make up your own mind, based on what really is really happening in our great country.

 

[ar-newbie]

What is really unique about this country is that you do have the right to turn the channel, and get a vast expression of the news be it Fox, CNN, MSNBC, or whatever, and then after digesting that array of news make up your own mind, based on what really is really happening in our great country.

I would also encourage you to seek out news from other countries perspectives on things, especially europe and asia.

 

[AlexanderA]

I would also encourage you to seek out news from other countries perspectives on things, especially europe and asia.

Yes, exactly. I follow the situation in Greece very closely. People there don't make a big issue about guns, either pro or con. Nothing like in America. In fact I would say that America is unique in the world, in its obsession with guns. On paper, Greece has very strict gun laws. (Only shotguns are allowed for hunting, rifles are virtually prohibited, and handgun licenses are almost impossible to get.) Yet, paradoxically, there are plenty of AK-47's and various WW2 weapons floating around. People generally don't like to talk about them. They turn up in the strangest places, however.

Americans take their laws very seriously, and they get upset when they think that these laws infringe on their freedoms. People in certain other parts of the world simply ignore laws they don't agree with. And they get away with this because those in authority are endemically corrupt.

 

[theotherwaldo]

One of the most interesting things about the Drudge Report is how little of its main content comes from the U.S.

This gives its readers a broader base of information from which to winnow out facts from the rest of the dreck.

 

[JSH1]

I read it.
Their goal was to show how whites have a bias, but conveniently omit that blacks may very well have the same bias. Hell, the control group that "felt more warmly towards whites" may very well have contained black participants! and vice versa. But, we'll never know, because they picked and chose the "facts" that suited whatever narrative they were attempting to get across.

Their results clearly show that both blacks and whites have bias for their own group and against others. It is right there on the charts:

 

[Ironicaintit]

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Their results clearly show that both blacks and whites have bias for their own group and against others. It is right there on the charts:

oh, somehow I missed the chart. Then why didnt they include that in the body of the article?

 

[Walkalong]

Their results clearly show that both blacks and whites have bias for their own group and against others.

You could substitute almost anything else for black and white and results would be similar. Natural human tendency to favor "your" group and distrust "their" group.

 

[John_R]

I have a problem with anyone who equates the Bundy Ranch standoff with anything that's been done by the Black Panthers, Old or New.

 

[Basura Blanca]

Often when I read this sort of thing, the question I come away with is how can we use it to our advantage --not maliciously, but illustratively. People tend to get defensive when called out on issues of race so that's not really an effective approach. But perhaps it's workable when the approach is something more generalized, summed up as the last few sentences in the article suggest. Then again, as the title of the thread points out, it's not all that surprising of a phenomenon thus maybe not all that useful as a tool to sway opinion.

 

[roscoe]

I have a problem with anyone who equates the Bundy Ranch standoff with anything that's been done by the Black Panthers, Old or New.

I agree. The Black Panthers seemed like a textbook application of the 2nd Amendment. The Bundy's just didn't want to pay their share.

 

[cheygriz]

I have a problem with anyone who equates the Bundy Ranch standoff with anything that's been done by the Black Panthers, Old or New.

The black panthers are simply ignorant two bit street thugs.

The Bundys are hard core anti American revolutionaries.

 

[AlexanderA]

The black panthers are simply ignorant two bit street thugs.

The Bundys are hard core anti American revolutionaries.

Neither group had much public sympathy. This is something to keep in mind -- any group that starts brandishing guns is going to quickly lose public support.

 

[roscoe]

Neither group had much public sympathy. This is something to keep in mind -- any group that starts brandishing guns is going to quickly lose public support.

Pretty much. The Panthers engaging in legal open carry resulted in Ronald Reagan signing the Mulford Act, which is the genesis of all modern California gun control.

 

[CoalTrain49]

When it comes to the 2A I am color blind. However, in this case with the Black Panthers being at the epicenter I am not. Black Panthers, especially in AL, have been considered by many to be a black terrorist group. I would be equally angered to see campaigning of the Muslim Brotherhood or Hamas supporting a candidate.

Lots of people lost their RTKA in CA because of a knee jerk reaction to the BPP by the state and Ronald Reagan when they passed the Mulford Act. The law banned the carrying of loaded weapons in public. Not cool for any reason.