Displaying 361 To 390 Of 7,446 Comments Debating the Existence of Racism (and Gravity if We Have Time) Sound familiar? It should, I know I recognize it. DARVO refers to a reaction perpetrators of wrong doing, particularly sexual offenders, may display in response to being held accountable for their behavior. DARVO stands for “Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender.” The perpetrator or offender may Deny the behavior, Attack the individual doing the confronting, and Reverse the roles of Victim and Offender such that the perpetrator assumes the victim role and turns the true victim into an alleged offender. This occurs, for instance, when an actually guilty perpetrator assumes the role of “falsely accused” and attacks the accuser’s credibility or even blames the accuser of being the perpetrator of a false accusation. » Posted By SueInCa On July 19, 2013 @ 3:54 pm KT » Posted By SueInCa On July 19, 2013 @ 2:44 pm Murph » Posted By SueInCa On July 18, 2013 @ 7:46 pm I heard there was a lot of flak about that Dexter posting since he is a serial killer? I have never watched his show. Do you honestly think, though, that there are not some people dreaming of getting Zimmerman? I would be there are many. Not condoning it at all, just stating to me what is obvious. Goes to show even religious people can lose their perspective at a perceived injustice. » Posted By SueInCa On July 18, 2013 @ 5:30 pm I am not questioning your opinion, I am stating that many countries are guilty of hypocrisy, including this one. » Posted By SueInCa On July 18, 2013 @ 5:25 pm I like to think that too CL. Sometimes I write before I speak and have to go back and do the mea culpa thingee. It would be nice to have that magic wand Batshitcrazy Bachman claimed President had. » Posted By SueInCa On July 18, 2013 @ 10:40 am Contradicting yourself would be nothing new for any country in the world. Never been there but have heard opinions from both lovers and haters. » Posted By SueInCa On July 18, 2013 @ 9:29 am Assumed I was truly puzzled why that store owner even had to ask. He dumped it as he should have and perhaps it was his way of telling Murph what is going on in the background. I sure hope that was his intention. » Posted By SueInCa On July 18, 2013 @ 9:26 am Sounds interesting, keep me posted. I guess it would depend on the cost for me, limited income now and all but I would like to know about the possibilities » Posted By SueInCa On July 18, 2013 @ 9:23 am Assumed I had a conversation with a friend a few years ago and I pointed out that I knew of NO black men that had been convicted as serial killers. She insisted they had just not been caught, at which point I stopped discussing it with her but it is true, the crimes are drug related mostly. But actually many who are imprisoned find it hard to regain their right to franchise, jobs and a nod from society that they had served their time. » Posted By SueInCa On July 17, 2013 @ 8:16 pm Murph That is all truly frightening. My God how do these people sleep at night? And that store owner, if he had to ask you about the shirt, I wonder about his true intentions as well. I mean why did he even have to ask about that shirt? They truly want a revolution and all it would take is one spark to ignite a serious situation that, quite frankly, would leave law enforcement almost helpless and certainly over powered weapon wise. How did the election of a smart, compassionate, caring black man bring all of this to the surface? Quite honestly I wonder why people like the Kochs have not been harmed when people know they are behind a lot of this divisive activity? I mean so many of our leaders have been killed, is it that the right is just more violent than the left? It truly puzzles me that such evil men are left to do their dirty business. I try to be a good person but these people make it awful hard. Living here in California is part of why I have a hard time wrapping my head around this kind of hate in other parts of the country but my inner good person still asks why? » Posted By SueInCa On July 17, 2013 @ 8:10 pm Actually Adlib, I think I am going to make a sign and put it in the window of my car. ENOUGH and see if people react. {shakes head}. I did completely forget about Muslims and that is strange for me but I also forgot Hindu, Sikh, Chinese. The list could go on and on with variations(as Assumed pointed out below) on how badly any certain nationality is treated. Some people claim that to live harmonious is a Utopian kind of attitude but I think if people were more spiritual than religious we might come close. I do try to do that daily but when you run into to haters and people who cannot see the truth right in front of them, it is hard to remain spiritual. It must be hard for many people the world over. » Posted By SueInCa On July 17, 2013 @ 7:28 pm Assumed Oh I know there is a difference in Black acceptance, what I was really trying to portray is that we have always had an “other” to scapegoat. The Black man and woman in the US has definitely been treated far longer as the “other” and as Adlib pointed out, I completely forgot Muslims and Muslim Americans. Quite frankly I wonder if the French have ever regretted giving us Lady Liberty because from as far back as I am aware we may have welcomed immigrants to our shores, but somewhere those good intentions turned ugly and the only reason I can see is “the other”. We found out they were not “just like us” and turned on them. I say “we” in the interest of describing Americans(white) in general and in no way blame all Americans. » Posted By SueInCa On July 17, 2013 @ 7:15 pm Adlib Very thoughtful piece. I truly believe racism played a role in Irish people leaving the big cities like New York and Boston and settling in the hollows of Appalachia. The only problem with their migration is that they, in turn, turned racism on the Native Americans who had lived there for many generations and who were thriving. I believe that racism led Italians to come up with the idea of their own “families” which turned into crime syndicates eventually of major proportion. People think the term “pessonavante” means Big Man when in reality Italians used it pejoratively when referring to people who just think they are big shots. They really started those families to trade among themselves with a bit of crime thrown in for measure but eventually even between families the grudges and prejudices grew, just of a different nature. The Germans were treated badly in the 30’s and 40’s because they became scapegoats for Hitler. The Japanese were put into internment camps because they were somehow responsible for Emperor Hirohito and would, with out evidence, be spying for the Empire of Japan. Latinos are vilified because they come here to seek a better life. What they figured out is they could take the jobs no one wanted and be valued employees but white people even blame them for that although most spouting off would never demean themselves to take their place. White people get mad at them for being coached to come here and work in our fields for slave labor and are totally surprised when they decide if they can work under those circumstances, why not stay? We have a long history of vilifying the “other” and it is not new, the problem is that is is a long term attitude of which we can never quite eradicate from our society. The idea of American Exceptionalism is one problem, but intolerance is another. After all didn’t our forefathers settle this land in response to a form of tyranny in England and then had no problem running the Native Americans off their land after they had used them to learn the lay of the land? It is in our history and we can grow leaders who say stop, this is not right but what happens to them when they do? They are assassinated and some scapegoat is at fault. Even in our assassinations here and abroad, we cannot be totally honest. » Posted By SueInCa On July 17, 2013 @ 5:52 pm Let the battle for a new voting rights movement begin Once again, Murph you lay it out in a calm cool way. I think when people truly understand the ramifications of this decision, they will react and then take action. I am just puzzled that they could take the action they did yesterday and today go to the other end of the discrimination scale. Or perhaps they think these rulings, too, will wash away all the discrimination in America? SMH » Posted By SueInCa On June 26, 2013 @ 1:58 pm Supreme Court Arsonists: Pouring Gasoline on the Embers of the Civil War Right to the point Adlib. I was perusing Theocracy Watch and I found this quote from Chip Berlet: Today’s hard right seeks total dominion. It’s packing the courts and rigging the rules. The target is not the Democrats but democracy itself. D James Kennedy of Coral Ridge fame once said, “all we really need is majority on the supreme court, the rest is just icing on the cake” (paraphrasing a bit) and I guess he was right. I want to know why no Republicans are ever assassinated? At least not since Lincoln. Not that I want them killed, I just find it very peculiar. I have for years now. Their hate of anything not “anglo-saxon” is palpable even though they are not anglo saxon either. I just shake my head all day long. » Posted By SueInCa On June 25, 2013 @ 8:05 pm Weekend Music Thread-Let’s Try To Save The World Perhaps some forgot the world needs saving? Some could never, in their wildest dreams, Imagine. » Posted By SueInCa On June 15, 2013 @ 10:42 am Perhaps they should have learned from that first battle……. Listen, children, to a story On the mountain was a treasure Go ahead and hate your neighbor, So the people of the valley Came an answer from the kingdom, Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Now the valley cried with anger, Now they stood beside the treasure, Go ahead and hate your neighbor, » Posted By SueInCa On June 15, 2013 @ 10:35 am Great idea KT. I will start off with this one because men always use God as justification for their wars when if they were truly thinking about love, many tragedies would be averted so like Bono, I ask, What more in the name of love? Pride Or perhaps, they Still Haven;t Found What They’re Looking For? Or Perhaps there really is a devil, these lyrics would suggest that. If that is true, things will never be peaceful Sympathy for the Devil Or perhaps because the Fortunate Son has no responsibility to fight so as long as yours are going, war is good Fortunate Son Or perhaps we gave up the best of the 60’s, peace, love and acceptance? Sunlight Or perhaps we just need to relearn coming together as a world community. Let’s Get Together » Posted By SueInCa On June 15, 2013 @ 10:26 am Think Tanks and Foundations Supported or Funded by The Koch Family Thanks CL. I kind of feel like not many really read it but coming from you, that is high praise. Feel free to share it with the Common Cause folks or anyone you feel would benefit. It was important to do and I hope some run across it and read the series. You and Funk are the only ones who even commented on this last chapter. Ok now get off the “pity pot” as my husband calls it. It does not really matter, it was important and I finally said it. I have to credit Source Watch, Wiki and Center for American Progress, they did a lot of work so I had references to cite. » Posted By SueInCa On June 4, 2013 @ 9:27 pm No problem Funk. I was constantly surprised as I was putting this together. This really all started with their father, they are only keeping the torch lit that he gave them. I cannot imagine how it was to grow up in that house. One good thing we can be happy for is all the money they spent on election year did not yield the return on results they had hoped for. You can have all the money in the world but when you have clueless people parroting your talking points, it is not going to help much. They would have been much better off championing Liberal causes. lol » Posted By SueInCa On June 3, 2013 @ 3:14 pm Koch Funded or Founded Institutions/Policy Centers Wait until tomorrow Funk » Posted By SueInCa On June 1, 2013 @ 2:32 pm Oh Adlib wait until tomorrow. Like Funk said below, this is a hydra…… » Posted By SueInCa On June 1, 2013 @ 2:25 pm Then we are twins lol! Old fashioned twins. » Posted By SueInCa On May 31, 2013 @ 10:47 am Desert I had seen that but I am a bit behind the times, I don’t have a smart phone 🙁 but I plan to buy one this fall when my contract with Verizon is up. I like them but there are other companies who offer cheaper full packages. There is a lot a smart phone can do, I just don’t want to support Apple. I will buy one of the other brands. » Posted By SueInCa On May 31, 2013 @ 9:06 am Thanks Agrippa, this one will be continued on Sunday and then the last one will be about academia and a conclusion. Glad you can use the information » Posted By SueInCa On May 31, 2013 @ 9:03 am Thanks Kalima. I keep hoping people will get angry but if they are, they are keeping a lid on it. I know how hard it is to work to take care of a family, been there done that, but I wish I had been more aware in those years. It took Iraq and WMD’s to open my eyes yet I was still fooled by the DLC. I know we cannot possibly know everything that is going on but when we do know, we are negligent if we do not speak out. I say that the Republican(libertarian, teabillies et al) are stubborn and refuse to look at the truth, but we sometimes are as well. I do believe we can admit when we are wrong, it takes a Republican a lot longer. But there are good people everywhere and rather than attacking that person, that is a time to say “Well done”. I fight to remember that every day. » Posted By SueInCa On May 31, 2013 @ 9:00 am Watson It was kind of hard to do this without getting mad. I was especially ticked off at the DLC and how they planned to throw the rest of us under the bus. It has changed my thinking on Hillary for sure. I am going to have to see something different from her to support her next time around. It just goes to show even politically astute people like all of here at the Planet can be wrong too. I know they disbanded but the idea they set themselves up like that really infuriates me. » Posted By SueInCa On May 31, 2013 @ 8:54 am The Koch Brothers – Industries and Businesses Owned Desert Wait until you see the write ups on all the different entities they support. If I had time to do an org chart it would look worse than the tobacco chart. These people are treasonous, plain and simple. The need to go buy their own island nation, preferably in a heavy hurricane zone. Their father poisoned their minds and I would probably equate what he did as child abuse. I have never heard of two more selfish people in my life. » Posted By SueInCa On May 29, 2013 @ 6:08 pm Fred C. Koch, father of David and Charles Koch Watson you should have been a poet. Fred Koch did admire Mussolini but the Nazi party was built on Musolini’s ideas. » Posted By SueInCa On May 28, 2013 @ 5:50 pmComments Posted By SueInCa
Could be but then I wonder why they went whining to the Kansas City PD about some death threats they got via email. The police deemed the threats to not be actually threatening lol
Forgive me for not coming back to correct that. In a conversation with Assume, I decided that I had judged the store owner too quickly which is something I try not to do. I know he is a product of his times and his area of inhabitation and to tell the truth I should have been more complimentary about his even asking you. It shows a basic awareness, at the very least. Not everyone is born to areas where racism is rare and sometimes I forget that.
We Can Change The World
Crosby, Stills & Nash
That was written long ago,
‘Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.
Buried deep beneath the stone,
And the valley-people swore
They’d have it for their very own.
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won’t be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after….
One tin soldier rides away.
Sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure,
Tons of gold for which they’d kill.
“With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain,
All the riches buried there.”
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won’t be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after….
One tin soldier rides away.
“Mount your horses! Draw your sword!”
And they killed the mountain-people,
So they won their just reward.
On the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it…
“Peace on Earth” was all it said.
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won’t be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after….
One tin soldier rides away.
U2
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