I too haven't heard anything recently about "Lavish/Diamond" Phillipps and her now deceased "Baby-Daddy/Fiance' ", Philando Castile. I do remember tha Philando had a gun in his lap when he was shot; that he was a suspect in an armed robbery from two nights prior to the shooting; and that cigarettes found on Ms. Phillipps came from the store that had been robbed, which was not in close proximity to either Phillipps or Philandro's work or home:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/07/13/minnesota-police-chief-ms-diamond-reynolds-claims-do-not-match-reality/ On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 11:15 AM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < [email protected]> wrote: > > Nope; I've heard nothing about the cases that were covered by the media > 24/7. Minneapolis, Louisiana, and also the one in North or South Carolina > that you put up all that info about the taser guide wire stuff. > > The media has moved on in search of more victims. > > In the meantime, there are 4 recent studies out proving that the claim of > blacks being killed by cops more often than whites is a blatant lie. > > On Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 10:56:20 AM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote: >> >> Just as important is that Colin WhuzHisName is basing his "Theory" of >> oppression of black people and people of color in the United States on a >> false narrative. The situation in Minneapolis, (Heard anything recently >> about this?) is a case in point. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 11:06 AM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that >>> oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than >>> football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There >>> are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away >>> with murder." >>> >>> This dumbass doesn't understand that in America, we are innocent until >>> proven guilty. He is not the judge nor the jury. He is nothing but an >>> obnoxious, ill-informed, race-baiting asswipe stirring up racial division >>> and hatred of cops to serve his own radical leftloon ideology. >>> >>> And the reason people are burning his jerseys and telling the 49ers to >>> get rid of him is also because he saw fit to wear his little "cops as pigs" >>> socks. >>> >>> Most Americans are sick to death of these disgusting BLM-led cop >>> killings. To have a spoiled, wealthy egomaniac using a football team to >>> spew the same leftwing hate and lies they do is not acceptable. >>> >>> I think/hope that if the 49ers don't get rid of this jerk they will lose >>> fans and money. And rightfully so. >>> >>> On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 10:17:38 AM UTC-4, MJ wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *"If we wanted proof of the robustness of American civil religion -- >>>> with its totem of a flag and hymn-like national anthem -- the public >>>> flare-up that greeted Kaepernick’s dissent offers a powerful reminder." >>>> *AUGUST >>>> 31, 2016 >>>> >>>> *WHY KAEPERNICK’S REFUSAL TO STAND WAS AN ACT OF RELIGIOUS DISSENT *BY >>>> BENJAMIN E. ZELLER >>>> >>>> This past Friday night, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin >>>> Kaepernick made the audacious choice to remain seated >>>> <http://www.businessinsider.com/colin-kaepernick-protests-national-anthem-2016-8> >>>> during the playing of the national anthem as a form of political protest >>>> against police violence and racism in America. >>>> >>>> The response against him has been swift, angry, and in many cases ugly. >>>> A series of commentatorsmostly in the athletic and political sphereslined >>>> up to rebuke him. So did the general public. For a taste of the sort of >>>> vitriol Kaepernick’s action inspired, simply scan the comments from online >>>> news reports, which call him un-American, selfish, naïve, treasonous, and >>>> dangerous. >>>> >>>> Donald Trump even laid into him >>>> <https://soundcloud.com/buzzfeedandrew/trump-criticizes-kaepernick>, >>>> “I think it’s a terrible thing, and you know, maybe he should find a >>>> country that works better for him.” >>>> >>>> As a scholar of religion what interests me in this instance is the >>>> power of the flag as symbolparticularly in the way that people have >>>> reacted. To help understand this level of outrage, I turn to theorist of >>>> religion Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) who foretold this sort of controversy >>>> over a hundred years ago in his famous text, *The Elementary Forms of >>>> Religious Life* >>>> <https://books.google.com/books/about/Elementary_Forms_Of_The_Religious_Life.html?id=oeRxqlTiAmsC> >>>> . >>>> >>>> Rightly or wrongly, Durkheim centered his model of religion on the >>>> concept of the totem, “the material representation of the clan,” which over >>>> time becomes a sacred object and center of a tribal religion. >>>> >>>> Within this model of religion, the totem serves as the preeminent >>>> symbol of the group. “Thus the god of the clan […] can be none other than >>>> the clan itself, but the clan transfigured and imagined in the form of the >>>> plant or animal that serves as totem.” What plants or animals did for >>>> ancient societies, flags do today. The totemic symbol of America, the >>>> American flag, represents the nation state as a sacred entityit serves as >>>> symbolic referent point for the nation’s self-worship. >>>> >>>> From this perspective, what else is the national anthem but a hymn to >>>> the nation, and what else did Kaepernick do but thumb his nose at American >>>> civil religion <http://www.robertbellah.com/articles_5.htm> by sitting >>>> down in church while the choir sung. >>>> >>>> For his part, Kaepernick was clear about why he opted not to stand. He >>>> released >>>> a statement >>>> <http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-protest-of-national-anthem>through >>>> the official NFL Media wing: >>>> >>>> I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that >>>> oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than >>>> football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There >>>> are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away >>>> with murder. >>>> >>>> In a very Durkheimian manner, Kaepernick intentionally violated the >>>> taboos against sittingor if one prefers, the ritual of standingassociated >>>> with the national totem. >>>> >>>> We can read the response through Durkheim too. This early nineteenth >>>> century theorist warned of the power of the totem in massive social >>>> settings wherein the people’s collective passions, what he called >>>> “effervescence,” could lead individuals to act with emotional abandon, what >>>> we today might call extremism. >>>> >>>> To threaten the totem, particularly in front of large groups (such as >>>> on national television!), is to call into question the foundations of >>>> society. “When a belief is shared unanimously by a people, to touch itthat >>>> is, to deny or question itis forbidden,” Durkheim wrote. People kill or >>>> die for their symbols. >>>> >>>> Durkheim wrote, >>>> >>>> The soldier who dies for his flag dies for his country, but the idea of >>>> the flag is actually in the foreground of his consciousness […] Although >>>> the country will not be lost if a solitary flag remains in the hands of the >>>> enemy or won if it is regained, the soldier is killed retaking it. He >>>> forgets that the flag is only a symbol that has no value in itself… >>>> >>>> Had Durkheim written today, he might have invoked the imagery of the >>>> raising >>>> of the flag over Iwa Jima >>>> <http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=223>, >>>> one of the most important iconographic representations of the American >>>> nation state at heroic war; or he might have considered debates over flag >>>> burning and desecration, and the uncountable dollars and hours of time >>>> spent in court battles over what is “only” a piece of cloth. >>>> >>>> Or he might have invoked Kaepernick, who dared to challenge the meaning >>>> of the flag and in doing so challenged the “reality” behind it. >>>> >>>> So as some wonder why Kaepernick couldn’t just stand up quietly during >>>> the national anthem, or why the response to his actions was so heated and >>>> even hateful, Durkheim’s theory of religion looms large. >>>> >>>> If we wanted proof of the robustness of American civil religionwith >>>> its totem of a flag and hymn-like national anthemthe public flare-up that >>>> greeted Kaepernick’s dissent offers a powerful reminder. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://religiondispatches.org/why-kaepernicks-refusal-to-sta >>>> nd-was-an-act-of-religious-dissent/?utm_source=Religion+Disp >>>> atches+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5d46ea8585-RD_Daily_Newslette >>>> r&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_742d86f519-5d46ea8585-42432413 >>>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>> >>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>> * It's active and moderated. 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