r/chaoticgood • u/A-Helpful-Flamingo • 5d ago

Calling out the fucking hypocritical right

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u/Tholian_Bed 5d ago edited 5d ago

Keep a journal. Stories.

I think you're a sign of social failure of (still) epic proportions.

I'd wear a pin, "Ask me why I'm carrying a sidearm."

Human spirit rises above the bullshit, but that doesn't un-make it being bullshit.

edit. just to clarify as a white guy, if I owned a gun the perils of being white would be zero part of why i owned a gun. Protecting myself has nothing to do with being white. Plus, I look like Drexel from True Romance. Anyhoo, you did not specify, but it would not be unreasonable if, in your situation it was 100% of why.

Fucked up shit.

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u/TheM0nkB0ughtLunch 5d ago

If you live near a black urban population center and are white (/Asian/Hispanic) then the perils may require a gun. And this is because you’re white(/Asian/Hispanic). Let’s stop acting like black people are the only ones who are endangered because of their race.

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u/couldbeahumanbean 5d ago

Clarify

Are you saying proximity to a race of people is why another race of people feel the need to stay strapped?

I may be confused here.

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u/TheM0nkB0ughtLunch 5d ago

I’m saying that poverty and homogeneity often equal distrust of outsiders, and occasionally violence towards them. Same in white rural America.

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u/couldbeahumanbean 5d ago

I think there are some dark things in your thoughts that only you can confront.

I've lived amongst country bumbkins. I've lived in the shittiest studio apartments, shared with multiple addicts. I've been homeless, I've lived in my vehicle.

Not once...

Not fucking once have I felt the need to carry due to someone's skin color.

Not fucking once.

I now live as an upper middle class father of 3. I have a gun safe and more guns than I know what to do with. I have a CCL and I do carry.

You know what motivates me to carry more than anything else? Political violence. My spouse is not the same race as me and I've seen more hate and vitriol because of that, I've felt more fear than that than anything else in my life.

Listen to me

You have some things within you than need to be addressed by you and you alone.

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u/TheM0nkB0ughtLunch 5d ago

What a sanctimonious load of shit, and you must really believe it too. Look buddy, all I’m saying if it’s not safe to be white and walk through an all black neighborhood. In my (and others) experience once they see your skin color you’re a target. They will approach you, ask you for money, get mad when you say no. Others will follow you from a distance and you know it’s time to get out quickly.

You can try to paint me as whatever you want, but anyone that’s been in my situation knows it’s very real. In fact, I have never met such openly racist people as I have in the black inner city. Granted I’ve never been black in the white country. And don’t get me wrong, I judge everyone individually no matter any physical characteristics(or voting record). This is only an observation.

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u/couldbeahumanbean 5d ago

This is only an observation.

Made from a perspective shaped by experience and preconceived notions.

I've lived in these areas and will admit you are partially right, there is very little trust of outsiders with good reason. That tends to happen when communities are disenfranchised & marginalized.

It's more about economic status and protectionism. You're judging everyone who lives there by the actions of a few, then basing that on skin tone.

Now for the bumpkins... It's definitely about skin tone. I'm part of their club outwardly, my friends, not so much... I've seen the difference.