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H2O Man

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24. It's interesting
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 07:36 PM
Jul 2014

(at least to me) :

The police were looking for a man with light-brown skin, 6' tall, thin, with no facial hair, who was wearing a dark-colored business suit. and no hat. They eventually "found" Rubin, who was 5' 8" tall, heavy-set, jet black, with a thick Fu Manchu and goatee; he was wearing a light-colored outfit, with his favorite hat. Although the lead investigator would testify that Rubin "didn't even remotely" fit the description of the gunman -- indeed, two shooting victims said it was definitely NOT him, with one able to ID the actual killer -- that same detective would later claim the description "fit" rubin.

That detective claimed that Rubin was the racist. He said that a black man who Carter had never met was murdered the previous day, and that Rubin was a rabid, mad-dog racist murderer, who vented his rage on four innocent people. (There was no evidence -- ZERO -- presented to support the claim that Rubin hated any white person, much less all of them. Quite the contrary.)

Our society too often has its mind incarcerated in the prison of hatred.

"Racism" & Group Psychosis [View all] H2O Man Jul 2014 OP
I've read some reports on some race/sex-related psych research. Igel Jul 2014 #1
Right. H2O Man Jul 2014 #3
It's an interesting discussion el_bryanto Jul 2014 #2
"Tribalism" H2O Man Jul 2014 #4
What about civic pride - or pride in your heritage / ethnicity? el_bryanto Jul 2014 #6
What about them? H2O Man Jul 2014 #8
I think I misread your initial post - so I apologize el_bryanto Jul 2014 #12
No problem. H2O Man Jul 2014 #13
A very interesting read ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #5
Thanks. H2O Man Jul 2014 #16
A big part of tribalism is identity politics. Baitball Blogger Jul 2014 #7
As if looks were the only defining characteristic majorities use to otherize minorities..... Bluenorthwest Jul 2014 #9
Another very good point ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #10
I do not agree that this is outside the OP's scope, perhaps it is outside some reader's Bluenorthwest Jul 2014 #11
Interesting. H2O Man Jul 2014 #14
I'm editing a post on my thread, thanks for the insight, H2O Man. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #15
What post? H2O Man Jul 2014 #17
Post #8 on this thread, I changed it from racist to tribal-listic. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #18
Okay, thanks. H2O Man Jul 2014 #19
I'm hoping the shooting down of MH17 will have the opposite effect of Ferdinand Duke's Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #20
"Tribalism" describes it well. DirkGently Jul 2014 #21
Thanks. H2O Man Jul 2014 #23
This sounds nice but it seems to me to erase oppression. nt redqueen Jul 2014 #22
It's interesting H2O Man Jul 2014 #24
kick H2O Man Jul 2014 #25
Post removed Post removed Jul 2014 #26
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