tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post7533696022930614469..comments2024-03-28T09:04:42.135-04:00Comments on Rip Jagger's Dojo: Injustice Society Of America!Rip Jaggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-14045605057134197592016-07-20T02:27:10.309-04:002016-07-20T02:27:10.309-04:00Every black man I talk to tells me the same story....Every black man I talk to tells me the same story. It's not really debatable but still there are those who blame the victim, offering all sorts of sociological reasons to justify the very thing they deny happens. The argument goes something like -- it doesn't happen really but even if it did what did you do to make it happen. <br /><br />And the attempt to equate "Black Lives Matter" with this trendy "Blue Lives Matter" is the essence of false equivalency, making what is merely a career choice equal to what is a happenstance of birth. <br /><br />Sigh. <br /><br />Rip Off Rip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-60218228946666427632016-07-19T07:12:19.260-04:002016-07-19T07:12:19.260-04:00I live in Minnesota, near St.Paul. I’ve been throu...I live in Minnesota, near St.Paul. I’ve been through the intersection where the Philando Castile shooting took place in Falcon Heights countless times. I’m still shaken by this almost 2 weeks later. Thanks to his tech savvy girlfriend Diamond Reynolds – we were all in the car with him, as he moaned and died after the officer unloaded in him at least 4 times (if you watched the Facebook video.) From my perspective (at least I haven’t read this anywhere else) I think what she calmly did here (while no doubt in fear for her own life & that of her 4-year old daughter in the backseat) – was akin to a Rosa Parks moment. She took power over a very bad scene and proceeded to show the rest of the world what many African American locals have been saying all along, for some years now…Sobering…We’re in for a long hot summer which may not end when the seasons change…RickMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023383661211180321noreply@blogger.com