i understand what you are getting at here, but I recently spent a few weeks in deepest darkest radical muslim Indonesia.
I considered myself a pretty seasoned traveller but geez, some of the poverty and living conditions there were pretty ****ing rad.
add to that the way women were not only treated, but thought of and spoken to was something to behold.
it gave me a new understanding of why these people hop in boats and do the dash for places like ours. theres some pretty desperate people out there. Americans have some pretty awful situations in that country, but as a whole its paradise to what 3rd world really is.
Wasn't it the Republicans who voted for abolition of slavery whilst the Democrats refused to vote for it??
Wasn't the KKK also founded to restore Democrats to power in the South??
The reality is the American left are evil they pander to minorities with one arm out othering them a cuddle whilst stabbing them in the back with the other
yeah nah lets not do this tired old one.
a few people who leaned Democrat started the Klan, in the same way a few dudes who voted Trump shot some people.
The Democrats as a party didnt start the Klan, its a distinction that needs to be made.
also, go look up the relevant parties policies around the time of the Klans formation. you might find that neither match up to the party of their namesakes today.
without wishing to step on the good members inevitable thundering and potentially incoherent response, a couple of points from yesterday really stood out.
the rush to wedge whatever people saw or heard immediately into their teams talking points, from one side focusing on what he was yelling, to the other side announcing that it didnt matter what he said because he was a mental patient and not a terrorist.
the other, which was just plain weird, was the rush to yuk it up with everyone about the milk crate and chair. i know it sounds real 'oz', but these were people not only scared for their own lives, but willing to put themselves in harms way to protect others. add to the fact a woman got murdered and maybe we can save the hilarious gags and memes for a little later on. its almost as if we are so desensitised to that sort of thing now that we kind of celebrate when its 'only' one murder.
also, the whole 'look amurica, we dont need gunz' shit is just as wack. talking tough about not needing a gun on twitter tends to make you just as big an asshole as the people screaming they do need a gun.
This is what happens when you quote mine things you have very limited knowledge about Member.
You see the word Democracy or Democrat and think it's meaning today is the same as it was over a century ago.
The Southern democrats you refer to were right wing extremists in every sense of the word.
Jeffersonian Democracy was actually right wing and opposed big government as it would impact on the liberty of citizens.
The jeffersonian Ideology was essentially about growing the US economy via agriculture.
The Republican ideal of Lincoln that it evolved into was more or less based on growth through industry. [This is very simplified as space is limited]
Yet both groups were very much right wing.
The Southern Democrats fought to keep agriculture in the south from being usurped by Industry in the North - but again - still right wing.
If the attacker in this instance had a gun in a gun-wielding society there would be a 99% chance* more than one person would have died. You could nearly guarantee the attacker themselves would have been shot and killed, and whomever else they were able to shoot before that happened.
The situation is horrific but it should be applauded how easily it was defused in comparison to if this was a gun culture.
So sure the memes may be too soon etc but it is never too soon to appreciate how great society is without guns.
* verified statistic
OK
Old mate didn't even really look interested in stabbing anyone
When in the street carrying on he wasn't exactly using the knife in an an attacking manner
He was more defensive with his actions
The lack of blood on him I also find bizarre for a man whom has allegedly slit someone's throat and stabbed someone else
Call me cynical but looks like a false flag op