All right, I've had enough with these "sit-in" protests...

Dallas, Texas
September 13, 2016 12:30pm CST
I'm sure many of you are aware of these "sit-in protests" by athletes during the national anthem. Now I'm not gonna deny the fact that blacks are jailed on fallacious charges and shot for far less. But I'm not gonna sit here typing this and pretend that's all that happens to black folks. Not when I, a black nerd am sitting here typing this. When an anti-social recluse like me sees these people and thinks:"You need to get out more," there's a problem. The fact that I'm aware of the broader world beyond the political hemisphere sickens me to no end. As a guy who interacts with his fellow geeks, nerds, and Metalheads, I've seen the peaceful race relations these people seek. But I'm no fool, the only way they can think to address this problem is to perpetuate a tired cycle that the world abandoned long ago. Because if anyone actually acts on it, like say negotiate with police and physically works to make a change. God forbid anyone does that. It looks less like I live in the greatest country in the world, and more like I live in laziest country in the world. But then again, I expect that much, thanks to these fools for proving me right as always.
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• Calgary, Alberta
18 Sep 16
Standing in National anthems is still a tradition here. By far we dont have such protests during sports events because a person can be jailed for few months for disrespecting the flag.
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@just4him (309980)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Sep 16
@Hanyouyomi Or tear it apart even more than it already is.
• Dallas, Texas
6 Oct 16
@just4him Not sure if that'd be preerable to what we have. On one hand people's eyes would be open to this country's coruption, but no one would know how to better it, not whe all they know is corruption....
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• Dallas, Texas
19 Sep 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker Huh, interesting...Yeah that wouldn't fly here... The moment someone is jailed for not standing for the National Anthem, people would riot. Actually that might bring this nation together..._
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@just4him (309980)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Sep 16
I have recently heard about what happened and by whom and being a Veteran and proud of my country and at least what it used to stand for, I am appalled that someone would sit during the National Anthem no matter what color he or she is.
• Dallas, Texas
14 Sep 16
@just4him I wish I had that problem, but I don't. As I conveyed I'm that stereotypical shut-in nerd/geek living with their parents that people hear about and tend to be wary of. And yet it feels like I bear more awareness of the world than these people who hold these protests. That bugs the crap out of me, as well as aggravates me. How do people who are far more outgoing than me have such a limited understanding of the world around us, whereas mine even as shut-in keeps growing? It leaves me utterly dumbfounded. Granted wisdom is only for those who desire it, but still having that understanding makes it worst. I get that racism still exist and needs to be addressed, but in this day and age with how far we've come I think doing it the way your generation did it is ineffective these days. But then again maybe that's why it's allowed, because it's easy for the government to quell...
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@just4him (309980)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Sep 16
@Hanyouyomi My generation didn't have all the answers, but at least we tried. It's horrific to think that it's my generation that is going to be in the White House. No answers there for anything going on. We need someone with real answers not those who pretend to know the answers.
• Dallas, Texas
17 Sep 16
@just4him Of course your generation didn't have all the answers back then, y'all were as young as my generation is now. However if listening to my parents over the years and reading some of your responses to discussions like this, you're older and a lot wiser. But I'm not dumb in that aspect either, as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are five to six years older than you and they're dumb as rocks. Thus proving to me something I learned roughly five years ago:"Wisdom is granted to those who want it." Plus another reason your generation didn't have all the answers is the same reason my generation lacks answers, we were raised with a limited perception of the world and the creatures in it. Writers have been addressing how we're creatures of habit predestining ourselves for certain roles in society in fiction longer than you've been alive as far as I can tell. And yet, I think only geeks like me pay attention to it. But my point is each generation has been passing on the same limited understanding and fear to the next generation, hence why the portion of the world we're observing through the election won't change. If God blesses me with a wife and children, I'll strive to not pass on the same limited understanding my grandparents had. My parents on the other hand are geeks like me, though they haven't attended comic-book andanime conventions as I have. But they pushed me to broaden my perception of the world around me, but than make me happier, as I've expressed repeatedly it's only made me angrier, because the type of lonliness I experience is frustrating. To be part of a small minority who looks at crap like these "Black Lives Matter" protests and think how wrong and stupid these people are for doing this hurts me. Because I know I can't say anything that'll change their minds. Plus I can't show them my world of geeks, nerds, and Mtalheads, because I understand the limited and ignorant perception of those groups, so for these people to see ho we're able to coexist to the best of our ability would confuse them. To which they'd most likely deny what they see. Which if we are gonna get a person with real answers as opposed to these political sock puppets who pretend to have answers, is they'd would stand alone and would need to convey their message in a way these people would understand and take heed to. But like I said ma'am, we're creatures of habit like ants, or actually any other beast in the animal kingdom really. Once we're set in our ways at an early age, we don't stray from it. For some who are able to coexist with their fellow man that's a good thing, for these masses who treat world leaders as deities, not so much. Which is why this new age "King Solomon" would have problems reaching the masses, because they're already set in thinking the way things are now are howthey should be. And convincing them otherwise would be difficult.
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• Bhubaneshwar, India
13 Sep 16
well said bro :) clearly ....thinking changes people ...again well said :)