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Well, the good news there is a dialogue that has been opened like the Grand Canyon in regards to race in America. Awesome! However, the internet proves that everything has a dark side. So, once again, white folks, here we are, with me as your guide to how not to act like a fucking cracker. That first post was more the moderates who weren't sure. This one is more for my white friends who – while I love and respect them – are digging in like an Alabama Tick, the most tenacious of Ticks, to ensure that we all know that they think black people are wrong to demand equal treatment by law enforcement. As with the previous post, if you are not a white person who enjoys the pleasures and buffers of white privilege, by all means, skip this article. 6. Stop Acting Like Guns Are Going to Fix Everything.  This could be the dumbest thing you can do. You assume that if only these black people could wield a deadly arsenal then they would surely be able to shoot these corrupt police before ...

Dear Persons of Color and non-whites in general: You can skip this article. These behaviors, while the result of truly astonishing mental gymnastics, sadly, will be nothing new to you. I reckon you have better things to do with your time that be reminded that white skin apparently gets in the way of basic human empathy. This is my attempt to tell my fellow crackers to stop acting like crackers. However, if you are a regular user of the narcotic that is white privilege, I must encourage you to read on, because I have observed you fucking up and I would like you to stop it. The first reason, before I get to the rest of this list is this: The concept of whiteness robs EVERYONE of his or her identity. That means you, too. You are not Scandinavian, English, Irish, German, French, Syrian, Afghani, Kenyan, Egyptian, Libyan, Israeli if you are too light-skinned. You’re white. Does that suck? Hurt a little bit? Yeah, it’s like that for non-whites but 350% worse, dig?  5. Justifying Poli...

Mr. Brooks , while sometimes a messy convolution of plots and ideas, has a very interesting theme. Naturally, spoilers are ahead. The character Earl Brooks, portrayed by Kevin Costner, has an addiction: killing people. A destructive habit that is clearly parallel with alcoholism. In fact, Brooks attends AA meetings and confesses to being an "addict" rather than saying "Alcoholic." The habit itself is a phantasm that goes by Marshall, played with glee by William Hurt as a hallucinatory manifestation of Brooks's impulses and more or less his dialogue with himself. Brooks clearly derives a great of pleasure, perhaps even beyond sexual, from killing and Marshall only encourages him and reminds him of the rules that have prevented Brooks from being caught for years. This dynamic fascinates most during a key scene where, in a truly interesting twist, Brooks finds his daughter is suspected of murder. Brooks is visibly shaking after the police leave. Marshall asserts th...

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - - George Orwell "I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy." -- Steve Martin I don't think it's outrageous to say that not everyone is cut out to be a soldier. In much the same sense, not everyone is cut out to be a prostitute. Killers and whores, regardless of gender, have many, many things in common in western/westernized culture. A soldier in the United States is not free. There are contracts that are signed, papers are pushed and rights are relinquished. It's perhaps true that many members of many militaries come to accept that in their sacrifice of certain safeties and comforts comes a steady paycheck and more often a sense of purpose. I dare say many people these days lack anything that even looks good near a sense of purpose. A prostitute is much the same. The contract is more a s...