re: Whats up with all the race stuff?

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I disagree. I think you can debate this on topics like, "I have a family and I'm not going to intervene." I think that's a very defensible position but also one that probably does have broad societal impacts.

If it were my son, I'd tell him to use his situational awareness and do whatever feels appropriate and not let feeling like it's racist, a "bitch move", etc. impact that.

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Im going to stop cursing so things arent taken far out of context.

If a gentleman is walking in a violent fashion in your direction, yes give it thought and probably cross the street.

If the guy just looks like a dude that is dirty and unhappy, which I'm sure that he is, there should be no reason to not walk your ground.

I mean, if you feel like there is a threat always trust your instinct.

But psychology does not support any of yalls opinions and neither do facts on a case by case basis. Not close. And we all have years and years of experience to know that even if we feel uncomfortable when someone that looks a certain way is walking our way nothing has ever happened.

How many people do you know? How many have been stabbed, shot or assaulted in general? How many walking down a sidewalk in a city?

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How many people do you know? How many have been stabbed, shot or assaulted in general? How many walking down a sidewalk in a city?

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I have no problem acknowledging the risk is negligible

But the benefit is likewise negligible

I think culturally we're overprotective against negligible risks that get in the way of meaningful benefit - like, being overly protective of your kids playing the backyard or whatever. They will absolutely benefit from the autonomy that comes with unsupervised play.

I just don't think the same is true here for something like this, especially when your risk calculus includes an iffy part of town, an increased time of day for assault, racial components, whatever it is. I still think the risk is insignificant, but again, what's the personal or cultural cost to avoiding the interaction late at night?

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it's a distraction to keep us out of a class war.

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This. Funny how it ramped up as Americans were placing blame on who was killing their financial independence and ability to thrive. The economy is actually worse since then, but the narrative was successfully adverted.

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Genetically im more European than most of you

Lineage bitch

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I'm still curious as to what message you think it sends to cross the street.

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If you dont know dont worry about it, its not important.

Just cross the street.

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Nah, man, you said that crossing the street sends a message to everyone. You should tell us what you think that action says to people. We're not mind readers, you should speak yours clearly.

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Now me, you and your wife are all dead because instead of you crossing and me walking straight he attacked us all.

I tried saving yalls life.

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Now me, you and your wife are all dead because instead of you crossing and me walking straight he attacked us all.

I tried saving yalls life.

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No, you've shown yourself to be stupid and unserious.

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But also, somehow, no one here believes they are racially biased.

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When did it become wrong to call a spade a spade because the spade does more stuff to be called out than the club?

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Owl is a well-known poster and has a sense of humor and it was very much in jest. Now who’s being too sensitive?

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Owlie understands that the essence of humor is the violation of commonly accepted logical chains,