tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post3924646817388086335..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Black Lives Still MatterLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-47805237412191962842016-10-26T21:34:04.655-04:002016-10-26T21:34:04.655-04:00Glad they got the alleged killer.Glad they got the alleged killer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-44739140597030464122016-10-26T17:11:22.324-04:002016-10-26T17:11:22.324-04:00MassLive reports that The U.S. Marshals Service on...MassLive reports that The U.S. Marshals Service on Tuesday arrested Soknang Chham, 33, of New Salem, on a warrant in Flagstaff, Arizona. He is charged with one count of murder and one count of armed assault with intent to murder. <br />Soksot Chham, 35, also of New Salem, was also taken into custody on a warrant and has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder.<br />The men are believed to be brothers, according to Mary Carey, a spokeswoman for the Northwestern district attorney's office.<br />The arrests came after investigators learned the two had left Massachusetts on a bus bound for Phoenix. Both men will appear in an Arizona court to see whether they intend to challenge their extradition back to Massachusetts, Carey said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-55372533109550401402016-10-26T13:59:37.380-04:002016-10-26T13:59:37.380-04:00There are the five o's again. Please! You...There are the five o's again. Please! You're killing me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-17356666318991135752016-10-26T13:25:02.387-04:002016-10-26T13:25:02.387-04:00Grievance monger, eh? Takes one to know one.Grievance monger, eh? Takes one to know one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-87863487751811720372016-10-26T12:34:15.803-04:002016-10-26T12:34:15.803-04:00Just flew into BDL seated with a grievance monger ...Just flew into BDL seated with a grievance monger from another university, headed to UNass for a conference on Social Justice and 21st Century Policing. This must be the occasion for the inflammatory banner uptown. L<br /><br />In any case, "the work" over coming days at UMass will focus on "improving policing in the community."<br /><br />Seems to me most of what's needed is really to improve the attitude toward police by just a few within the communityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-1455422510204428572016-10-26T10:39:17.544-04:002016-10-26T10:39:17.544-04:00Yeah...What's going on there?Yeah...What's going on there? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-15676863629535703012016-10-25T21:21:22.674-04:002016-10-25T21:21:22.674-04:00It is just you anon 6:02...of course " black ...It is just you anon 6:02...of course " black lives matter" as a statement is not apolitical or else it would not be a rallying cry for protesters. Your statement that it is apolitical is political but you knew that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-28569493860476083992016-10-25T20:34:58.879-04:002016-10-25T20:34:58.879-04:00It is not the slogan. Or the banner. It's th...It is not the slogan. Or the banner. It's the nature of the "movement." Yes black lives matter. But they have callee for the killing of police. "...fry 'em like bacon." "...dead cops... now!" I cannot support any person or group which marches to those slogans. But Amherst does? This White House does? Smith College does? Do you not see why leftists are despised? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-61982880861940205562016-10-25T18:02:40.162-04:002016-10-25T18:02:40.162-04:00Is it just me or is the statement "Black Live...Is it just me or is the statement "Black Lives Matter" a completely apolitical announcement. This banner signifies that we, as a town, believe Black lives matter. Is there anyone in town that believes that Black lives don't matter? If so, the problem isn't the banner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-15150364723327841522016-10-25T15:59:45.647-04:002016-10-25T15:59:45.647-04:00Dr ed...is your source for information on reconstr...Dr ed...is your source for information on reconstruction "Birth of a Nation"? you are a twit! Illiteracy was not the problem...except in your case. Dr. my ass! No way you should be teaching anyone Anything! Oh right...you're not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-16267678632193063712016-10-25T14:54:47.316-04:002016-10-25T14:54:47.316-04:00Edsplain ;TLDR
Edsplain ;TLDR<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-82977970199195329212016-10-25T14:33:20.759-04:002016-10-25T14:33:20.759-04:00Little Billy here. Leave me out of your grown-up ...Little Billy here. Leave me out of your grown-up bickering. Just gimme that Snickers bar, and lay off the lectures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-63444656375092806702016-10-25T14:21:07.228-04:002016-10-25T14:21:07.228-04:00Billy learns the soft bigotry of low expectations ...Billy learns the soft bigotry of low expectations exacerbated by lingering resentment over situations where he feels he wasn't treated fairly (and wasn't). <br /><br /> All affirmative retribution and the rest does is create yet another generation of racism. Well-intended persons <b><i>of all races</i></b> need to learn from history and consider the implications of Reconstruction.<br /><br />After the (First) US Civil War, anyone who had fought for the Confederacy (which was all White males) was totally disenfranchised, and this was 50 years before the 19th Amendment. All Federal/State/Local offices were held by Freedmen, and this was problematic because the Freedmen were illiterate.<br /><br />It had been against the law to teach a slave to read <i><b>(for a REASON)</b></i> and nothing much was done about it. Remember this was before TV, radio, telephones, and MP3 files -- everything except face-to-face conversations was written text. They didn't have basic math skills, either.<br /><br />Now what most US History texts tend to overlook is how we shifted from Reconstruction to Jim Crow, they essentially jump from 1865 to 1965 without mentioning any of the stuff in the middle. History is messy and it is difficult to feel sorry for former slave owners (although most White Southerners hadn't owned slaves) <br /><br />My point: Billy hasn't done anything, and is quietly pissed about being punished.<br /><br />There is a large cadre of pissed-off White Males in this country,and people need to be aware of that. Billy wasn't born a racist, but he's being made into one.Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-40851512454903547772016-10-25T13:07:55.408-04:002016-10-25T13:07:55.408-04:00I personally have zero interest in controlling wom...I personally have zero interest in controlling women and their bodies. Just in favor of not killing babies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-62743051407632463492016-10-25T13:07:51.339-04:002016-10-25T13:07:51.339-04:00EXACTLY... My point-thank you-Cons cause abortion ...EXACTLY... My point-thank you-Cons cause abortion by rejecting family planning-Cons are soooo CONvolted on family planning !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-82152964461336833482016-10-25T12:06:04.248-04:002016-10-25T12:06:04.248-04:00Black lives don't matter any more than anyone ...Black lives don't matter any more than anyone else's. Or any less either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-51066971002362806742016-10-25T12:00:06.225-04:002016-10-25T12:00:06.225-04:00Cops are killed by blacks at 18.5 x the rate that ...Cops are killed by blacks at 18.5 x the rate that blacks are killed by cops. Does anyone hang the Blue Lives Matter banner over Pleasant Street? Stop the BLM madness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-66856478958010015332016-10-25T11:41:46.592-04:002016-10-25T11:41:46.592-04:00Abortion is not family planning. I believe the poi...Abortion is not family planning. I believe the point Anon 1013 was making is that if there were more opportunities for women to have access to family planning services there would be fewer abortions. But those who rail against abortion also rail against family planning. They are not as much interested in justice for a fetus no bigger than a period on this page as they are interested in controlling women and their bodies. They are no better than the Taliban, in a way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-44820446424117213122016-10-25T11:16:57.752-04:002016-10-25T11:16:57.752-04:00"People need to be reminded in just this way,..."People need to be reminded in just this way, that is how you build real respect, by looking at black people as a group, not as individuals.<br /><br />Please, PLEASE tell me this was sarcasm."<br /><br />Perhaps we should look at this from a child's perspective, as they are the only ones that have the real capacity to learn anything about this stuff. The rest of us already have views and will bend our words to make sure we are not an outlier. <br /><br />I would assume a child learning would get the impression that black lives matter more and that we should make this stereotype based on the color of their skin. I hear the confirmation of race superiority and that stereotypes are useful/appropriate. <br /><br />What mom may say:<br /><br />"You see Billy, people that are black are not treated fairly and their ancestors...."<br /><br />What Billy hears:<br /><br />"Wah, Wah, Watch what you say and you owe black people because Wah, Wah,"<br /><br />What Billy thinks:<br /><br />"Ice cream, I didn't do anything, Bobby hit me, don't I matter, but mom said I cannot say that to a black person"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-48878472412138481882016-10-25T10:46:04.610-04:002016-10-25T10:46:04.610-04:00It's not the banner that's offensive. It&...It's not the banner that's offensive. It's the calling for the killing of cops by that group that's offensive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-80871832112756565152016-10-25T09:28:52.464-04:002016-10-25T09:28:52.464-04:00Poor babies. Maybe we should provide trigger warn...Poor babies. Maybe we should provide trigger warnings and a safe zone, so that you don't have to view such an offensive banner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-23426098719670915492016-10-25T09:27:32.920-04:002016-10-25T09:27:32.920-04:00Find not friend...sry.Find not friend...sry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-89714357836239760632016-10-25T08:13:49.246-04:002016-10-25T08:13:49.246-04:00Once more with feeling: you do not need to live in... Once more with feeling: you do not need to live in Amherst to friend it's politics amusing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-36192162080125776832016-10-25T06:43:26.078-04:002016-10-25T06:43:26.078-04:00Ed, you don't live here. Try worrying about Ma...Ed, you don't live here. Try worrying about Maine, where you reside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-31981943695096831762016-10-25T02:28:28.355-04:002016-10-25T02:28:28.355-04:00People need to be reminded in just this way, that ...<i>People need to be reminded in just this way, that is how you build real respect, by looking at black people as a group, not as individuals.</i><br /><br />Please, PLEASE tell me this was sarcasm. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com