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Robot Bender's avatar

I'm surrounded by them in SW MO. We're just a senior couple and even though I've taken... certain precautions...I would be no match for them. I will defend us if I need to, but I have no illusions about that.

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Hal Brown's avatar

I feel for you living where you do. We're so fortunate to live in a liberal Portland, OR suburb. If you ever need to relocate let me know and we can discuss options for moving here.

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Elmer's avatar

Of course you live in Portland, the whitest city in the whitest state.

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Hal Brown's avatar

Thanks for the comment. True enough. I chose to live here because it is progressive but it still has many problems including homelessness which is rampant. The state itself has a dismal history of racism. Oregon was the only state to enter the Union with a black exclusion law. This racist history explains why it is still so White. Read: https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-white-history-racist-foundations-black-exclusion-laws/

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Robot Bender's avatar

Thanks for your kind offer. I think we'd be long gone except for our kids and grandkids living in the area. They're the only reason we moved back here after we retired.

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Jonathan Lee's avatar

The whole baseball bat thing comes from Trump’s obsession with Al Capone; who once killed three men with a baseball bat for conspiring against him.

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Hal Brown's avatar

Between Capone and Hannibal Lector we see how he identifies with sadistic psychopaths.

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Ray's avatar

He likes sticks!

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Elmer's avatar

Can Perchance AI generate images of black hooligans with ARs and would it be ethical to use that in an essay warning people about armed blacks?

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