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Originally Posted by Kevin
I still don't see any other reasonable way to interpret what was done there, but I'm over it.
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If you have not already done so, read my explanation in my edited "where's the spoon" post.
Long story short, I'm all for jokes and amusement but I was curious about why you insisted on convincing yourself that I was calling you racist despite the fact that I do not give much credit to individual racism. Also, someone does not have to be racist, classist, heterosexist, ageist, sexist, or (insert other -isms) to consciously and/or subconsciously conform to mainstream images of beauty, youth, innocence, and harmlessness that are attached to demographic characteristics. This has been a component of societies long before the contemporary media existed. We all conform at times and we constantly have to challenge these images and our acceptance of these images. Such is life. The crimes showcased on HLN's evening shows are sometimes considered an illustration of this as is some of the discussion in that GC thread about Casey Anthony.
Thread Cliff Notes for GCers who are trying to keep up and wondering "what in the hell":
Some GCers were posting about whether people believed there are reasons to ever tase children and are there legal and extralegal factors that shape people's opinions. Does the child have to be engaged in certain behaviors? Does the child have to possess a weapon? Does it have to be a certain type of weapon? What happens if the child has a physical, mental, or emotional condition? Does the child have to be a certain age, income level, education level, family type, style of dress, or possess other traits that people can label "harmful" or "future offender" versus "innocent" or "too pretty/adorable/cutesy" to be a threat.
These are among the things that law enforcement officers deal with during training and during actual incidents. These are also the things that the general public deals with and should think about.
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