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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dumbasses bait other dumbasses.

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THIS! Of course it was wrong for the gunmen to show up and start shooting. Nobody is denying that.

But if I (as a white person) stepped into a bar where a lot of gun-toting AAs hung out and I went off on a racist rant, I would probably get hurt or killed. It would still be assault/murder on their part, but it also would have been incredibly stupid on my part. Same thing would happen to an AA in a redneck bar in the south. At some point, we have to stop thinking that Freedom of Speech allows us to be violence-inciting idiots and we need to take personal responsibility for our actions.

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Interesting hypothetical you invented.  Not at all realistic; but interesting.  I'll give you a more realistic one:

-what if a bunch of combat-trained young veterans got together in a group?  What if they had all experienced combat in a war and maybe even had some level of PTSD? what if they were all trained to use weapons and likely even owned guns in the U.S.?  What if they were in a group together, and were grief-stricken, like at the funeral after the death of a friend killed in combat?

Now imagine Westboro Baptist church idiots show up to protest the funeral.  What would you expect to happen?

On one level, I'd expect the combat vets to murder every one of those "church" members with their bare hands.

But you know: this is the USA.   And despite all the moronic protests by Westboro Baptists, not one of them has been murdered while protesting.  Not one.

In America, THAT is what I expect.

So if you have different expectations just because someone follows a different religion, then you need to change your expectations.

Or, again, I invite you to go someplace less tolerant than the United States.  [/quote]

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