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Why do black like wearing hoodies even though it is associated with criminal activities?


Criminals wear the hoodie because after the crime the police are going after them and they don't want to be identified, blacks like wearing hoodies because the police are always going after them, whether they have committed a crime or not. Think of it as though it's a crime to be black, since that's what the police do.

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That’s to cover their face so they cannot be identified. Hoodies serve as a mask.


Well duh, of course there is a reason the dark hoodie was chosen as the official crime uniform, it wasn't random.

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Didn’t know criminals hada dress code like the hoodie


Did you think it was just a coincidence that the perpetrator is always described as wearing a dark hoodie?

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It's not the hoodie; it's the beady eyes that make you look shady.

and the waddle bc my pants are down at my knees--out of luck with no belt


Well yeah, there's that too.


But as the official dress code for crime, the hoodie is only mandatory while committing crime, it is not necessary the rest of the time.

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“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.” - Thucydides

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Several pregnancies occurred, but Epstein never made any public. He was congratulated by his close associates.


Is that why this guy's 14-year-old mom put his place of birth down as Epstein Island.


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Looks like you decided this belongs in politics, good point.


They aren't very educated so they dont realize hes not doin much actually to improve these things, and overall hes actually making it worse. Hes mostly just a one trick pony givin fat tax cuts to the wealthy at the expense of basic social services. They probably think hes cutting everyone's taxes but its actually at this point only for the rich


I don't think they "falsely think he is so great cause he gets rid of 'waste, fraud, and abuse'" at all, that's just one of the many justifications they use because they don't want to admit that racism is the attraction. They say, "Sure, he's a terrible person but I like his policies", but when you ask they can't really come up with a policy, they say "economy" when he has collapsed the economy twice, they say immigration, but what they really mean is he hates the same kind of people we hate, and he promised to get rid of them for us. They can't really tell you what they are "for", all they have is what they are "against", and they are even willing to sacrifice democracy if it means eliminating diversity. Election denial isn't about fraud, there is no evidence of fraud, at the bottom of it is the belief that those other people's votes shouldn't be counted, that's their real problem with democracy.


All he really has to offer is a "culture war", nothing more than a shared hatred of LGBTQ, people of color, libs, and my favorite, "wokeness", which is just a word for the people they hate because they don't share their bigotry, those they consider "traitors to the race".


None of the aforementioned things are "policies", when it comes down to it, all he really appeals to is white grievance, he is only president because white supremacism has grown mainstream.


What you have to remember about trump supporters is that theyre low information and not too educated.


Yes, and it's exacerbated by the fact that when white supremacists try to explain it without admitting he had them at "racism", they sound comically stupid.


And Donald Trump knows it.


"I love the poorly educated" - Donald Trump

"Smart people don't like me" - Donald Trump


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They aren't very educated so they dont realize hes not doin much actually to improve these things, and overall hes actually making it worse. Hes mostly just a one trick pony givin fat tax cuts to the wealthy at the expense of basic social services. They probably think hes cutting everyone's taxes but its actually at this point only for the rich


I don't think they "falsely think he is so great cause he gets rid of 'waste, fraud, and abuse'" at all, that's just one of the many justifications they use because they don't want to admit that racism is the attraction. They say, "Sure, he's a terrible person but I like his policies", but when you ask they can't really come up with a policy, they say "economy" when he has collapsed the economy twice, they say immigration, but what they really mean is he hates the same kind of people we hate, and he promised to get rid of them for us. They can't really tell you what they are "for", all they have is what they are "against", and they are even willing to sacrifice democracy if it means eliminating diversity. Election denial isn't about fraud, there is no evidence of fraud, at the bottom of it is the belief that those other people's votes shouldn't be counted, that's their real problem with democracy.


All he really has to offer is a "culture war", nothing more than a shared hatred of LGBTQ, people of color, libs, and my favorite, "wokeness", which is just a word for the people they hate because they don't share their bigotry, those they consider "traitors to the race".


None of the aforementioned things are "policies", when it comes down to it, all he really appeals to is white grievance, he is only president because white supremacism has grown mainstream.


What you have to remember about trump supporters is that theyre low information and not too educated.


Yes, and it's exacerbated by the fact that when white supremacists try to explain it without admitting he had them at "racism", they sound comically stupid.


And Donald Trump knows it.


"I love the poorly educated" - Donald Trump

"Smart people don't like me" - Donald Trump

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you shouldn’t pretend to be shocked when the world stops treating its internal stability as sacred.


I'm not shocked, I predicted it.


All you have to do is pay attention to history and you'd know this is always what happens as a country becomes fascist.

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The midterms will be a blue tidal wave.


Since Trump returned to the White House, Democrats have picked up eight Republican-controlled districts through special elections, as well as 18 seats in New Jersey and Virginia during those states’ regularly scheduled contests last November.


Republicans have flipped a grand total of...NONE,


It's time to get to higher ground kiddies, a big blue tidal wave is coming.

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Neither do I watch sport.


That’s probably proper English, but to me, it sounds like Yoda said it.


I always enjoyed participating, but sitting around wasting time watching other people do it, doesn't appeal to me at all.


I get that, I liked playing more than watching too, except for football actually. I played organized football for twelve years and never enjoyed it (hated playing it for twelve years? yeah, it was a fucked-up father/son issue created that situation). Amyway, I really don’t watch that much football, but the Superbowl, that is a very big deal, all the hype and excitement, I just love the spectacle they make out of that game.


American football is such a stupid game...My daughters partner tried to explain it to me once, which led me to conclude that it was even more stupid that I originally thought.


I feel the same way about Cricket, I played Rugby Football for Philadelphia RFC for six years (loved playing Rugby) and there was a Cricket field next to our pitch, consequently, I have watched a ton of Cricket and had hours and hours of people sitting there trying to explain it to me while I sat there thinking WTF, I will just never understand that game, it strikes me as other worldly or something.


Winter Olympics is just varying people doing varyingly contrived things, generally based around snow and ice...And I have a particular dislike of snow and ice.


It’s certainly not my favorite Olympics by any stretch, but it’s still Olympics and I just love to see the best in the world come together to compete every four years.


And I don't need a televisual sporting incentive to make me buy and consume cookies.


Me neither, but when you are watching the Olympics with the munchies and the doorbell rings and it’s the little girl next door with a big bag of cookies, that’s just awesome.


Mints are not a favourite though.


Hah, that is blasphemy you heretic.


I think the best thing about thin mints is that they come in those convenient single serving boxes.



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I suppose PR is a case study of what happens when cultural assimilation isn't a requirement.


MAGA is a case study of what happens when cultural assimilation isn't a requirement.


Absolutely appalling living conditions and zero loyalty.


Absolutely appalling living conditions and zero hygiene.

Relative to the USA, there's little order, enforcement, and security, which artificially increases the risk for capital investment. Not speaking English is the least of their problems culturally.


Relative to Blue States, there's little education, employment and intelligence in Red States, which artificially increases the risk for capital investment. Not speaking intelligently is the least of their problems culturally.



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Maybe if your limbo territories became all-American culturally, then they wouldn't live in such relative squalor. Calling something “American” symbolically doesn’t make it functionally American,


I covered that when I stated "they are collectively too stupid to know that Puerto Rico is a US territory and therefore Bad Bunny is an American Citizen, as are all Puerto Ricans."


and Puerto Rico’s stagnation is the proof.


Are you saying MAGA supporters are less American because they live in trailer parks?


The ultimate virtue signal applied to an entire territory. What's hillarious is that South Korea is more culturally American than PR! (and far wealthier as a result!)


Now you are saying West Virginia, Mississippi, and Alabama aren't culturally American?


And South Korea is not even a territory of the USA!

Very good, you Googled that, right?

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I'm all for politics destroying venues of distraction. The Romans definitely didn't benefit from bloodsports,


I doubt the US has benefitted from MAGA sports, how exactly do noodling, mud-pit belly flops, armpit serenades, toilet seat horseshoes, and greased pig catches benefit the country?

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even if it was narrated in all Greek from a bad banausos.


"Banausos" is ancient Greek for "Redneck".