From the NYT 7/6/17
Officer Miosotis Familia, an African American woman, 12-year veteran of the NYC Police force was shot and killed as she sat in her police vehicle. She was the single mother of three children. Her assailant was Alexander Bonds, an African American who was reputed to be mentally ill, who had been in and out of jails for 15 years, and who had a long history of cop-hatred, along with recent face-book rants against the police.
(Excuse the reference to both the victim and the criminal as both being African American. This is usually considered “racist” and usually eliminated from news reporting.(1) But, as we will see, race may be relevant)
As usual when tragedies like this happens, everyone asks, “How could such a terrible thing such as this happen in such an advanced country?” and “How can we prevent such a thing from happening again?” Thus, “what is the cause and what is the cure?”
A common Progressive and black con response is that the tragedy happened because African Americans are suppressed in this country by white racism, and we must have more money, affirmative action, and services given to the black community. Also, more money and services must be given to the mentally ill and there must be alternatives to prisons for convictions of crime. Plus, we must have better gun control.
Any antithesis to this ideology is considered by the Progressives and black con movement to be racist, evil, conservative, backward, and immoral. Thus the antitheses are seldom politically considered.
Here are examples of such antitheses:
(1) The cause of much crime and much poverty is single mother families. African American males are often raised in families without law-abiding, responsible, loving fathers. The vast majority of African American prisoners were raised without such a father. (An antithesis to this idea is periodically found in feminist literature: “Men are useless. A child can be raised just as well without a good father.”)
(2) The welfare system, as it is currently practiced, encourages crime because it penalizes marriage and it discourages the belief that every person has a duty to give back to society in proportion to what they receive from society.
(3) A major cause of crime in this country is the encouragement and the glamorization of crime in much of the rap music, for example, the hit song by Ice Cube: “F*** tha Police”
Solutions
If a problem is not identified accurately, the probability is decreased that the suggested solutions will work. And this is exactly what has happened in the U.S. for the last 50 years. Political and economic solutions which have cost trillions of dollars (mostly paid by the white sucker).
Although there has been much progress in the black community – especially with the 8 years of the Obama Presidency, where he set a modern example on how African Americans can succeed in this society – the black con philosophy and its consequences are still omnipresent. Consider 100 shootings in Chicago over the 4th of July 2017 weekend.
Mental Illness
Alexander Bonds, besides having had an anti-social personality disorder – that is, having a long history of arrests and imprisonments – had another psychiatric disorder, perhaps something along the lines of schizophrenia.
The intersubjective agreement among psychiatrists and the U.S. courts have agreed that a psychiatric disorder doesn’t give a person a blank check to commit crimes. A person with schizophrenia can still understand right from wrong and still has the free will to commit a crime or to choose to refrain from committing a crime.
However, as Bonds has given evidence, the current system for punishment (he spent over 7 years in jails at a cost of around $200,000) is an ineffective way of punishing or rehabilitating such a person.
(See RG Martin’s policy for prison reform.)
(1) Here is a political paradox in the everyday press: Because African Americans commit around four times the amount of crime as other groups in urban areas, the press usually refrains from identifying the suspect by race. They don’t want to encourage racial profiling. For instance, they may say, “A man was robbed at gun point. The suspect was described as a 5’10” male wearing a red shirt.”
However, when the suspect is white, the press emphasizes the suspect’s race so the public will be aware that whites commit crimes just as blacks do. Thus, they may write: “A man was robbed at gun point. The suspect was described as a white male, 5’10,” wearing a red shirt.” The same holds true of the suspect was Hispanic. The suspect is often identified as “Hispanic.” The reader is encouraged to have the thought, “Oh, it’s not only African Americans who shoot people but other groups as well.”
The press would probably identify the race of the suspect if he were Asian, but this rarely happens, since Asian men rarely rob people at gunpoint…. if ever.
(Nor do Jewish men. And, come to think of it, there are fewer Asian men and Jewish men in jail than African American men. Isn’t it a coincidence that Asian and Jewish men are also on top of the economic ladder? I wonder if there is any connection? Could it be that because Jewish and Asian men tend to work hard and play by the rules that they get further ahead in the economic game? Or is it, as the black con believes, that because these two groups have more money than African American men, they go out and shoot people less frequently?)
The unintended consequence of the lack of racial identification – besides making the identification useless, since it tells us nothing about the suspect — is that no race is usually mentioned in news articles about shootings. Then the reader automatically assumes that the suspect was African American.
RG—great post. Now what are the Dirty Dems and Looney Belasio gonna say. It was Trump hatred that cause the shooting? Nonsense—its time for inividuals to be held responsible for their own actions and not blame everyone but themselves when things go wrong.
Donna,
Tx for your comment. It seems you see the same reality that I see. Every person has equal moral responsibility, regardless of their past history or present situation. Otherwise the elderly and disabled would have the right to go around shooting people.
RG
Hi RG! I agree with you on this post. Definitely have to be responsible equally.
yup. Being from Kansas, I agree with ya folks. These morons need to be held responsible for their own actions. If it were up to me, I’d do it like the French and put them to the guillotine in the public square. That’l teach em some manners
Jeff,
Tx for your comment. Unfortunately, putting these people to the guillotine probably wouldn’t work — and that’s why our culture has progressed past the use of it: guillotines proved dysfunctional in history. Yes, it might satisfy our thirst for revenge, and even lower the level of murder, but the use of brutal capital punishment might also encourage the more barbaric aspects of our personalities. It might lower the level of civility in our culture. I contend that we are barbaric enough, especially in our everyday manners. Killing a murderer seems to me to be putting the country (that is us) on the same level of the murderer. (See “I have conquered the world.”)
A more humane response to the unacceptable level of homicide — one that is quickly and assuredly practiced — might reduce these crime more.
And we could understand that the cause of these crimes is not so much that the perpetrator is evil and inferior, but rather than her or she never got the proper moral education, the proper moral example from their parents, or the proper example on how to live from our cultural leaders, for example, the leading pop stars.
Tx again, hope to hear from you again,
RG
I am LMAO. Jeff what century do you belong to? The guillotine? I do agree that a re-surgance of public humiliation is way past overdue. So, to your larger point I agree.
Jess,
tx for your comment. Hope to hear from you again.
RG
Yup. An a history buff and fought in NAM. Glad for your support Jess.
The shooter, Alexander Bonds, had been the subject of three 911 calls prior that night by his better half, who detailed that he was acting hyper and distrustful.
She lived for them, however she passed on for all of us,i was astonished and cheerful realizing that her memorial service was held in the core of the locale Officer Familia watched.
That was an extraordinary lost to us and to the police,may her delicate soul rest in peace.
Although my previous comment to Jeff Haddle was in jest, on a sombre note, I do agree with Cahill that there was a beautiful memorial service indeed.
I think you guys are just too nice. Wouldn’t you agree RG that drastic circumstances require drastic measures? I mean, we did it Obamas way for eight years – what do we have to show for it? Iran in disarray, Hezbollah still in existence, Iraq in disarray, Afghanistan in disarray, Somalia still in disarray. The arab spring – more like the Arab disaster. A failing ObamaCare – I’ll never forget that he promised that we could keep our doctors – lies! ANYTHING is better that what Obama did. Its no longer ok to do nothing. I think Trump should continue being the disruptor in all facets of the government.
Jeff,
Tx for your thoughtful comments. These are complicated subjects and only through thoughtful dialogue like yours can we get closer and closer to the truth about things (although never getting there).
So let me disagree with you a little — give you a couple of antitheses:
Yes, things COULD get worse than under Obama. Trump has some very good points, especially not denigrating nor ignoring virtually the whole white working class in America (“deplorable” and “men hiding behind their religion and their guns, and having antipathy towards people who don’t look like him”).
However, Obama may have had a point when he didn’t think Trump could do the basic job. Let’s face it, Trump is a great builder, a great entertainer, and a great communicator, but perhaps he couldn’t be a good shoemaker, a good plumber, or a good baseball player. And perhaps he is not able to do the job of being the President, which is a much more complicated job than being a builder, or a plumber.
In the same way, Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, but he couldn’t play major league baseball!
As far as Obama leaving the world in disarray, you may be right. History will prove one way or the other. But Trump, with his terrible international relations skills, may leave it worse. He has a conflict with China, North Korea, Venezuela, and with even our friends, like England, Australia, and the European Union. And he could very possibly lead us into a nuclear war. At least with Obama, we’re still here.
We all can be Monday night quarterbacks and discuss how we could have influenced the world better, but I wonder if anyone could have been a whole lot better than Obama — except for his immigration policy (open borders) and his leaving our kids with $10 trillion more in debt.
Anyhow, these are my thoughts. If you don’t like them, I’ll change them.
Hope to hear from you again.
RG
“But the unintended consequence of this lack of racial identification – besides making the identification useless, since it tells us nothing about the suspect — is that if no race is mentioned, the reader automatically assumes that the suspect was African American.”
— I agree that this lack of racial identification is useless. I think it’s also an angle of having double standards. I think that the press/media is well aware of this “unintended consequence” and that they are just choosing to make it seem/appear like they are really progressing to erasing racism in this sense.
David,
Tx for your thoughtful comment. I agree with you. The press leaving out the racial ID of the criminal is not malicious nor unethical. They are just trying to protect innocent African American citizens from having a negative stigma. Imagine what it would be like if every day there were a few articles in the news where criminals did horrendous acts, and the criminal was described as “5′ 10″ African American, wearing a red shirt.”
For example, in the last couple of days there were two incidences of innocent bystanders in the subway, having their faces slashed. The criminal was described something like, “A 5’10” male, wearing a red shirt.” If the suspect was described, in addition as “African America,” many subway riders might move away from innocent African American men.
However, as an antithesis, if the description included age and skin color, for instance “approximately 25 years old, 130 pounds, light-skinned African American,” subway riders may be better able to protect themselves, although some innocent African Americans with that description would pay the price of being discriminated against.
(Since “discrimination” is considered the worst sin in American society, it is much worse to discriminate against an innocent African American man that to get your face slashed for no reason.)
But my argument remains: a person moving away from a person with such a description — or a woman clutching onto her purse when near an African American male — is condemned as a racist, while an African American who slices the face of an innocent subway rider is dismissed with: “Oh, he’s just a criminal.” or “I don’t condone what he did, but I understand it” (He was angry because of racial oppression and discrimination.)
Tx again for your comment, looking forward to hearing from you again.
RG
I think the part where you mentioned an antithesis of the black con that the cause of much crime and much poverty is rooted from single mother families. I think that women, mothers in particular are more than capable of raising good people, sons and daughters regardless if they do it with their partners or alone.
David,
Thanks for another thoughtful comment. Allow me to give you an antithesis to your comment.
You are right that single mothers are competent to raise good children with or without a father. This is factually the case. There are millions of kids raised by single mothers who turn out to be fine adults. Also, I’m sure many single mothers would be offended by my comment that unwed mothers are the biggest “cause” of crime and poverty.
However, even though your comment is correct, the statistics remain. That is, facts remain; that is, reality remains. Incontrovertable statistics show that — on average — kids from single parent families don’t do as well as children from families with a mother and a father. Being “on average” assumes that there are thousands of kids from single parent families who do better than kids from two parent families. But “on average,” kids from single parent families home experience more poverty, higher crime rates, and more dysfunction in their lives.
And this makes sense. The antithesis to these statistical facts is that “men are useless,” they don’t contribute to the children’s well-being. Also, you have the simple fact that two people working usually make more income than one person working, and two people raising a family, on average, can do a better job than one person. Also, a law-abiding, moral, responsible, loving father gives a male child a good example on how to live.
Looking forward to more of your thoughtful comments,
RG
“If a problem is not identified accurately, the probability is decreased that the suggested solutions will work. “”
–This has got to be what we should all go down to–the root of the problem. We have a lot of problems, economically, politically, but do we know what the root of those problems is? This has got to be our biggest problem and that is we are unable to identify our problems accurately, and therefore results in inaccurate solutions.”
I also agree with what you said that an “eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth” punishment might not work because it will only make the matters worse. Aside from triggering our “barbaric side” as you coined it, it may also be a never ending story of revenge and it will become later on a cycle of chaos. The only light in the tunnel that I’m seeing is that we should invest more on our youth, giving them morals and values that they need later on in life.
David,
Great feedback! You hit the nail on the head: we have to find the root causes. One of my arguments is that the black cons’ belief the root cause of all our social economic problems is white racism — that is, whites feeling genetically and culturally superior to blacks. I agree that this is an imperfection in the society and we can work to make a more ideal society, but this is not — by far — a root problem.
A much bigger problem is the black racism of the black con: the taboo against contribution (giving back the same amount as you receive); the rejection of the 5,000 year wisdom of Western Civilization; the taboo against working hard; and the lack of gratitude to the gifts they have received from the US system. This hurts the black con’s personality — and his life — much more than white racism ever could.
Another, much stronger, root cause is the destruction of the environment and the depletion of non- renewable resources. Although these causes are more subtle and long-term than the other causes, eventually they will hurt African Americans much more than white racism. Then there’s the $20 trillion debt, which we have no plans to pay back, and which we are leaving to our children.
(Click candidacy and “policies” to see my solutions.)
I agree with you, also, with a root cause being moral in nature. It is interesting, with the alt-right demonstration in Charlotteville, how all the political pundits got on their moral high horses and declared the importance of morality in the society.
Where are these in discussions about the morality of African Americans killing 3,000 other African Americans a year; the holocaust against animals; the destruction of the environment; and the one million abortions a year (which, of course there couldn’t be any spiritual consequence for the society). (See the article on “The alt-right is the black con’s best friend.”)
Also, you are accurate in the need to raise our youth right. What about not having kids until there are two dedicated parents committed to raising them? Like the Chinese do, with their 5% illegitimacy rate. And how about adult men providing an example to their sons on how to succeed in life? Like obeying laws, learning, investing, loving, contributing, sacrificing, working hard, taking risks, and so on?
Thanks so much for your comments,
RG
I agree with what you said that an “eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth” punishment might not work because it will only make the matters worse. Aside from triggering our “barbaric side” as you coined it, it may also be a never ending story of revenge and it will become later on a cycle of chaos. The only light in the tunnel that I’m seeing is that we should invest more on our youth, giving them morals and values that they need later on in life.
Davina,
As usual, you’re right on the money: teach youth morals and values. But isn’t that the parent’s job? Most of the crime in the US is caused by young men between the ages of 18 and 30. Where were their fathers? A good place to look is in jails or living with other women, disregarding their responsibilities (“responsibility,” what a sinful and racist word!) to their children.
And what “values” and “morals” should we teach the youth? There are thousands of great books on the topics of values and morals, written by some of the top minds in human history, and yet many of them contradict each other, just as many people in our personal lives have contradictory ideas about values and morals (especially our kids!). This leaves us confused.
So maybe we should talk a second look at the Ten Commandments and the sermon on the mount.
Tx for your comment,
RG