uǝlƃ ☣ wrote: > A friend of mine (whose politics lean slightly right but, you know, he's > black so slightly left too) specifically bought his rifle and works on his > marksmanship *because* black men with guns scare the bejesus out of us white > dudes. "Ain't nothing scares a white man more than a black man with a gun". > He and I sporadically spar about skin color and its impact on development. > And I think he really wanted me to react viscerally to him showing off his > rifle. Luckily I'm a cold-hearted and callous bastard [†] and only reacted by > complimenting his prowess. I feel the same way about liberals with guns. And > there also seems to be a paucity of black motorcycle clubs. Why are all biker > bars filled with fat, bearded, racists?
My favorite "biker bar" is Zeitgeist in the Mission District... there might be a few fat, bearded racists, but there are also a lot of lean, grizzled but not shaven bicycle messengers, and a contingent of "leather men" cruising both of the other demographics I think. I can pass for a fat bearded racist... not lean enough for the second nor well enough groomed for the latter. I don't think of myself as a racist at all, but of course that is one of the best ways to remain one I suppose. My (former) sister-in-law was visiting SFo in 2006 to organize lots of yuppie liberal events, and someone told her to set up her "Drinking Liberally" event at Zeitgeist. I told her it was an odd choice since I stopped in now and then on my own, and thought it would be an interesting anthropological study. It was an interesting mix. Her crew were not categorically white Gen-X yuppies, but it was a harsh contrast. Everyone got along fine and by the time they were winding down (and the locals were winding up) there was significant amount of mixing and discussion. I haven't been in Zeitgeist for over a decade, it might be a full on yuppie fern bar ... Or a GenX Rave location, or a Millenial ??? bar by now. Continue the Show, - Steve > > > [†] http://bastards.org/ > > On 6/2/20 10:59 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: >> Compare a controversy over some loose change with the armed takeover of >> the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, a federal facility. There is clearly >> a double standard. If brown or black men had done that there would have >> been a Predator strike. > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
