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Re:Farewell to America: Returning to England After 12 Years ... by dang on Saturday July 04, 2015 @12:05AM (#9829144)
> And the capitalization of the Whites/Blacks just makes you come across as Dylann Roof.

Whoa, that's way out of line.

> Take a chill pill and try to find sources when you want to make assertions.

That's not ok either.

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Re:Farewell to America: Returning to England After 12 Years ... by Zigurd on Saturday July 04, 2015 @12:56AM (#9829274)
He is correct that the incarceration rate has little to do with prevalence of criminality. It has to do with the "school to prison pipeline" and differences in enforcement, especially regarding drugs.
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Re:Farewell to America: Returning to England After 12 Years ... by dang on Saturday July 04, 2015 @01:19AM (#9829321)
Being correct has nothing to do with violating the HN guidelines. If anything it makes it worse.
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Re:Farewell to America: Returning to England After 12 Years ... by arthurcolle on Saturday July 04, 2015 @11:37PM (#9832410)
Thanks for the refresher dang. My apologies. I will think more carefully about posts. I was just so offended by his lack of consideration about race
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