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For a site that supposedly prides itself on discussions that gratify one's intellectual curiosity, there certainly are some jarring taboos on acceptable topics to be curious about.

True, and I think there are lot of deniers of how the racist history of the US influences its racist present.

The mindset that permits people to shrug off the killing of Elijah McClain, and assume he must have done something to deserve it, is the same that celebrated public lynchings.

It should be alarming - it's important not to get used to such abhorrent behavior, just because it's the status quo.

> I am a strong believer in the right to have a gun in your own home and the various “Castle” laws. If you break into my house or try to take my car while I am in it, I am going to assume you mean me harm. Shoot first then call the cops.

Do you know how absurd this sounds to people in actual civilized countries? Kind of amazing how many of you Americans are living in some Wild West fantasy.