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Subject: "Are you having a stroke right now Fam? you ok?"
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FLUIDJ
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44630 posts
Thu Nov-05-15 01:15 PM
75. "Are you having a stroke right now Fam? you ok?"
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on: teaching our kids how to avoid their enemies
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Thu Nov-05-15 02:32 AM
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Well shit. I'm up.
denny
Nov 05th 2015
1
i'd rather teach them to recognize friends and allies honestly.
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
2
what's so pessimistic about freedom?
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
3
Some people define freedom differently. I can't recall a time where i've...
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
5
you don't provide that impression to your child, the environment does.
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
10
You teach your child how to interpret & navigate the environment
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
14
when the environment delivers some old-fashioned white supremacy
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
16
You have a very active imagination. If you'd stop being so 'pointed' and...
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
19
whites travel in packs ...
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
21
Lol...I don't really have any white friends...think I made that clear in...
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
23
my god! someone figured it out. finally!
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
25
nah, you'd stated as much ages ago when you were DZ, I be forgetting....
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
30
>where their family was relevant to our friendship
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
27
seems like you agree with the OP
legsdiamond
Nov 05th 2015
24
I just don't agree with approaching it from a pessimistic angle is all.....
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
31
'children's futures are bright' - that's hogwash.
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
32
we as adults know that to an extent
tomjohn29
Nov 05th 2015
33
what do you think parents say to children in other war torn countries?
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
35
Just texted my homeboy who grew up in Rawanda
tomjohn29
Nov 05th 2015
37
a part of his education was being able to identify enemies.
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
42
you can't identify the enemy based on race.
Mike Jackson
Nov 05th 2015
49
I should give you 'k' and tell you to beat it.
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
52
and like all wars, there are spies and double agents on both sides.
Mike Jackson
Nov 05th 2015
56
that's fine. i owe you one.
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
59
educate my son the same way i would if we were in a war torn country?
tomjohn29
Nov 05th 2015
54
....are we not at war?
seasoned vet
Nov 05th 2015
58
of course we are.
Mike Jackson
Nov 05th 2015
60
druggies love them some matrix.
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
61
k.
Mike Jackson
Nov 05th 2015
62
While I understand the sentiment, it's absurd.
Boogie Stimuli
Nov 05th 2015
4
What you describe isn't pessimistic. What Seasoned Vet describes...
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
7
Then you are doing a disservice to your children to not prepare them for
Buddy_Gilapagos
Nov 05th 2015
34
Did you reply in the right place? Because nothing in my statements
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
43
Your #2 response is I rather teach my kids positive stuff then the negat...
Buddy_Gilapagos
Nov 05th 2015
55
None of my responses say "I rather teach my kids positive stuff then the...
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
57
Without paraphrasing your statement still reads as rejecting the premise
Buddy_Gilapagos
Nov 05th 2015
66
The scope is too big, let's narrow it so we can see what's manageable
MEAT
Nov 05th 2015
6
Enemy: Poor Teaching System
MEAT
Nov 05th 2015
8
Level of Threat: 8 (on a scale of 1-10)
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
15
Enemy: The Overall Police Force and Criminal Justice System
MEAT
Nov 05th 2015
9
Threat: Loss of freedom
MEAT
Nov 05th 2015
12
Threat: Loss of life (without repercussion)
MEAT
Nov 05th 2015
13
that's a 10
Atillah Moor
Nov 05th 2015
68
Enemy: The Military Industrial Complex
MEAT
Nov 05th 2015
11
you couldnt be more wrong on this one
seasoned vet
Nov 05th 2015
29
white male leadership (link)
MEAT
Nov 05th 2015
41
im living it bruh, dont do this to yourself
seasoned vet
Nov 05th 2015
51
Gi bill delays - (link)
MEAT
Nov 05th 2015
44
you reading about it, im living it. i just used mine last year bruh LOL
seasoned vet
Nov 05th 2015
50
You're one person. These are researched articles.
MEAT
Nov 05th 2015
53
GI bill , for profit university - (link)
MEAT
Nov 05th 2015
48
My current understanding is that a lot of infantry are people of color
Atillah Moor
Nov 05th 2015
69
problem is we're not being funneled anymore, we're actively choosing
seasoned vet
Nov 05th 2015
74
Do the largest bonuses for signing up for the army put you
legsdiamond
Nov 05th 2015
87
thats the 3rd or 4th time ive heard this and its never made sense
seasoned vet
Nov 05th 2015
89
US news outlets
Atillah Moor
Nov 05th 2015
70
The Political System
Atillah Moor
Nov 05th 2015
71
Isn't that like telling women not to wear short skirts at night?
Teknontheou
Nov 05th 2015
17
It's possible to raise caution without victim blaming.
MEAT
Nov 05th 2015
18
also too nuanced for a child
tomjohn29
Nov 05th 2015
20
This is good advice:
flipnile
Nov 05th 2015
22
man, one time someone on here said they should be able to walk down
legsdiamond
Nov 05th 2015
26
Yep
Paps_Smear
Nov 05th 2015
28
You would advise someone otherwise? Is Social Justice making us stupid?
Buddy_Gilapagos
Nov 05th 2015
36
^^ keep it up, they gon be calling YOU a conservative next
seasoned vet
Nov 05th 2015
38
I don't doubt I conservative compared to the far end of the left.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Nov 05th 2015
45
That's part of the problem
Paps_Smear
Nov 05th 2015
39
n/m
Paps_Smear
Nov 05th 2015
40
Of course. The problem is that this never happens on the boards, lol
BigReg
Nov 05th 2015
46
All of that can be done without giving your child a victim complex & men...
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
47
This one goes to all the Big Will cats
The Wordsmith
Nov 05th 2015
84
I'm with FLUIDJ on this.
Moonlit_Force
Nov 05th 2015
63
that may explain why so many of our kids are running into issues
seasoned vet
Nov 05th 2015
64
I don't have any kids.
Moonlit_Force
Nov 05th 2015
65
Be where your enemy does not expect you wouldn't be quoted
Atillah Moor
Nov 05th 2015
72
Huh?
Moonlit_Force
Nov 05th 2015
73
yall slow.
Kwesi
Nov 05th 2015
76
i don't read that shit 20 times...it still don't make sense. punctuation
FLUIDJ
Nov 05th 2015
77
I read it fine.
Moonlit_Force
Nov 05th 2015
79
I don't agree with or think it's possible to avoid enemies.
Atillah Moor
Nov 05th 2015
80
Got'cha.
Moonlit_Force
Nov 05th 2015
81
*Does the matrix back bend move*
Moonlit_Force
Nov 05th 2015
78
da fuck is wrong with you bruh?
legsdiamond
Nov 05th 2015
85
all encompassing stupidity nm
cgonz00cc
Nov 05th 2015
88
^^^^^^^^^^
legsdiamond
Nov 05th 2015
67
Maybe it really is time to log off
John Forte
Nov 05th 2015
82
Yeah, I think people mostly substantively agree in this post.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Nov 05th 2015
83
lmao... yup
legsdiamond
Nov 05th 2015
86
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