He wasn't saying "your ancestors were bad". He was saying black people actually suffered. And to compare getting criticism -- mostly online, where you can choose to seek it out -- is to not… (View Post)

The idea that racist violence is something that requires some alternate explanation is well... it's a theory that somebody might come up with if they haven't read any history. (View Post)

Just to add here, in case it wasn't obvious, but clearly poverty has a strong correlation with crime. Probably stronger than any gun control or no gun control. This is why when trying to answer the q… (View Post)

The interesting note here is that libertine gun laws in the US are not only responsible for a disproportionate amount of homicides in the US, but actually have a spillover effect in other countries i… (View Post)

So this is factually not true. El Salvador, Honduras and Venzuela all have higher per capita homicide rates than Brazil or Mexico. Mexico is a huge and diverse country and actually has a lot of, rela… (View Post)