My Facebook Status

After all of the bullshit I've seen on Facebook since Michael Brown died, today I finally just had it, and decided to address the racism, and hypocrisy in a status update.

I think it may have worked, because even the usual "conservative" bomb-throwers (they call themselves "conservative", apparently "republican" is embarrassing these days for them) on my friend list that comment on every single political post I ever make (and I make a LOT) haven't even attempted to argue with me... Mostly because I think they can't.

I believe I may have found a good way to show that I'm right, and I think they aren't arguing, because they know I am.

I thought my Facebook status might be worth sharing, so here it is:

"I haven't really touched on the whole Ferguson issue, but after seeing so many racist "those people", "those thugs", "those animals" type statuses, comments, pictures, and videos...

Well every time I've seen one the first thing that comes to my mind is "Seems to me a hell of a lot more riots bust out over sports than black/white race relations.", and I can't remember anyone going off for days, weeks, or even months because some people rioted following the 2008 World Series...

And then I decided I'd do a quick bit of research to see just how many riots have happened in our country in this century, and how many were race related...

Guess what?

Of the 22 large scale riots that have occurred in the US over the past 14 years a whopping 5 have been over race relations... And one of those wasn't black/white, it was white/white - Neo-nazis. All but two of the rest was sports related. One of those two was because a brewery ran out of beer during a festival.

I've denoted the incidences that were racial relations with +

1.    Philadelphia Mardi Gras Riots, February 2001 2.    Seattle Mardi Gras Riots, February 2001, (Seattle, United States) 3.    University of Maryland student riots, 2001 (College Park, Maryland, United States) 4.    2001 Cincinnati Riots, April 2001, (Cincinnati, United States) + 5.    University of Maryland 2002 NCAA tournament, (College Park, Maryland) 6.    Ohio State University, November 2002, (Columbus, Ohio, United States) 7.    Ohio State University, April 21,2002 (Columbus, Ohio, United States) 8.    Benton Harbor Riot, June 2003 (Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States) + 9.     Red Sox Riots, October, 2004 (Boston, MA) 10.   2005 Toledo Riot, October 2005, (Toledo, Ohio, United States) + Neo-nazis 12.   San Bernardino punk riot, March 4,2006 San Bernardino, California 13.   Red Sox Riot, October, 2007 (Boston, MA) 14.   Phillies World Series Riots, October, 2008 (Philadelphia, PA) 15.   Springfest Riot, April, 2010 Harrisonburg, Virginia 16.   Anarchist Riots, 2010 Santa Cruz, California 17.   Riots in Anaheim, California, July, 2012 + 18.   Riots in Anaheim, California, July, 2013 19.   Cigar City Brewing Company Riots (Tampa, FL) March, 2014 20.   University of Arizona Riots, March, 2014 (Tucson, AZ) 21.   World Series Riots, October, 2014 (San Francisco, CA) 22.   Ferguson Riots, 2014 (Ferguson, MO) (two separate instances) +

So I think everyone needs to dial it back, and remember that sports fans are the real problem when it comes to riots.

(On an aside the country with the most riots this century is Canada over hockey, and Britain comes in a close second rioting over soccer... It seems white sports fans are violent, destructive assholes the world over.)"

That is it, and it has surprisingly shut up everyone. There are "likes", as of yet not a single comment of argument, which is really, really surprising to me.

9:36 PM PT: I fixed a few typos, and the formatting in my original. I had managed to bold a good portion on accident.