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bigjw
The "Cloyd Rivers" sock puppet is inflammatory filth but in this case I'll concede it has a point.
chilliceyn
Every time a white kid shoots up a school, a redneck beats his wife/caught with meth, or some white frat kid rapes someone I say "figures"
BrewDrinkRepeat
Might be the most idiotic thing I've read besides people voting for a dead gorilla.
Pwnius
"suspect"
BestUsernameICouldThinkOf
Jazzycox
What exactly about that is interesting?
CountSnarkula
I'm with Tariq. That cop should have checked his privilege and watched as he stabbed a few more. Especially if they were white males.
TheJmaN33
First time a dude named Cloyd has made a great point
Boredagain
Fuck you Tariq.
PhonySoprano
I destroyed this guy on Twitter. He blocked me.
TheJmaN33
First time a dude named Cloyd has made a great point
TreepacLumpynutz666
He should remove iq from his name...
GoodChange
Is Cloyd a common name? I've never seen it before
elecvette
Why can't an asshole just be an asshole? these days it's about race. Who cares? Really? Just be kind.
TypicalShmosby
Since migrating to twitter I've been able to witness/contribute to a lot of imgur-worthy meltdowns firsthand
battleofhastings1066
Officers are not trained differently or hired because of their race. He responded to his training, and did what he was hired to do.
happyboz
Fun fact: The fastest land animal in the world is a Somalian chicken.
SeanBeanDiesAlot
One, its fake. Two, this Tariq guy seems to be famous for being famous and has done nothing of note. Why does anyone give a what he says?
vakrys
The Tariq tweet wasn't fake. He was on TV tonight defending it.
SeanBeanDiesAlot
Oh, ya, I meant the response. But who the fuck is Tariq?Like what has he done that warrants him being on TV?It seems like it was shock value
vakrys
You're prob right.
Jenytalia
I've been reading through Tariq's twitter for the past few days. Blames everything on white supremacy and racism (1/2)
Jenytalia
no matter the argument or context. Kinda baffling the arguments he makes... (2/2)
milkpocket
I'm more curious about the name Cloyd. It's like the name Lloyd and Cletus space docked into something beautiful.
jaymdoe
space docked. ew.
SupaCabra
horujko does not sound "white"
PianoMan2112
Checked picture, confirmed European. Possibly a Polish or Russian name.
Toralar
Sounds like an anglicized Eastern European name lol
DisgruntledFerret
It's probably not english, but it might be russian, polish, from somewhere in the balkans... plenty of white people around.
Barkinsons
That's a really stupid statement
AlexanderTheGood
The guys picture kind of undermines his point, be he has a very good one.
Schmuck4hire
I'm trying not to think of this: http://files.explosm.net/comics/Dave/blackfriday.png?t=836121
RisingPhoenix92
Why is he considered a suspect if he was found doing it?
BeerIsProofThatGodLovesUsAndWantsUsToBeHappy
Innocent until proven guilty.
ThatsPermanent
The case is still "open" until all the variables/evidence has been processed. They're probably combing through his contacts, motives, etc.
lifeisapicnic
Anyone that downs an open shooter is a hero. Period. But also important is why the race of white shooters is never in the headline
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lifeisapicnic
Right, but that doesn't refute the point.
HouseOfEvil
That is a 287 character tweet. AMAZING! And totally legit, I'm sure.
moxymox
When you're right... but so fucking wrong.
HydrochloricPuppy
Just checked twitter and his verified account. He posted it.
sasaroo
Actually, I think that person typed it out and shared the pic they took of it
ApocWarlock
He types it up and posts it as a picture to avoid the character count.
klucky
Rekt em. Good job mate.
InboxMeYourOtterGifs
You really counted it
itsadummygrenade
He doesn't have to explain himself. I for one respect his dedication. Saved me time from doing the same thing.
HouseOfEvil
I retyped it into a comment & did the math.
RagingAsian
Too much work for me, I would have just done it in word and look at the word count
crayon98
that's still way too much effort when it's nothing to do with the actual content
RagingAsian
That is only if I was that curious. It is efficient rather than counting each individual character
Pandadog4
I'm not sure if his views can even be considered leftist, more just stupid. He is clearly trying to disenfranchise people over an attempt1/?
Pandadog4
To murder or commit an act of terrorism or he is trying to justify an attempted act of murder or terrorism. 2/?
Pandadog4
I don't even understand his problem, are you not allowed to identify people by the colour of their skin if they are suspects or heroes? 3/3
TestAccount321
Does Imgur ever get tired of the 'The Loud Black Pearson Talking About Race Gets Put in Their Place!' Strawman? For fuck's sake already.
iggyface
Strawman? Where? I can't keep up with all these logical fallacies.
Dusty49
Welcome to imgur in 2016
Piornet
Apparently not. Imgur has more circle jerks than a gay porn site
moxymox
Every time you say "black" imgur moves faster.
CheoElFlaco
There's a lot of sentiment that these needless race-baiters created the environment for Trump to win. Pure spite, basically.
creepymountainman
Thank you it is about time someone said it
imadethisaccounttocommentonpictures
Nice fallacy fallacy
MyDadSaidICouldSellThePoopTube
You deserve all yhe points
Decoyape11
How about the guy that talks about getting laid and Mackin' shuts up when it comes to social constructs.
IveBeenSlackingMyWholeLife
I'm not racist but I sure do get a kick out of black people being portrayed as crazy angry and stupid! - Imgur
wadatahmydamie
"But it's the same thing on both sides!"
TheGuyYouDontKnowWell
I'm just tired of people saying black and white.
segfaultytowers
What words would you prefer?
segfaultytowers
I myself am a fan of mocha and whipped cream
helpusdrzaius
my personal favorite is when black person saying shit like "as a black person I am ashamed of black people.." gets to the frontpage.
Mrwubbles
we have cringe dumps, liars on internet dumps, trump dumps, but we're not allowed to if it involves a black person being wrong? Oh the irony
Shadehawk
didnt you know? imgur is just a giant sexist racist monolith that hates all women and minorities.
TestAccount321
I'm not saying that this guy is wrong (he definitely is). My point is imgur loves the BLACK PEOPLE=GOOFUS US=GALLENT routine
TestAccount321
Well, considering that imgur has more than years worth of disparging material SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE, yeah, that's a fucking issue
Mrwubbles
More than years worth? How in the fuck are you measuring this incrementally? Go back to your safe space child
TestAccount321
When imgur routinely upvotes images about how white people are idiots with terrible culture and complain too much, you come find me.
Mrwubbles
Because that's what these dumps are? It's not like black people ACTUALLY tweeted this stuff. Oh wait, they did.
andergriff
I just like people getting called out for their shit.
LOlivingVE
Firstly: Dude it's only a Strawman if Tariq is fake. Tariq actually tweeted this. Secondly, the tweet is being misinterpreted by the second
TestAccount321
This is the internet, where any crazy with a connection can voice his/her opinion, but imgur somehow only manages to find some crazy
TestAccount321
black person talking....so they can be put in their place and have the REAL DEAL about race be spoken about.
LOlivingVE
Dude and imo the responder looks like a fucking moron
DavidMcclannahan
But the strawmen are abundant. So much of the same shit gets reposted to circle jerk too, also extends to "crazy sjw's"
SamMcKenzie
Nah, Strawmen can be real, but invalid representations of an actual opposition claim. Attacking the invalid claim doesn't invalidate shit
BrokeMyFunnyBone
But ironically, TestAccount321 IS actually committing the strawman logical fallacy lol.
BrokeMyFunnyBone
Either way this still isn't strawman lol.
SamMcKenzie
The image itself isn't, but the initial comment wasn't directly addressing this image, was it? I understand why you might think it had.
TestAccount321
Considering imgur's dislike for black people, and that a strawman is specifically there for being broken down, then yes, this is a strawman.
BrokeMyFunnyBone
You're actually the one committing strawman right now.
DanceWithMeLampy
I'm missing the misinterpretation...could someone clarify please?
LOlivingVE
He's saying that it's interesting that he's being portrayed as a hero and not as a racist just because the Sam Ali dude was black
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
Your wording is a lot clearer, thank you.
LOlivingVE
NO! :D
LOlivingVE
*NP haha
TestAccount321
Considering that the only time that imgur has a black person talking about race features: A) Someone going on a crazy nonsensical rant that
TestAccount321
no one in their right mind would agree with, OR B) A black person going on about how black people don't know how to talk about race or
TestAccount321
black culture is awful, and how everyone hates each other, then yeah, I say this is a strawman
LOlivingVE
A straw man is a common form of argument and is an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, (1)
Decoyape11
Oh a straw man within a straw man.... nice. Move along everyone! Nothing to see here!
Rudywasoffside
Strawmenception?
Stopsquattinginthecurlrack
No. People won't get tired of it until people stop bringing race into racially irrelevant situations. Stop using race as an excuse.
TestAccount321
The whole point of this is to associate the discussion of race with an insane fringe so it can be written off entirely
RockKeits
Yeah! Dang mudbloods and muggles.
TestAccount321
We don't live in a post-racism society. The discussion isn't going to go away until that time comes.
TestAccount321
But something should be said about how the only time people want to discuss race on imgur when it's about how people in the minority are
TestAccount321
wrong. How often do you see a picture of a white person saying something incorrect specifally about race and having everyone talk about
TestAccount321
"YUP THOSE HONKEYS DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER"
lifeisapicnic
How did he fit all that into 140 characters?
dukenukemforpresident
Photoshop
ExclusiveGamer
Twitlonger?
DemonkingDan
Well.. the first step to anything in life is to believe in yourself.
Tauric
it'd be racist if character restriction applied to black people.
qussow
orktau
Step 1: have a 200 character limit. Step 2: write it out in over 140 characters.
magenta09
I started counting the characters, got to 10 and realized I don't care
SmellyPotatoMan
Idk, but he started a sentence with the word 'but' and that's the real issue.
IJustLikeToArgue
Is starting a sentence with 'Idk' more acceptable?
SmellyPotatoMan
Well, isn't it still a full sentence? The acronym doesn't remove parts of the sentence.
AllTheOtherNamesWereTaken1234567
Starting a sentence with 'but' isn't actually incorrect :D
SmellyPotatoMan
It makes the sentence incomplete because you're using a conjunction to begin a sentence when you should've linked it to the previous.
klucky
Types it and takes a picture and posts the picture to avoid word limit.
lifeisapicnic
Succinct arguments tend to be both more powerful and more easily dismissed
fencerman
It's almost as if this is bullshit?
lifeisapicnic
At least someone is reading into my subtext
Buttsthemagicalunicorn
Twitlonger
dontcallmeplath
Whoa. Is that a real thing?
dontcallmeplath
Wow. It is.
GetSchwifty
It is but totally useless. No one clicks the extra link to read it.
IPlanToGetBanned
@OP did...
berneigh
Nah, Cletus also posted a screenshot to his FB page
slurmlover
The guy was literally an intentionally murderous Islamic terrorist. As a black person, Why would you even want him in your group.
Decoyape11
Cause it's Tariq Nasheed, author of "The Mack Within" he knows about these things.
dmurphthedogg
Seems like he's just crazy. My friends (here at OSU) think he might've not even been planning it, just saw the crowd and had his knife
asmallcat
This is probably fake, sooooo
dumbintact
Because he's brown, obviously.
Coopernius
Well they seem to be fine with Fidel...
boomslander
The officer did do the right thing, for sure. I do find the celebration of his actions a bit odd, though.
superseriouscomments
I think I have seen a Tariq-tweet where he calls people out for pointing out that the stabber was black. Because race doesn't matter.
superseriouscomments
At the same time he wants to point out that a white man shot a black man. Pretty much hypocrisy.
kasaku
Not hypocrisy, satire.
clutchthepearls
Group? You mean humans?
Ralpheroo
no he means black people i'm pretty sure
clutchthepearls
Yup.
Splinty05
What does race have anything to do with being in a 'group' comon now
delpharseven
Authorities have yet to determine a motive, so calling him an Islamic terrorist is at present unfounded.
CaptainAmerica24
so the "allahu akbar" chants, the middle eastern background, and his social media posts don't establish that clearly enough for ya huh?
delpharseven
Witnesses say he was silent during the attack. His last two FB posts, the only ones possibly relevant, are cryptic at best.
CaptainAmerica24
you think long rants about how the united states will pay for violence in muslim countries is cryptic? You aren't great at puzzles are you
delpharseven
One post is what has been described as a jumbled diatribe. The other simply said "Forgive and forget. Love." Considering that everything 1/
slurmlover
He left some very telling messages online and Islamic State is saying he's their soldier. Regardless of the motive I wouldn't want him.
delpharseven
ISIS claims responsibility for every attack. His last two FB posts, the only ones possibly relevant, are cryptic at best.
slurmlover
They don't claim responsibility for plenty of black crime. They are doing so here specifically because he had motive.
delpharseven
They claim it because he was a Muslim who killed some Americans. US intelligence agencies regard ISIS's media arm as baseless propaganda.
delpharseven
But I completely agree that the guy was a murderous asshole. That at least can be said for certain at this point.
CountSnarkula
Is that you Obama?
delpharseven
No that's not my name.
CountSnarkula
Funny you sound just like him. . .
3Hamswillkillhim
Not sure why you are being downvoted. You are correct
CaptainAmerica24
he is very incorrect, like literally a simple google search about the suspect will show that.
3Hamswillkillhim
Do your search and link me to anything that says it definitively. Same was said about Orlando, turned out to be self loathing closet gay
delpharseven
There are unofficial reports about two cryptic Facebook posts. Nothing official from investigators. This is why the media has become so 1/
delpharseven
shit: people want to know everything *right* *now*. So the media gives them whatever shred of info there is, regardless of credibility. 2/2
AccountCreatedToUpdogVotes
Which is why he's being downvoted. Now the chain has been completed.
CorgiCircus
The school paper did a spotlight about him and his faith before this so hes a Muslim but focus on what matters: Terrorist stopped by Police
delpharseven
Would be mass murderer stopped from becoming mass murderer by police. We don't know his motive yet. Our impatience to immediately know 1/
delpharseven
every detail of events like this is what is driving the news media to ever new lows. Reporting unsubstantiated leads is destroying the 2/
delpharseven
very important institution of journalism. And we're to blame because we want conclusions now. The only way I see this downward spiral 3/
MikeG1218
The evidence on his Facebook profile is pretty convincing, and yet, we have to pretend to ponder why he did what he did.
delpharseven
The latest news articles I have read say there are only two relevant FB posts. One was a jumbled diatribe (in the words of NBC news), and 1/
delpharseven
the other simply said "Forgive and forget. Love." We should just chill for a few days and let investigators find out more. 2/2
MikeG1218
Somalis living in the midwest have been one of the largest groups to travel overseas to radicalize over last several years.
kasaku
Link?
MikeG1218
There are a good number of articles on radicalized somalis going back to the mid 2000s. It was a problem in MN for years. Many went off to
AncientSeraph
'Evidence' and 'Facebook' do not go hand in hand. Especially in mob justice. So yes, it's waiting for the verdict.
MikeG1218
Lol. Trust me when I say I know how evidence works. His writings, whether electronic, pen and ink, or otherwise are absolutely relevant 1/
MikeG1218
Even on Facebook. The Bureau may want to wait until they know for sure. The media are under no such restraints except their own when 2/
DisgruntledFerret
To be fair, there's no mob justice to be had here even if they wanted. The dude's already dead.
ByThePowerofCommonSense
Mob could go after family and friends and probably will anyway