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Orema · 02-10-2016, 06:32 AM

...Police chiefs in the cities most affected by heroin are responding not by invoking military metaphors, weapons and tactics but by ensuring that police officers save lives and get people into rehab. As one former narcotics officer described his change of heart on addiction, “These are people and they have a purpose in life and we can’t as law enforcement look at them any other way.” In his inability to name the change that allowed this epiphany, his words also capture our cringe-worthy self-denial. Suddenly, police officers understand crime as a sign of underlying addiction requiring coordinated assistance, rather than a scourge to be eradicated.

It is hard to describe the bittersweet sting that many African-Americans feel witnessing this national embrace of addicts. It is heartening to see the eclipse of the generations-long failed war on drugs. But black Americans are also knowingly weary and embittered by the absence of such enlightened thinking when those in our own families were similarly wounded. When the face of addiction had dark skin, this nation’s police did not see sons and daughters, sister and brothers. They saw “brothas,” young thugs to be locked up, rather than “people with a purpose in life.”

—Ekow N Yahkah in this opinion article at the NYTimes.com

Orema · 02-11-2016, 07:58 AM

Orema · 02-12-2016, 07:43 AM

Bubala · 02-13-2016, 03:20 AM

Bubala · 02-13-2016, 03:27 AM

LOQUI · 02-13-2016, 02:08 PM

"There is no longer distance than the lack of interest"
-Unknown-

Smiling · 02-13-2016, 02:56 PM

Forget safety.
Live where you fear to live.
Destroy your reputation.
Be notorious.

-Rumi

Bubala · 02-13-2016, 04:44 PM

Nat · 02-15-2016, 08:46 AM

"If you want to be distracted from your life's work, there shortage of opportunities."

- John Acuff, Good Life Project podcast

Orema · 02-15-2016, 10:29 AM

The task of resisting our own oppression does not relieve us of our responsibility of acknowledging our complicity in the oppression of others. —Beverly Daniel Tatum

Fancy · 02-15-2016, 02:07 PM

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Abraham Lincoln

Jesse · 02-17-2016, 03:34 AM

Orema · 02-17-2016, 05:25 AM

While I revel in the death of no one, I cannot abide the hagiographic nonsense that is presently being offered by persons across the spectrum about how recently departed Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was “passionate” and brilliant, ad infinitum. There is nothing brilliant about putrescence, nothing insightful and worthwhile about venality posing as insight. To say that there is nothing unconstitutional about executing innocent people (as he did in fact say), or that it’s OK to imprison persons for “gay sex,” among other things, is never the work of a genius no matter the big words and poetic flair with which they might say it. Those opinions are evil, vile and worthy of utter derision. They are not the work of a genius, but a fetid little man whose moral calibration slouched towards those of Torquemada and the Inquisitors. I feel for his family and mourn their personal loss. And that is the extent of my mourning, as it is the only type of which one such as this is deserving.

—Tim Wise

Genesis · 02-17-2016, 04:50 PM

Genesis · 02-17-2016, 05:15 PM

Genesis · 02-17-2016, 05:16 PM

Genesis · 02-17-2016, 05:24 PM

Genesis · 02-17-2016, 05:39 PM

Genesis · 02-17-2016, 05:40 PM

Genesis · 02-17-2016, 05:43 PM

“It is good to love many things,
for therein lies the true strength,
and whosoever loves much performs much,
and can accomplish much,
and what is done in love is well done.”

- Vincent van Gogh

02-13-2016, 02:56 PM	#18487
Smiling Senior Member How Do You Identify?: with a distinct flair Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: somewhere else Posts: 1,852 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,623 Thanked 4,388 Times in 1,009 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I'm working on it.... Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. -Rumi __________________ Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror. -Rabindranath Tagore

02-15-2016, 08:46 AM	#18489
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender Preferred Pronoun?: whatevs Relationship Status: in a relationship Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tx Posts: 3,535 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,042 Thanked 13,967 Times in 2,589 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	"If you want to be distracted from your life's work, there shortage of opportunities." - John Acuff, Good Life Project podcast __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl

02-17-2016, 03:34 AM	#18492
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,783 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	__________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

02-17-2016, 05:43 PM	#18500
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,434 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,603 Thanked 14,669 Times in 6,298 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Well Done... “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” - Vincent van Gogh

02-10-2016, 06:32 AM	#18481
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian Stone Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,484 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,419 Thanked 34,752 Times in 8,929 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	...Police chiefs in the cities most affected by heroin are responding not by invoking military metaphors, weapons and tactics but by ensuring that police officers save lives and get people into rehab. As one former narcotics officer described his change of heart on addiction, “These are people and they have a purpose in life and we can’t as law enforcement look at them any other way.” In his inability to name the change that allowed this epiphany, his words also capture our cringe-worthy self-denial. Suddenly, police officers understand crime as a sign of underlying addiction requiring coordinated assistance, rather than a scourge to be eradicated. It is hard to describe the bittersweet sting that many African-Americans feel witnessing this national embrace of addicts. It is heartening to see the eclipse of the generations-long failed war on drugs. But black Americans are also knowingly weary and embittered by the absence of such enlightened thinking when those in our own families were similarly wounded. When the face of addiction had dark skin, this nation’s police did not see sons and daughters, sister and brothers. They saw “brothas,” young thugs to be locked up, rather than “people with a purpose in life.” —Ekow N Yahkah in this opinion article at the NYTimes.com

02-11-2016, 07:58 AM	#18482
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02-12-2016, 07:43 AM	#18483
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02-13-2016, 03:20 AM	#18484
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02-13-2016, 03:27 AM	#18485
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02-13-2016, 02:08 PM	#18486
LOQUI Member How Do You Identify?: Butch, Non Binary, Trans, Always Me. :) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,139 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,335 Thanked 2,486 Times in 848 Posts Rep Power: 19030327	"There is no longer distance than the lack of interest" -Unknown-

02-13-2016, 04:44 PM	#18488
Bubala Member How Do You Identify?: Lady Sunflower Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: San Fran Posts: 844 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 463 Thanked 1,671 Times in 615 Posts Rep Power: 9338276

02-15-2016, 10:29 AM	#18490
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian Stone Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,484 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,419 Thanked 34,752 Times in 8,929 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	The task of resisting our own oppression does not relieve us of our responsibility of acknowledging our complicity in the oppression of others. —Beverly Daniel Tatum

02-15-2016, 02:07 PM	#18491
Fancy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: N/A Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,742 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,696 Thanked 7,076 Times in 2,316 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln

02-17-2016, 05:25 AM	#18493
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian Stone Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,484 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,419 Thanked 34,752 Times in 8,929 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	While I revel in the death of no one, I cannot abide the hagiographic nonsense that is presently being offered by persons across the spectrum about how recently departed Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was “passionate” and brilliant, ad infinitum. There is nothing brilliant about putrescence, nothing insightful and worthwhile about venality posing as insight. To say that there is nothing unconstitutional about executing innocent people (as he did in fact say), or that it’s OK to imprison persons for “gay sex,” among other things, is never the work of a genius no matter the big words and poetic flair with which they might say it. Those opinions are evil, vile and worthy of utter derision. They are not the work of a genius, but a fetid little man whose moral calibration slouched towards those of Torquemada and the Inquisitors. I feel for his family and mourn their personal loss. And that is the extent of my mourning, as it is the only type of which one such as this is deserving. —Tim Wise

02-17-2016, 04:50 PM	#18494
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02-17-2016, 05:15 PM	#18495
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02-17-2016, 05:16 PM	#18496
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02-17-2016, 05:24 PM	#18497
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02-17-2016, 05:39 PM	#18498
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02-17-2016, 05:40 PM	#18499
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