The thing you hate most
#11
I know this forum is read all over the world. As such, I'm sure that many people will not necessarily understand this grievance. But here in the United States, a new social powder keg is about to explode. It is for certain that strained relations between white people and black people are legendary. It is a very sad situation that requires adult maturity to solve. Apparently, no one in the US has this level of maturity. Instead, the entire country has become one gigantic school yard sandbox with the black and white "children" refusing to stop their squabbles.
One huge contributing factor is the way the news media handles this. They are notorious for telling half-truths in some cases and bald faced lies in others. The black man is constantly portrayed as the innocent victim while the white man is portrayed as the bigoted aggressor. They do this for pure sensationalism. They make money on it. These people cannot be trusted.
As a result, I find myself getting caught up in this as well with no other choice. We have just enough white bigots that keep fanning the flames that the rest of the white community has to run itself to death trying to keep the peace. The black community has become the most thin skinned, easily offended group of people that have ever existed. They have become as extreme in their hatred for whites as the white bigots that I just mentioned.
Now, as a white person, it is just assumed that I am a bigot when I am not. It is also assumed that I somehow owe all modern day blacks some sort of restitution for the sins of earlier white folks upon earlier blacks folks. I do not. I am not guilty of ever having owned a slave.
I have become the sort of person who now sees a black man walking toward me in public and I immediately change course to avoid any potential conflict. I find myself prejudging every black person I see because the tension is so high. These are traits I promised I would never adopt but I now find myself adopting these because I feel like I need to cover my tail.
About a year ago, our local news featured a story where some black people beat a young white girl so badly that she was hospitalized. She had never done anything to any black person ever. But when black people were interviewed on the street about how this could in any way be justified, one interviewee stated that this happens "all the time" to black folks. In reality, it has only happened occasionally but it is for sure that, when it does happen, it will make the news across the entire country. This interviewee went on to explain:
"It don't matter if she innocent. She white and she here."
So to all the white folks that are trying to keep the peace, this is a severe slap in the face and sends a loud and clear message that peace is not wanted.
Therefore, it has become so much easier to now just hate all black people. It is so much safer. And I really HATE that about myself. I used to be better than that and I would like to be that better person again. But alas, black folks everywhere seem to not want me there. I need to just move to a new country until my raw nerves heal.
One huge contributing factor is the way the news media handles this. They are notorious for telling half-truths in some cases and bald faced lies in others. The black man is constantly portrayed as the innocent victim while the white man is portrayed as the bigoted aggressor. They do this for pure sensationalism. They make money on it. These people cannot be trusted.
As a result, I find myself getting caught up in this as well with no other choice. We have just enough white bigots that keep fanning the flames that the rest of the white community has to run itself to death trying to keep the peace. The black community has become the most thin skinned, easily offended group of people that have ever existed. They have become as extreme in their hatred for whites as the white bigots that I just mentioned.
Now, as a white person, it is just assumed that I am a bigot when I am not. It is also assumed that I somehow owe all modern day blacks some sort of restitution for the sins of earlier white folks upon earlier blacks folks. I do not. I am not guilty of ever having owned a slave.
I have become the sort of person who now sees a black man walking toward me in public and I immediately change course to avoid any potential conflict. I find myself prejudging every black person I see because the tension is so high. These are traits I promised I would never adopt but I now find myself adopting these because I feel like I need to cover my tail.
About a year ago, our local news featured a story where some black people beat a young white girl so badly that she was hospitalized. She had never done anything to any black person ever. But when black people were interviewed on the street about how this could in any way be justified, one interviewee stated that this happens "all the time" to black folks. In reality, it has only happened occasionally but it is for sure that, when it does happen, it will make the news across the entire country. This interviewee went on to explain:
"It don't matter if she innocent. She white and she here."
So to all the white folks that are trying to keep the peace, this is a severe slap in the face and sends a loud and clear message that peace is not wanted.
Therefore, it has become so much easier to now just hate all black people. It is so much safer. And I really HATE that about myself. I used to be better than that and I would like to be that better person again. But alas, black folks everywhere seem to not want me there. I need to just move to a new country until my raw nerves heal.
#14
People who tailgate me to the point my anxiety makes me go 15 over the speed limit. at one point I couldn't see the hood of this one guys car and I was about to have a panic attack so I just slowed down and stopped for about ten seconds as a recouped.
Yesterday I stopped at a red light like normal, (Just turned red) and this guy almost hit me! He had to swerve slightly into the other lane in order to avoid hitting me as his tires screeched. Good thing he didn't hit me. My insurance card was expired. (Still had insurance but I didn't want to get a ticket for an expired card if that's a thing..)
EDIT: forgot to mention my breaks are crappy so he had plenty of time to realize I was slowing down to stop, as I can not make a quick emergency stop.
Yesterday I stopped at a red light like normal, (Just turned red) and this guy almost hit me! He had to swerve slightly into the other lane in order to avoid hitting me as his tires screeched. Good thing he didn't hit me. My insurance card was expired. (Still had insurance but I didn't want to get a ticket for an expired card if that's a thing..)
EDIT: forgot to mention my breaks are crappy so he had plenty of time to realize I was slowing down to stop, as I can not make a quick emergency stop.
#18
#20
Volvo service and parts manuals.
They purposely make it hard ti get, hard to use.
Very controlling.
mercedes realized the error of that position some years ago and instead made manuals available for a reasonable price and on CD.
Maybe someone should drop a word in the ear of Volvo's Chinese masters that service information is not a government secret, comrade...
They purposely make it hard ti get, hard to use.
Very controlling.
mercedes realized the error of that position some years ago and instead made manuals available for a reasonable price and on CD.
Maybe someone should drop a word in the ear of Volvo's Chinese masters that service information is not a government secret, comrade...