NRA and White Privilege

               

                After reading these extensive amount of articles and acquiring information our first question was asked. The question is “What is white privilege?” and is it real? I do believe that after reading these articles that it does in fact exist. It is an everyday deal. There are multiple examples stated in these articles and the more I think about it the more it makes sense. This totally exists based on the sheer fact that our country has come to model everything on the white man. As appalling as it is, there is a reason behind this. It’s because of as of now there are more whites than minorities. But, as we saw, it will not be this way for long. The privilege that we have had in the past and present will be history. And, to me that’s a good thing! As long as we are all equal, we are truly free.

                Now comes the question of who the mass shooters are? I believe that they are the rejects and the ones who are stepped on. These people are the lowest of the low. To earn attention that they have been so desperately seeking for years; they go and shoot up a school or church in desire of getting some news time. It’s so depressing that this is what our society has come to! Instead of giving them help we toss them in a reject neighborhood and they just get worse and worse. So in the end I believe that the shooters are all races but the lowest of those races.

 

                As for the NRA, I believe the fact that they directly influence the political theatre of today’s world. It is the main drive behind the pro-gun debate. The Republican Party is basically supported by the NRA and the many members. Whereas, the Democratic Party is very against the gun rights we have. I think that as long as you have the support of the NRA you can actually win the presidential election. This connects to the articles because they are the main driving force behind the fact that many people aren’t supporting gun rights in this nation of ours. And those very people are calling for universal change. The NRA sadly won’t be around much longer due to its controversial nature. It’s really a shame because of the impact they can have on us gun lovers. It’s sad to see that people don’t value the guns and weapons like they used to when the NRA was founded. As long as the NRA is around we can have a political safety valve and have the support of millions of gun loving and respectable Americans.

                With Gun Control Laws, I believe that we will be very limited in the effect of the fact that we are going to end up having the 2^nd Amendment changed to the point where it will be useless to have it in the first place. It is a shame that people don’t realize that people kill people not guns. As long as we have the NRA’s support we will have our rights but I do believe that because of the fact that there will not be the NRA in the coming years. The 2^nd Amendment will be changed without it’s backing and we won’t have guns before long. Maybe control laws are what we need but not to the point many are proposing. It just isn’t worth making millions of Americans angry.

Overall, in the end the connection between White Privilege and the NRA is the fact that because we have all these rights and such that we are the main driving point politically. As long as we are the majority and have the NRA backing us up, we will have it our way. But, when the NRA is gone, so will our gun rights and even some political power that we have. We need peace and we need to learn to compromise or in the end all we will have is more violence and death. All, we need to fix what we have before it is gone. This needs to be done for the sake of the nation and the future people as well!

How Society Let Freddie Down…….and How He Was Still Responsible.

•      In the wake of all these instances, this is just another story on the news. Actually, it’s more than that. This is the story of a man who was doomed from the start. He was in a low-income neighborhood and he wasn’t about to go anywhere anytime soon. Baltimore is one of the most dangerous cities in the US. The housing of these places is just atrocious. It makes a typical trailer park look like Beverly Hills. The environment he was in is tough enough to get out of. The ghetto life isn’t one for people who want to strive and succeed. He just wasn’t able to! This can be attributed to the crime in that general area. Freddie was a criminal in retrospect. Although, he wasn’t convicted many times because of lack of evidence. He still committed these crimes. Yes, he had control over what he could do, and running was not the smartest thing to do. He needs to know although and people need to realize, that running from the cops and showing an aggressive attitude towards them isn’t smart! In that respect, Freddie let us down. Another reason, people can peacefully march or stay peaceful. It’s when people start burning down businesses and setting things on fire is when people have crossed the line. So, really instead of making your voice heard in a positive way, you have now made your reputation bad and your whole race is affected otherwise. There were others ways of protesting police brutality, it just wasn’t worth it. Am I being too tough on Freddie, maybe, but I just firmly believe if you did wrong and you need to be arrested. Just listen and turn yourself in. This is where the cops did wrong though. They need to learn after all of these news stories of kids being shot in black neighborhoods, which they need to approach this in a manner of care. They needed situational awareness and it wasn’t the smartest thing to do! In the end, it wasn’t just Society but it was just as much Freddie!

Saints and Roughnecks

1. After reading this article, I can conclude that the only reason the saints were viewed as better than the roughnecks is based on social standing. To me, it’s the only reason that makes sense. Because, of them being rich and coming from middle to high class families made them better received. Compared to the roughnecks who were equally the same troublemakers but came from lower class backgrounds. In return, the Roughnecks were unfairly received because of that exact point. The saints were even proven to be and have worse wrongdoings in a shorter time. Often, they got drunk and drove around every night and vandalized actually quite often. Roughnecks weren’t involved in this stuff for weeks at a time but when they committed a deviant act they were judged vastly and often truly hated upon. It wasn’t fair.

 

1. In my report, I talked about Jim Jones. This man was a crazy cult leader who actually committed a mass murder suicide. He was a crazy man who was obsessed with power. He was loved but hundreds of people but also hated by officials and people with common sense. The acts he carried out until the mass murder suicide weren’t all terrible. He provided medical care programs and he heavily promoted social equality. What made him sadistic was the fact that he told them he was Jesus Christ. He was all powerful to the few that saw him as a leader and he sought an exodus. So, he moved all his followers and traveled to Guyana. And, he named the town Jonestown. The conditions were terrible but they still stuck with him. Eventually, being studied for crimes and going to be observed he urged 900 people to drink flavor-aid mixed with cyanide. Only a few survived and he didn’t live to tell the tale as he too drank the lethal mixture. It was largely known as the greatest loss of American citizen’s lives until the date of the September 11^th attacks in 2001. So, of course, he wasn’t able to be tried of murder because of the fact he died but he is largely known as the single greatest killer in US history as he was directly attributed to 900 deaths. Not to mention the fact that a large amount of the people who drank the mixture were children. If he was on trial and charged with murder, he would almost surely have been put on death row. In conclusion, this man was a terrible man who was so caught up in himself that he urged 900 innocent souls to kill themselves and also issued the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan as he was at the airfield outside of Jonestown at the time of the deaths. He truly was a terrible man.

 

Digital Piracy…… and Deviance

After reading this article which stated that teens and adults nowadays are pirating movies are in fact committing deviant acts. Although, as a normal individual who doesn’t partake in the illegal downloading of movies or entertainment in any certain way….. That may be. But this author proved that in fact, these kids that are partaking in these illegal activities don’t find these truly illegal because all the kids around them do it too! Thus, it proves the statement that if you are around peers of deviant nature, you in turn will turn deviant and rebellious. It can all basically boil down to the nature vs nurture argument in a way. As long as you are in constant contact with deviance it will make you become deviant. This author also states that because of everyone doing this it blurs the lines for what’s right and wrong on the internet in today’s world. If everyone is doing it, then they really can’t stop it because there is too many to catch. So, really all the enforcers can do is warn and give idle threats because it’s almost out of their boundaries to deal with it. In the end, deviant acts such as piracy are still highly illegal but so many people commit the deviant acts that it makes it near impossible to combat. Its a battle that isn't easily won and the only way to win it is by taking a stand. Staying smart and staying within legal boundaries on the internet is the only way to combat digital piracy.... The Digital Deviance.

Who Am I                          Part II

In doing these tests I learned something about myself that I didn’t even really realize. I figured out that I am a very caring person! Before you take these tests, you don’t realize these little things about yourself. They go unnoticed in everyday life. At least by yourself! The more and more I look at these polls. The more I realize I actually am like these say! It also states that I am an extrovert! This is something I already know as I like being around big crowds and I really find it interesting to find out someone’s life story. You can learn so much of a person by letting them converse with you and just visit. That is something I wouldn’t do without. I love hearing about how some people grew up and the hardships they experienced. By listening and talking you can open up parts of knowledge that may have been previously locked.  The test I though was the most valid was the happiness test! I found out that I wasn’t a cynical or stern person but I was far from it. I actually believe I scored in the 30s indicating that I was a happy and generous individual. The test that had me the most skeptic was the Celebrity test. I feel like this could be true but it just surprises me that I am the most like Oprah! I can see the positive aspects of this as everyone indicated in my group was an Extrovert and a very social person. All these tests served their purposes and it was extremely interesting to see that I was in fact an extrovert and I could actually compare myself to other kids in my class in a way. Everyone is different and that is what makes us unique. By us being unique that is what leads to these tests. This is why we all can be who we want to be and how we can all hold our own values. Overall, this was an extremely interesting project and I would gladly take more of these tests to truly see who I am and who I may be!

Who Am I                                   Part 1  

 

After reading and some careful consideration I truly believe that heredity has to do the most with how you turn out. It just makes the most sense. If you are truly like your parents than surely that means that your personal traits will be very much alike them. I directly believe that this contributes the most but although the other traits serve just as much as this one.

  

           Parental Characteristics also have a large part in this. With the fact that they raise you and you seeing how they act directly can influence how you act. This is key to development as a child because than you can form a basis of guidelines and norms by which you can follow. If you have good parents than generally you will act better and more respectable.

 

         Birth Order: I don’t believe that this is directly influential to how you act. But I do believe that kids act different ways because of their age. The oldest child is generally the responsible one. While, the younger two are the fun and often the ones who get in trouble.  This directly has to do with how the kid is treated or babied according to the parent.  I still don’t believe this is directly correlated to age although.

 

              The surroundings of the child is extremely influential to the development of a child. So, if you have a child that is relatively good kid who lives in the drug ridden streets of a city. That child will change and adapt in a negative way to survive. In these situations, the nice guys truly do finish last. On the flip side, if we take that kid who has had these terrible things happen and put him in an area where there is nothing but peace and quiet….that kid may really adapt and become a better person because of it.

 

         All four of these things are very influential in the development of a human being. Whether from genetics or from your environment, everyone adapts to the card they are dealt. Whether its expressing yourself to match your peers or surrounding area, or dealing with the color of your eyes or skin. In the end, these are key to the development of the human being.

 

 

 

 

  Veterans Blog
        
           After reading this blog I have realized how truly mistreated our troops are. These men and women have fought for us and our beautiful country and they are repaid with shunning. It's not just this but it is the fact that they have a chance to be in serious trouble because of our ROE! They need to follow so many guidelines and rules to engage in conflict, that by the time they go through the list they or their squad mate may be dead. It needs to be revised! If someone has a weapon no matter how old they are... they present a threat to you and you have a right to engage. This of course has its downsides as misunderstandings will happen. Although, this is war and this stuff will happen no matter the approach you take. If changing the ROE can save a person's life.... why not change it! And on the quote I believe in this quote. We all need to do our jobs to keep this prized treasure. We need to treat it like so! This is a treasured prize. And all jobs need to be done to maintain it. Its been earned on the battlefields and in the face of adversity. We deserve this as a country. I truly believe if we maintain our duties and better our communities than we will truly deserve to have our citizenship. As long as you are contributing to the betterment of our country... Citizenship is something you deserve!