When a prank YouTuber’s speculation is elevated over Pulitzer-winning journalism, the problem isn’t YouTube. It’s how racism gets laundered as “investigation” in 2025 America.
I need those reminders - from your comments, Sophia, from your words, VMB, breaking it all down when it’s so easy for me to just get emotional & scream back (“i hate it that that jackass of a VP was born in MY state! He’s’ a stain on it!”). True or not, that is behavior that I abhor in others & criticize them for. There are much calmer, smarter, better & even more loving ways to express (or transform) those gut feelings. And reading your comment, Sophia - i could feel the words in my throat, in my heart, maybe even my mind - and you’re not alone in the “so frightened” category. I’m right there with ya.. and your “haha” & “amazing”very much balanced it out.
This whole episode of insane reality….the hatred & incentive behind it has not stopped since i was born. Not a history buff but it seems to be something we humans as a species just can’t handle loving & living with other races. WTF. I pray. And put that into practice in my own life as best as i can. I was blessed to grow up in an unsegregated neighborhood in the 60’s with integrated schools & black & white Girl Scout troops - it was normal, not scary. My mom grew up in China till she was 12 & loved it (missionary dad) & they had a foreign exchange student from Japan live with them after i left for college. Not saying that gives me a medal as “Not Racist” - it just makes it so much harder for me to understand & grasp why this is still happening.
So i do my best to shift that effort & energy into prayer. And to negate it as lovingly as I can, any way I can & live what I say. To practice those principles in all my affairs. (Thanx, AA)
Thanx for the details behind the story & for sharing this.
This hits me hard. I lived in the Twin Cities for 20 years in the 90s and 00s. It is a wonderful, vibrant community. Yes there are Somali. They have been there quite awhile.
Also the Cities have many other immigrant communities - Hmong, Burma, Mexico/Latin America, China and India. My experience was that these people brought depth and variety to life in the Cities. Wonderful festivals, community participation and caring.
I grieve for the harm these people with hate in their hearts do to the fabric of the Cities. I am betting on the people of the Cities to stand with all Minnesotans.
Has 23 y.o. Nick Shirley, whose brain isn't yet fully formed, taken any responsibility for leading our feckless VP astray? Any disclaimers that his video wasn't true? Shall we all call the VP's office to let him know he was duped? How about Vance's accountability in spreading lies? WTF is the country coming to?!?
I need those reminders - from your comments, Sophia, from your words, VMB, breaking it all down when it’s so easy for me to just get emotional & scream back (“i hate it that that jackass of a VP was born in MY state! He’s’ a stain on it!”). True or not, that is behavior that I abhor in others & criticize them for. There are much calmer, smarter, better & even more loving ways to express (or transform) those gut feelings. And reading your comment, Sophia - i could feel the words in my throat, in my heart, maybe even my mind - and you’re not alone in the “so frightened” category. I’m right there with ya.. and your “haha” & “amazing”very much balanced it out.
This whole episode of insane reality….the hatred & incentive behind it has not stopped since i was born. Not a history buff but it seems to be something we humans as a species just can’t handle loving & living with other races. WTF. I pray. And put that into practice in my own life as best as i can. I was blessed to grow up in an unsegregated neighborhood in the 60’s with integrated schools & black & white Girl Scout troops - it was normal, not scary. My mom grew up in China till she was 12 & loved it (missionary dad) & they had a foreign exchange student from Japan live with them after i left for college. Not saying that gives me a medal as “Not Racist” - it just makes it so much harder for me to understand & grasp why this is still happening.
So i do my best to shift that effort & energy into prayer. And to negate it as lovingly as I can, any way I can & live what I say. To practice those principles in all my affairs. (Thanx, AA)
Thanx for the details behind the story & for sharing this.
Nothing but rage bait. This is what VMB's scrolls are trying to teach us to guard against.
This hits me hard. I lived in the Twin Cities for 20 years in the 90s and 00s. It is a wonderful, vibrant community. Yes there are Somali. They have been there quite awhile.
Also the Cities have many other immigrant communities - Hmong, Burma, Mexico/Latin America, China and India. My experience was that these people brought depth and variety to life in the Cities. Wonderful festivals, community participation and caring.
I grieve for the harm these people with hate in their hearts do to the fabric of the Cities. I am betting on the people of the Cities to stand with all Minnesotans.
Has 23 y.o. Nick Shirley, whose brain isn't yet fully formed, taken any responsibility for leading our feckless VP astray? Any disclaimers that his video wasn't true? Shall we all call the VP's office to let him know he was duped? How about Vance's accountability in spreading lies? WTF is the country coming to?!?
Actually, it's scary to see what this country is becoming with the new "norms" of lying, cheating, cruelty, etc.