After thinking abut this thread a bit, I thought it might be good to follow up with some clarification...
The topic of this thread is a tragic and brutally violent event. No one disputes this, or that the perp should suffer, immensely, for what he did.
That being said, these statements about a race war being under way will not be tolerated. The only way a real race war begins, is if both sides agree there is one. BLM is already calling for it in some venues/areas. This site will not be a bastion for it on the other side. Period.
We are in a culture war. No if's, and's or but's about it. There is division, both socially and culturally. But I will not stand by and see certain comments posted about race without trying to step in and nudge the conversation in another direction. We are better than BLM, and by calling for a race war (even if only by stating that one exists, when it doesn't) we just become part of the problem. Part of the screaming, angry, controllable mob. We just become that which they want; emotionally driven cattle, being whipped into a stampede.
If you want to discuss racial issues, that is no issue, especially here in the Pit. But let me be clear, if it starts going in a direction that I would be uncomfortable discussing with one of my own brothers (or sisters) in green who are of color, then I won't put up with it. I've shared too much blood, sweat and tears with them, to ever tolerate that shit going on here. And that right there is my test, that I ask myself, when I review posts here like that. "Would I be comfortable with one of my brothers in arms standing next to me, in a room where this conversation was going on?" If it is not...then I will step in, because this is not the house for that kind of crap.
I suggest that some of you ask yourselves that question, before posting.