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I did wonder why Gandalf was getting behind Gabbard....David Duke you say, makes sense now
Well far be it from you to misjudge motive.
Nice to see you've moved on
Well hey I'm the one "addicted to the same old patterns" remember? Same old patterns yeah? Same old patterns like having a go at Gandalf from out of the clear blue right?
Do you mean Gandalf


"Black people are poor because they choose to be poor"


"At times I want to be offensive and set out to be so"

That Gandalf?


Yes, if I am asked directly why black people are poor which I was then I will give a blunt answer. It was Denilson stating that black people are poor. That was him. I simply said it was a choice. Now obviously one could show examples of black people who do not follow the patterns but the patterns do exist and in my view people often choose poverty. It would be the same as asking me why single Mothers tend to be poor. It is because of the decisions they have made and they chose to be poor because of bad judgement.

If you try to improve your skills, are willing to relocate, try to save money, only have children you can afford with a loving partner etc, then it is most likely that you will not be poor. Those are the friends I know and it is a choice and seemingly a good one for them.

Take my father for instance who was always up to his eyes in debt, had no real skills, and went out many days of the week spending his money on instant gratification when he had 2 children at home. He chose to make his family poor. When the debts came calling we were even poorer. When he jumped ship poorer still. Was there some magic at work holding us down or was it simply very bad human judgement? He chose to do that. My mother refuses to ever look for a job regardless. Isn't that likewise a personal choice.

There are many in the black community that make decisions like these silly parents. When you have a majority of women
choosing bad partners who won't stick around or help with kids then you are choosing to be poor. There is little way around that.

You have to make better decisions and be responsible for yourself which you strangely accuse me of lacking which is plain deranged in and of itself. You, a person who married an irresponsible person and who fritters his time away on vanity projects.

I will never be rich, but I choose not to be poor by the decisions I make. I could easily choose to be poor. Personal debt levels here are astronomical. It is a choice as people tend to want and to want now. Smart people resist that impulsiveness. So, okay people of all races tend to choose their poverty. Happier now?
Don't talk about my family whom you have never met. Don't judge them, don't cast aspersions, or comment on their character when you know nothing about them and don't project your own laziness onto me. This is what Brock did and it crosses way over the line.


You think falsely that you are the product of a meritocracy which rewards the just and that anyone not in your position chooses to be where they are. That is not only stupid but supremely arrogant. It is your default position. Hence your racist bullshit about Black people choosing to be poor.

What on earth are you talking about when you say that I fritter my time away on vanity projects? How would you know how I spend my time? Just because I get commissioned and paid to do something other than teach English to South Koreans it hardly makes my work a vanity project you idiot. Nobody is forcing you to do your job for the rest of your life and having a pop at me will not make it any less predictable or monotonous. I am lucky to have an variety of things with which I can make a living, but it took more than twenty years of doing those things on top of a day job to get to this position. It turns out to have been the most responsible thing I could have done. Without that forethought I would have had no way of often working from home now. It is called planning, it is what you do when you know the demands on your time will increase as you grow older. Nobody left me any money or gave me a loan or held my hand. I got where i am without any of that but I do go around judging others who may not have been able to. You seem to think that anyone not like you is a lazy, stupid, feckless bastard.

Your self esteem must be incredibly low to live your life like that.