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Dogmatic

A person is dogmatic when they are expressing opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts.  This "rebellion” is very dramatic, and theatrics are not my strong suit.  There are White men holding signs that read “Black Lives Matter” during so-called “protests” to boot.  If there is merchandise being produced where is the revenue being sent?  Has all the money been spent?  Where are the headquarters and who is the corporate executive officer?  Who is the treasurer?  It is my life that I treasure.  To burn down a police station is an idiotic measure to ask for peace between your ghetto and the police.  Should one be spared even if they attempt to murder a police officer?  Kill or be killed is a law on the streets, but that to some is obsolete when the situation involves the police.   What is the phone number? They were thrown a bone.  I do not lose sleep.  I slumber.  Can you give me an exact statistical number of black lives that were lost due to the police policing the streets of American Society with lethal force?  My sense of propriety will not allow me to be on the fence regarding this issue.  Between 1980 and 2023 , approximately 30,000 Black men were shot and murdered by the police.  I have heard such gibberish such as “defund” the police.  Taking their money will not make them work harder to defend themselves against threatening suspects I suspect.  The families of some of the deceased have been given settlements, so I heard through the media. They were cut a check.  The police were told that the government should cut their checks.  Dogmatic Individuals have many problems in understanding new ideas.  They cannot accept reasonable ideas instead of their own incorrect ideas.  If there is a corporate executive officer found I doubt that this person will have anything to say that is profound.  There will be no statue erected in his image.  There will be no one to say “I stand corrected”.  There will be no direct and reasonable ideas exchanged between vandals, looters, protesters, and those who commit intentional arson, and the officers of the law.  I saw a police station on fire in another state; this was being aired on the news.  I never heard if anyone was apprehended.  Maybe no one left any clues.


Copyright © Tameka Brent | Year Posted 2025

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