Hi Marcus - thank you for your thoughtful response to my comment. I appreciate your interest in dialogue and learning, and I'm happy to try to answer your questions as best as I can. Sorry for my delay in responding, too - things got a little crazy here around the holidays and then catching up from the holidays!
I subscribe to BTB on a blog reader website, which means I get notified through that website whenever there is a new post from anyone. There are a LOT of posts so I don't read them all, but I skim the first bit and read the ones that catch my attention the most. That is how I got to your post - the subject matter caught my attention. I originally heard about BTB through my job. I work at a legal services non-profit.
Like you I try to be open to learning from whoever I can, from co-workers, to strangers I come across throughout the day, to people on the internet including BTB bloggers. I definitely realize that one person's experience is never going to tell the whole story - so if I don't go beyond myself, and even beyond those who are closest to me, I'm going to miss out on a lot. That being said, it takes a lot of humility to learn from others, and I am not nearly as humble as I wish I was! So a lot of the time I'm not as open as I could be to other people…but I'm working on that.
I suppose everyone goes through struggles at one time or another in their life, although of course there can be a lot of difference in the degree it goes to. There are a lot of struggles I have been lucky to not have, I guess. I did struggle with depression at one point in time. After a while I was able to get through that by realizing I couldn't handle everything by myself and had to open up to other people more. It was very hard for me to learn to let other people help me and take care of me, but I realized that is how human beings are supposed to function. These days I am very religious/spiritual - I pray a lot to get through tough times and reach out to my support network. In the end I guess the important thing is just to keep trying!
I feel inspired by a lot of things, by finding beauty in the world, trying to do good work, trying to look out for those around me and do what I can for them. I feel inspired by people, including the bloggers on BTB, who find ways to stay positive in spite of the difficult situations they face and who stay committed to a better future.
Happy new year! I'll look out for other posts from you.
It cool, I'll tell mickie that you got sumthin fer her. Maybe she'd write back :) I'm not shur though, momz pretty mad as it is with ME on here. But then again, she doesn't know :) lol
Sean Riker is the reason we have prisons in the first place. He is exactly where he needs to be -- locked up behind bars. His violent acts would only continue were he to be released now, or 50 years from now.
Sean being featured in the ADL yearly review of crimes committed by white supremacists.
Selected White Supremacist Criminal Incidents, 2009-2012
Posted: August 8, 2012
The white supremacist movement in the United States has a strong association with violence and criminal activity, ranging from traditional crimes such as drug dealing or domestic violence to ideologically-related crimes ranging from hate crimes to act of terrorism. Every week new criminal incidents emerge.
Selected white supremacist-related criminal incidents from recent years are shown below:
Norway, Wisconsin, November 2009: Sean Riker, a white supremacist affiliated with the gang Nazi Low Riders, a racist prison and street gang, is arrested on charges of possession of a firearm, possession of a short barreled rifle, first-degree recklessly endangering public safety, battery, strangulation, sexual abuse of a child, child abuse, and causing mental harm to a child. Riker was found guilty and sentenced to 200 years in prison.
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I subscribe to BTB on a blog reader website, which means I get notified through that website whenever there is a new post from anyone. There are a LOT of posts so I don't read them all, but I skim the first bit and read the ones that catch my attention the most. That is how I got to your post - the subject matter caught my attention. I originally heard about BTB through my job. I work at a legal services non-profit.
Like you I try to be open to learning from whoever I can, from co-workers, to strangers I come across throughout the day, to people on the internet including BTB bloggers. I definitely realize that one person's experience is never going to tell the whole story - so if I don't go beyond myself, and even beyond those who are closest to me, I'm going to miss out on a lot. That being said, it takes a lot of humility to learn from others, and I am not nearly as humble as I wish I was! So a lot of the time I'm not as open as I could be to other people…but I'm working on that.
I suppose everyone goes through struggles at one time or another in their life, although of course there can be a lot of difference in the degree it goes to. There are a lot of struggles I have been lucky to not have, I guess. I did struggle with depression at one point in time. After a while I was able to get through that by realizing I couldn't handle everything by myself and had to open up to other people more. It was very hard for me to learn to let other people help me and take care of me, but I realized that is how human beings are supposed to function. These days I am very religious/spiritual - I pray a lot to get through tough times and reach out to my support network. In the end I guess the important thing is just to keep trying!
I feel inspired by a lot of things, by finding beauty in the world, trying to do good work, trying to look out for those around me and do what I can for them. I feel inspired by people, including the bloggers on BTB, who find ways to stay positive in spite of the difficult situations they face and who stay committed to a better future.
Happy new year! I'll look out for other posts from you.
-Voice12
love ya!
Thank You.
SAH
did anybody look at my research on REClarke?
he spells one game but smells another.
Here is a POSITIVE note, tho.
I researched/read an inmate and I came with a Marcus Rogers. He is #377571 at One Corrections Center in Stanley, WI. 54768.
The reason I think this inmate deserves attention/stands out is because HE OWNED HIS CRIME.
I've always said I will SUPPORT those who are remorseful.... I definitely believe Marcus is one.
Can we get together and get him what he needs?
Thank you. I WILL
Selected White Supremacist Criminal Incidents, 2009-2012
Posted: August 8, 2012
The white supremacist movement in the United States has a strong association with violence and criminal activity, ranging from traditional crimes such as drug dealing or domestic violence to ideologically-related crimes ranging from hate crimes to act of terrorism. Every week new criminal incidents emerge.
Selected white supremacist-related criminal incidents from recent years are shown below:
Norway, Wisconsin, November 2009: Sean Riker, a white supremacist affiliated with the gang Nazi Low Riders, a racist prison and street gang, is arrested on charges of possession of a firearm, possession of a short barreled rifle, first-degree recklessly endangering public safety, battery, strangulation, sexual abuse of a child, child abuse, and causing mental harm to a child. Riker was found guilty and sentenced to 200 years in prison.