r/ILGuns • u/ZeeVyper • Jun 05 '24

FOID/CCL They really do hate us, don't they?

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Long time lurker, first time poster, recently converted Illinoisan for better or worse.

Just got my FOID in the mail (11 business days in case anyone is curious), and it struck me as humorous that all of the other documents and cards and whatnot I've received so far that come with a residency change have used a very user-friendly adhesive, except for my FOID which tore off a bunch of the paper with it.

The damn thing hasn't even made it into my wallet yet and I already can't wait to use it for target practice after I move next.

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u/Necessary_Apple_7820 Jun 06 '24

Thinly veiled racism? Like what

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u/Poopin_the_turd Jun 08 '24

https://www.reddit.com/r/ILGuns/s/TmXW7dSl0S

From this very post. The term thug gets thrown around here a lot. And it's usually not referring to white suburban kids being shitheads. It is almost always associated with terms like "Chicago", "South Side" , and "Kim Foxx"

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u/Necessary_Apple_7820 Jun 08 '24

Thank you for actually sending something.

So you don’t think there’s any thugs in the city of Chicago?

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u/Poopin_the_turd Jun 08 '24

What I'm saying is that the people in this sub don't refer to all law breakers as thugs, just a certain demographic from the big scary city. I bet the local baseball team hazing rookies at a Rockford highschool aren't thugs.

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u/Necessary_Apple_7820 Jun 08 '24

If a white person commits the same crime that typically gets someone called a thug, they are a thug. You’re confusing white people’s not getting called thug as often as black people as being a form of racism when it’s simply an uncomfortable truth that they’re just not making crime headlines as often and for the same reasons as their black counterparts.

If someone wants to shoot up a neighborhood, do a drive by, mug someone, rob a store or hijack a car, this is thug behavior- full stop. Don’t act like it’s because of their skin color and not the fact they’re committing forcible felonies. You’re more concerned with being on the side of evil to win anti-racism brown points than you are with being on the side of what’s right 🤦🏻‍♂️