On my Facebook feed, I have people demanding people in Baltimore be shot. With live ammo.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

In order to "stop the violence."

Does anyone find that in any way ironic?

[justiceischeap]

1. I'm surprised how many racists seem to live in or around

Baltimore. Some of the Facebook posts I've seen look like a Klan convention.

[oberliner]

7. You are surprised by that?

Have you ever been to Baltimore? It is seriously segregated.

[justiceischeap]

12. Yes, I'm in Baltimore a lot.

Usually in the areas where the rioting is taking place.

And I'm always taken aback when I see blatant racism.

[cwydro]

2. You must have some odd

"friends" lol.

My Facebook feed has none of that.

[Mojorabbit]

9. I am seeing it also

I have a lot of breaking news sites I follow that are now filled with these trolls

[Algernon Moncrieff]

10. I went to HS in Howard County

Many of my classmates are FB friends, and many of them have gone hard right, politically. Most of what I've seen is along the lines of "the violence is disgusting" and "support the police", but I've seen some fairly racist comments as well. Currently, I'm seeing a lot of sharing of the video of the mom beating her kid for taking part in the riots.

[pamela]

11. I went to high school in Carroll County.

My high school "friends" on Facebook are pretty far right, too. I always kind of shake my head at the whole red state/blue state-south bashing on DU. Maryland is reliably blue and yet I'd say 85% of the counties are very conservative. I lived on the Eastern Shore for a long time and I don't think I ever saw a Gore or Obama sign but lots and lots of Bush, McCain and Romney signs. Maryland has a big teabagger streak.

[BKH70041]

3. It would make for good TV.

As for me, I'm switching back and forth between a baseball and a hockey game.

[fadedrose]

4. Reminds me of a line from a movie

or tv program:

"The beatings will continue until morale is improved"

I might have read that in DU a while ago.

[shenmue]

5. Oh, man...

[peace13]

6. New Orleans all over again.

This is what happens when society becomes lawless. When Bush/Cheney were not tried for their crimes it was the beginning of the end.

[Initech]

8. Stopping violence with more violence. Such an American solution.

And if that doesn't work, throw money at it.