The Skinny: Racist comments from Toronto Sun readers

Here is a sample of several racist comments and replies that come from readers of the Toronto Sun based on this story: 1 fatally shot, 2 wounded at carnival

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Only_in_Canada 38 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
WOW...a shooting at Caribana....what else is new???? I wonder if the shooter is a male black???
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Steve 21 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Of course he is! That's quite obvious, huh?
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daycare 14 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
just another ignorant person...stop judging people by their colour and maybe this world one day might be a better place....
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Gavin 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
HAHA

Open your eyes fool.

You are the truly ignorant one if you refuse to see what is right in front of you.

The world will be a better place when people like you either accept reality for what it is or shut the hell up and let the rest of us sane people develop some solutions to our problems.

It's monsters like you who are responsible for these crimes, you enable the murderers.
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Brian Landon 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
ahh, i see, so we have stabbings and shootings at Caribana--but we don't have them at other events------hmm, what does that tell you? Who do you think the gangbangers are in this city?? you know, i'm not one who goes to the Gay Pride Parade but at least the gangbangers are not out shooting someone.
now of course i'm sure we'll see posts on here as the days go on saying that the shooter was just a victim of societal injustice, i'm sure! yeh, right!!
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MikeSmart 2 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
I don't believe that for a second. I don't believe that people are judged by the color of their skin. Most people try very hard to find good in everyone but when found that many people will spit in your face rather give you the time of day, it's a strong dose of reality and a real eye opener. Every time there's another shooting, and it's done by a young black male it adds another brick in the wall, and how could it not? How can we continue to just shrug these shootings off in the interest in community relations? This is anything but judging someone by their skin color. After all, it's not us "ignorant" people pulling the trigger, is it?
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TOBoy 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
It is very much a cultural thing. You will find the majority of black criminals have roots in or ties to the Jamaican community. It is rare that A Trinidadian or Bahamian gets involved in violent crimes.
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fnc1a1 4 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Try telling that to the blacks who want nothing to do with whites.
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Brian Landon 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
of course not! but they do want the funding each year for this parade and the whole event! right?
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MikeSmart 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
You're right.
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harry_vajina 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
Yeah, but there's also the other 99% of blacks as well
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ratspukin 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
stop shooting, people, and, this world is today a better place
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IanClunas 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
Try looking up the stats for victims/shooters in the GTA-----get back to us when you get them.
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CanadianMotherGoose 3 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Non were real "black" but they marred that black festival with bad publicity.
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stimpage 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
Good thing they were only "simulated" black.....
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Brian Landon 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
none were 'real black'??????? what kind of a statement is that??????
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brian johnson 6 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Steve and Only_in_Canada and the rest in why make such stereotypical statement, it just makes you sound Ignorant.
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shawn0d 2 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
So the truth is ignorant. Sound logic Brian. Get out of your closed minded politically correct world my friend, you can learn a lot about people & the world if you open up your mind to other opinions & perspectives. Political correctness is inherently intellectual dishonesty.
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fnc1a1 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
Ignorance is strength. That's where we are now.
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stop_the_ignorants 3 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Why are you censoring them for telling the truth
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stop_the_ignorants 3 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Why are you censoring them for telling the truth
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daycare 2 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
truth about what??? making an ignorant comment about stating the person MUST be black???whats the truth about that?what a white man has never done this world wrong?are you serious? crawl back under your blankie
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Brian Landon 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
gees---your problem is what perpetuates the whole thing.
one can tell you are not black yourself but a politically correct person who is not part of the solution, but part of the problem. And the only people who can be the real solution are the black community. now, before we tar and feather the whole community, lets see the identity of the shooter, and where he comes from. 10-1 he comes from Jamaica and not from one of the other islands.
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IanClunas 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
Blacks shoot blacks---its fine to them.
White shoots black then its outrage at the whites.
When will the black community get a handle on this??
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H.N.I.C promotions 9 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Sorry to disappoint you but the shooter was a Metro Police Officer. And when you make your wild accusations about a whole group of people and you later find out you were wrong do you come on here and retract your comments???
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dallas25 2 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Actually the Police Officer was only doing his job in protecting the rest of the people watching the parade. He only fired his gun after the idiot had already been firing into the crowd of innocent bystanders. So please do yourself a favour and remember who started shooting first before you begin referring to our boys in blue as the 'shooters'
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H.N.I.C promotions 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
Dallas I'm glad the police were there doing their jobs. My comment was in reference to what was said above and I used the term "shooter" because it was used in the comment before mine.
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Velalakan Mano 4 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
black dudes...if a cop yells at you to get down...GET THE HELL DOWN...i know you are all retarded but use your remaining brain cells to at least follow instructions. Smoking weed doesn't take up too much of anyones brain cells.
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Brian Landon 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
whether you black, white, asian or whatever!! if the police tell you to get down, you get down! Doesn't matter what you are doing. that's the problem today, the entitlement bunch who think they are above the law and everyone else in their politically correct madness.
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daycare 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
like i said your very ignorant and need to crawl back in the hole you crawled out of! maybe its you thats smokin the weed
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Patrick Batemann 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
I reported your fake profile on Facebook. Have a happy Caribana week-end :)
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Brian Landon 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
yep, i knew this would happen. So a man shoots into the crowd and the police draw their guns and tell him to get to the ground. So what are the cops to do? let him shoot more people or the cop? you really are the problem in society. Wonder what you would say if it had been your relative who was in the crowd when the shooter was firing his gun and no one helped. get a real life!!
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Futurecopper 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
the dead male shot first look at the facts
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TorPaul 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
No your wrong as the other right wing extremists on here that liked your comment,No matter the topic you all talk crap.
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daycare 3 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
your very ignorant! pick up the paper more or in fact read a book and you will then see there are white men that do wrong too! do not judge a man by his colour!
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Gavin 2 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Why not?

I have found that race is often a very accurate way to determine how someone will act.
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hatethehype 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
You're an idiot.
What race are you, 'Gavin'?
And what atrocities has your race committed that would be a determiner of how you will act?
I really don't expect you to answer the question because cowards like you have a hard time swallowing their own words.
I hear "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down..."
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CanadianMotherGoose 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
He was white and so was the lady carnival dancer. The other guy with the graze was taken to St Michael and he was Indian carribean? (Trini). The lady is in life threatening condition. I was 50m from the scene with a Canadian French singer Sidney The Revolution.
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sbagchee 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
well, we will not know until the special unit tells us the police fella's colour--and they will be mum for ever--as is always the case with police murders. btw, did you know police killings are not counted in homicide stats?!!!!! hooray for the goons in ribbons, shiny trickets and funny clothes that they wear everyday--not not merely as festive costumes.
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oldlondonguy 18 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Harper would be Prime Minister for life if he

1. put visa restrictions on Jamaica
2. sent the next boatload of Tamils back home before stepping foot in Canada
3. Restrict Muslim immigration so we don't look like Europe does in a few years
4. Gave a license to a Bounty Hunter business to round up the remaining war criminals and 38,000 failed refugee claimants.
5. Had a national database for provincial health cards so he could cancel them if they don't show for a deportation hearing.
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stop_the_ignorants 3 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Why are you censoring them for telling the truth
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daycare 2 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
truth about what??? making an ignorant comment about stating the person MUST be black???whats the truth about that?what a white man has never done this world wrong?are you serious? crawl back under your blankie
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Brian Landon 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
gees---your problem is what perpetuates the whole thing.
one can tell you are not black yourself but a politically correct person who is not part of the solution, but part of the problem. And the only people who can be the real solution are the black community. now, before we tar and feather the whole community, lets see the identity of the shooter, and where he comes from. 10-1 he comes from Jamaica and not from one of the other islands.
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IanClunas 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
Blacks shoot blacks---its fine to them.
White shoots black then its outrage at the whites.
When will the black community get a handle on this??
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H.N.I.C promotions 9 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Sorry to disappoint you but the shooter was a Metro Police Officer. And when you make your wild accusations about a whole group of people and you later find out you were wrong do you come on here and retract your comments???
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dallas25 2 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Actually the Police Officer was only doing his job in protecting the rest of the people watching the parade. He only fired his gun after the idiot had already been firing into the crowd of innocent bystanders. So please do yourself a favour and remember who started shooting first before you begin referring to our boys in blue as the 'shooters'
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H.N.I.C promotions 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
Dallas I'm glad the police were there doing their jobs. My comment was in reference to what was said above and I used the term "shooter" because it was used in the comment before mine.
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Velalakan Mano 4 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
black dudes...if a cop yells at you to get down...GET THE HELL DOWN...i know you are all retarded but use your remaining brain cells to at least follow instructions. Smoking weed doesn't take up too much of anyones brain cells.
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Brian Landon 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
whether you black, white, asian or whatever!! if the police tell you to get down, you get down! Doesn't matter what you are doing. that's the problem today, the entitlement bunch who think they are above the law and everyone else in their politically correct madness.
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daycare 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
like i said your very ignorant and need to crawl back in the hole you crawled out of! maybe its you thats smokin the weed
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Patrick Batemann 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
I reported your fake profile on Facebook. Have a happy Caribana week-end :)
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Brian Landon 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
yep, i knew this would happen. So a man shoots into the crowd and the police draw their guns and tell him to get to the ground. So what are the cops to do? let him shoot more people or the cop? you really are the problem in society. Wonder what you would say if it had been your relative who was in the crowd when the shooter was firing his gun and no one helped. get a real life!!
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Futurecopper 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
the dead male shot first look at the facts
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TorPaul 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
No your wrong as the other right wing extremists on here that liked your comment,No matter the topic you all talk crap.
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daycare 3 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
your very ignorant! pick up the paper more or in fact read a book and you will then see there are white men that do wrong too! do not judge a man by his colour!
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Gavin 2 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Why not?

I have found that race is often a very accurate way to determine how someone will act.
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hatethehype 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
You're an idiot.
What race are you, 'Gavin'?
And what atrocities has your race committed that would be a determiner of how you will act?
I really don't expect you to answer the question because cowards like you have a hard time swallowing their own words.
I hear "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down..."
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CanadianMotherGoose 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
He was white and so was the lady carnival dancer. The other guy with the graze was taken to St Michael and he was Indian carribean? (Trini). The lady is in life threatening condition. I was 50m from the scene with a Canadian French singer Sidney The Revolution.
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sbagchee 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand
well, we will not know until the special unit tells us the police fella's colour--and they will be mum for ever--as is always the case with police murders. btw, did you know police killings are not counted in homicide stats?!!!!! hooray for the goons in ribbons, shiny trickets and funny clothes that they wear everyday--not not merely as festive costumes.
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oldlondonguy 18 comments collapsed Collapse Expand
Harper would be Prime Minister for life if he

1. put visa restrictions on Jamaica
2. sent the next boatload of Tamils back home before stepping foot in Canada
3. Restrict Muslim immigration so we don't look like Europe does in a few years
4. Gave a license to a Bounty Hunter business to round up the remaining war criminals and 38,000 failed refugee claimants.
5. Had a national database for provincial health cards so he could cancel them if they don't show for a deportation hearing.
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