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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:11 AM Original message |
It is so sad to see progressives fight to protect conservatives from having their racism called out |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. Please give an example. nt |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. From yesterday |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Oh yes. Absolutely. That's another reason I don't understand why Obama is even being nice to |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. but OP is saying that by believing in government production of public goods = racism |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Wow - 5 posts in this thread in less than 10 minutes |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. you still haven't had single shred of evidence |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
77. On rightwing boards they pull that BS all the time |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
177. He's forced to work with them because the American voters who gave the house to freaks. |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. i see a lively debate about assassinations vs. threats |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Why would you demand quotes of comments I never claimed were made? |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yes, you used quote marks in the OP, then listed the thread |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Ypu accused me of not providing quotes of "racist sentiments by progressives" |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. you are the one misreading |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You did not ask for "enabling quotes" - you asked for quotes |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Deleted message |
GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. yawn. progressives are racists. you are so much bigger and more adult. i get it. yawn.. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
81. That OP contained lies. It should have been booed. nt |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
136. That lie-fest thread needs to go away quitly |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
104. There's no longer any need to cite other threads-this thread now contains numerous examples |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #104 |
126. Effie, I know what you mean |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #104 |
139. Collective denial. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
167. Hot off the presses in GD! HERE YA GO!!! |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #167 |
169. Case in point -thank you. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #169 |
174. Here is another one, just like the other one! |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. You know what annoys me. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
38. The term "race card" was invented for that very reason. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. So do I. Nt |
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VeryConfused (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. The problem is you assume their isn't racism among liberals |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
72. +1,000,000! Hence, the distrust that some blacks have towards white liberals. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. +1 |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. Liberals supported neither. Liberals went with Obama to avoid Clinton. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. Pragmatic Progressives are not Centrists. They're *realists*!! |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #85 |
125. What time of tree you have is best determined by the fruit it bears. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #72 |
141. Who said the racists who supported Clinton were liberals? |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. Possibly some people recognize that Racism can be trivialized |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You are helping to prove my point |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I learned this from our Jewish Friends. Way back there was a |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Racism does not equal the Holocaust |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
153. the connection between racism and hypocrisy is ironic on this thread |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #153 |
163. Where are you getting "charge of racism in response to a substantive disagreement about 'policy'" |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. That doesn't stop the right wing from trivializing |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
73. Who gets to decide if charges of racism are overused? White people themselves?? |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
152. There's a big difference because the Holocaust did not happen here, |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Bigotry should always be pointed out for what it is. Nt |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. True |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. There it is. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
147. Post of the Year!! Articulated much better than I could ever have!! n/t |
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my2sense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
179. +1 |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Sorry - 90 percent of the vile thrown at our president ... |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. You're right - much of the hatred of the President is based on politics, not race |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. no. the problem is racists. lots of progressives call it out. some (many) conservadems dog whistle. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Lots of progressives call it out - only to be shouted down by others (including progressives) |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. op said it had quotes, then provided the link |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. If you"d "love to discuss how to address racism" |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
148. Because progressives/liberals have wrongly convinced themselves that they cannot be |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
129. You both made good points n/t |
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politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
130. Excellent post n/t |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
131. Vile is not a noun. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #131 |
155. On my keyboard, the v is next to the b. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
8. Deleted message |
Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Lecture noted ... and appreciated |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. That would be the Turd Wayers. Call a TeaPubliKlan out and they are falling |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. The same thing happens with homophobia |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I too am certain the OP must have noticed that. |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. who are the progressive homophobes? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Homophobes are not progressive, they are bigoted righties. |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. 1. O not a proggie (center-right) 2. Im an atheist. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Deleted message |
ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
92. Sadly, there are far too many of them |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #92 |
106. An excellent post on a thread that clearly exposes |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #106 |
127. Deleted message |
Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #92 |
122. Thank you for this |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
180. Valerie Jarrett, |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
175. hi jack |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #175 |
181. Give credit due for the sentence structure! |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. this is a dishonest post, imo |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That's pretty much how I see it -- If you think of what Clinton went through... |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Um, that was because Clinton left them the DNA to have a field day. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Um, my point was to the OP -- basically if you blame racism for everthing... |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. You and some others here are making a pretty drastic and unsupported leap |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Why even use the word "progressive" then? If this is a problem, it has nothing to do with that. |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. ^^ exactly. nothing progressive about trying to mask racism. conservadems on the other hand... |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. What would "real" racism be? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
82. I could cite msny examples of GOP racism regarding Obama... |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. You misread the op |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. I did re-read it...Still disagree with the premise |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. You did indeed misread it - which probably skewed your interpretation of the premise . . . |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. If I truly misread your intent, I do apologize. |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #94 |
105. I really appreciate that |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
128. Exactly right! n/t |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. I'm not aware of progressives doing this. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
37. The 2008 primaries really woke me up to the fact that liberals, progressives, Democrats |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. links or it didn't happen. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. You're about to spontaneously combust! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Well, bless your little heart. |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. There sure are a lot accusations of racism being thrown out without any proof. THats the call out. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I'm fascinated that you believe and keep insisting that the OP accused progressives of racism |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. masking racism is structural and attitudinal racism. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. And your citation for this? |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. cites |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Each of these authors says that everyone who masks racism is a racist themselves? |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. I'm familiar with several of these scholars and I don't believe they say what you claim they do |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #76 |
164. crickets for days . . . |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
71. Spoken like a true Teabagger! They denied that congressmen were called the N word. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
40. Dead spot on, as usual |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. It's more than that... |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. thats all we are asking for. show us the objectionable stuff |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
49. Sigh |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Insightful analysis |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. using google |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Thou really doth protest too much . . . |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. just show me the links. where are progressives masking racism? |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. You keep mischaracterizing what I wrote and then demanding that I prove it |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
114. Using google |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. :-) |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #49 |
98. MadMaddie, you are the BOMB. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
62. Real progressives wouldn't do so. PUMA Jane Hamster Face calls herself one but she's not... |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
78. Empowerer, I don't know any liberals who do what you're saying |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. There have been numerous threads right here in which people who are ostensibly liberal |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
84. You'd have to be blind not to see that DU jumped the shark long ago on accusations of racism. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. People accuse others of all kinds of things, correctly and incorrectly - here and elsewhere |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. No, |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. If you were called a racist simply for not supporting Obama, that was wrong |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:44 AM Response to Reply #88 |
100. Nobody was called racist for simply not supporting Obama. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #84 |
95. You said it. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #95 |
102. The only connection your rant has to the topic is that you are engaging in exactly the behavior the |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #102 |
113. YOU are the one who is babbling. |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #113 |
118. You INFERRED that my OP referred to how Obama is being treated, although I said no such thing, nor |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. I'm done with this. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. Yus, Missus! |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #118 |
158. Well why wouldn't anyone infer that when the 1st example you gave was to a thread about Obama? |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
90. Racism plays a big part in their desire to cut social programs |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
93. Democrat does not equal liberal. What do the right leaning devotees of Clinton and Ferraro |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
96. Good post |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
97. Deleted message |
Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. As intelligent as the OP sounds, do you seriously, TRULY believe |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:59 AM Response to Reply #99 |
101. +1 And since the OP doesn't even refer to the president, the assumption |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:26 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Exactly |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #101 |
109. So who was the OP talking about then? |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #101 |
116. why is this in GDP? |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. ??? So any discussion of racism in this section MUST be about racism toward President Obama? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #101 |
133. The Obama Derange syndrome is caused by the... |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #99 |
108. People who think themselves smart are most easily fooled because they don't think they can be fooled |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #108 |
111. This is the kind of thinking that got a bunch of Tea Partyers elected |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #111 |
112. Anyone who thinks real progressives are protecting racists is fooling themself. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #108 |
123. I feel the same way about many "progressives" |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:27 AM Response to Reply #97 |
107. Even more mind boggling is your sense of entitlement to lecture anyone about a post you obviously |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #107 |
110. I am entitled to post my opinion on anything you or anyone posts here. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #107 |
115. It's an AWM thang. We wouldn't understand! |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #115 |
124. Damn! You got that right |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #124 |
132. As a matter of survival |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Tim Wise is despised by so many here |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Tim WIse is so insightful and really lays out the issue beautifully |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. I believe his scholarship, sincerity and empathy |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #134 |
149. I ADORE Tim Wise! Can you PM the same information, please?n/t |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
137. Not surprised |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #137 |
140. It would be funny, if it weren't so pathetic - the extent to which some people will go to deny the |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. And folks wonder why I'm such a cynic. |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. The real problem isn't with |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. The REAL PROBLEM Empower's OP addressed |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. "How bout that blond TERRORIST" |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:32 AM Response to Reply #145 |
150. Time to DUCK and COVER!!! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:49 AM Response to Reply #150 |
168. And A-W-A-Y they go... |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #143 |
146. and those who don't tow the line are 'sappers'? we DO have a lot to learn |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:12 AM Response to Reply #146 |
151. Either you missed the first sentence, |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #151 |
154. then to identify racist and sappers, one needs to be more than sling the label |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #154 |
156. American society has a terminal infection of racism |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #156 |
160. I don't disagree with most of that |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #154 |
157. Sorry. I noticed you can spell, so I assumed you could read. nt |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #157 |
161. insulting my lagging ability to read between your lines doesn't help define |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. OK... |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #162 |
166. Well, that does separate some of the wheat--and thank you for that |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
159. So Republicans hated Clinton because he was white? Sad, that people have to blame racism |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #159 |
165. What's really bizarre is that you have so little understanding of this issue that you would actually |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #165 |
170. I believe that he is suggesting that political ideology itself is capable of producing |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. You said it beautifully! I know many people who don't like Obama |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #171 |
172. So the fact that the people YOU know don't like the President for a reason other than race |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #172 |
176. Maybe it's because racism is the ONLY argument people |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #176 |
178. Who is using racism as the ONLY argument? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #178 |
182. You're a Queen. I'm old and terminally tired... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
173. Not me. I consider the TeaPubliKlans to be a terrorist, racist organization. |
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