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imanamerican63

(13,731 posts)
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 08:07 PM Jun 2020

So George Floyd asked for trouble?

I was eating dinner at a truck stop in Minnesota and overheard two assholes talking about the protests and Floyd being the cause of the all of the looting and the damage to businesses! One of them said Floyd asked for what he got! The waitress told them to stop bashing Floyd, because that could be one of their family members who was choked to death and it was unnecessary to turn into murder! The assholes never said another word and quietly left! I gave her a $6.00 tip and good for her to speak up! She said that she does that about every night she works!

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herding cats

(19,558 posts)
5. If you'd like to arm yourself for further confrontations. They knew each other and "butted heads"
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 10:08 PM
Jun 2020

This was reported today. They knew each other "pretty well" when they were both employed at the same place and disagreed on how to manage patrons. Stay tuned, there will be more to this story.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213574337

Oh, and good on her! Be the change kind woman.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
7. regular bile from 1500 KKK-lite radio stations. ironically, rw radio depends on black athletes
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 10:53 PM
Jun 2020

not complaining to team owners and their brand producers that they don't want their games broadcast on racist rw radio stations to attract advertisers to pay for it...

George II

(67,782 posts)
8. One time years ago my mother was harassed by a NYC Transit cop for giving a homeless woman....
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 10:57 PM
Jun 2020

....a few dollars.

She said, "she could be your mother."

He got a sheepish, knowing look on his face, and like your situation the cop never said another word and walked away.

Scruffy1

(3,252 posts)
10. This is important.
Wed Jun 10, 2020, 11:12 PM
Jun 2020

The old "Minnesota Nice" just doesn' work. Neither does passive aggressive. Call out the bullshit. I learned this from my father. Stop it in it's tracks.Yes it takes courage.

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