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zipplewrath

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5. Has to be the "right" person

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2018, 11:36 AM

Nov 2018

Not alot of Walter Cronkites these days, that are universally respected. Sad to say, but it may have to be the charismatic parent or spouse of a loved one killed in one of these incidents. Alot of good people had to die in the civil rights movement in order to dis-empower the racists.

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At some point, there HAS to be a realization. I think if just one person publicly says this... [View all] ck4829 Nov 2018 OP

Plenty of Dems do say this - just no MSM will cover them saying it. Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #1

Oh yes, we say it. But when will one of them say it? ck4829 Nov 2018 #2

You mean a white media member say it? Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #3

Not necessarily a media head ck4829 Nov 2018 #4

They say it in fundraising emails to US FiveGoodMen Nov 2018 #6

Has to be the "right" person zipplewrath Nov 2018 #5