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14. Thanks pnwmom

Mon Mar 25, 2019, 06:00 AM

Mar 2019

Corey Richardson’s tweet is powerful. A black man is shot by the cops. There is the outcry, the inquiry, the long wait for the findings. Then the report says there is insufficient evidence to prosecute. How does that feel? Those are the facts but how does it feel?

Thank you Corey. You have allowed me to put myself in AA shoes in a way I haven’t been able to before. “Now go do something about it”. Exactly right.

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"Hey, white people who had faith in Mueller and feel like the system failed you . . . [View all] pnwmom Mar 2019 OP

A powerful call for unity BeyondGeography Mar 2019 #1

Exactly. ZZenith Mar 2019 #2

I think it is, actually. Middle class white people have largely been protected from a full awareness pnwmom Mar 2019 #5

As MLK said, the apathy of the white moderate has been the biggest obstacle to progress EndGOPPropaganda Mar 2019 #22

Can you post a copy of Mueller's report? watoos Mar 2019 #27

You won't find a word of me condemning Mueller anywhere. nt pnwmom Mar 2019 #70

I Hate To Burst RobinA Mar 2019 #60

+1 ck4829 Mar 2019 #73

Meh... Baconator Mar 2019 #3

Strange Socal31 Mar 2019 #4

actually most white people didn't care for mueller and supported Trump no matter what Mueller JI7 Mar 2019 #6

This dustyscamp Mar 2019 #18

False. Uneducated white people are pro-Trump. Educated white people are not EndGOPPropaganda Mar 2019 #23

disagree, look at William Barr JI7 Mar 2019 #28

Educated people support Trump with money and votes and lies delisen Mar 2019 #51

That's the problem Puzzledtraveller Mar 2019 #56

Wow! Hate to be nosy, but did that affect ecstatic Mar 2019 #99

Not factually accurate. Caliman73 Mar 2019 #68

(Actually) You realize it was addressed to "white people who had faith in Mueller..."? LanternWaste Mar 2019 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2019 #76

Because Insulting Allies Is ... ProfessorGAC Mar 2019 #7

Lots of "allies" don't understand as much as they think they do. pnwmom Mar 2019 #8

Ummm ProfessorGAC Mar 2019 #9

A lot of allies don't understand that white privilege is a real thing. n/t pnwmom Mar 2019 #11

A Baseless Accusation ProfessorGAC Mar 2019 #50

The Susan Sarandon-style "allies"-Ha ha ha ha ha. Sad. 58Sunliner Mar 2019 #37

If the reader's really an ally, then the reader understands Amimnoch Mar 2019 #15

If the tweet's author is really an American, he knows whathehell Mar 2019 #17

I'm white and I don't mind. He's right. EndGOPPropaganda Mar 2019 #25

I'd say he's as 'right' as this:. "Hey black people..Do you live in America? whathehell Mar 2019 #34

This. LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #47

You betcha. whathehell Mar 2019 #49

Yes. Tipperary Mar 2019 #53

Thank you. whathehell Mar 2019 #58

What a completely tone deaf response. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2019 #62

Nah whathehell Mar 2019 #66

I'm sure the tone of your response accurately reflects your thoughts. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2019 #75

You don't think he knows that... Caliman73 Mar 2019 #69

Then maybe he should speak as if he "knows" it.. whathehell Mar 2019 #83

Comes off as, or you take it that way? Caliman73 Mar 2019 #88

... handmade34 Mar 2019 #19

Lots of 'spaining and #NotAllWhitePeople sweetloukillbot Mar 2019 #31

Yeah, well, divisive race-based 'gloating' tends to do that... whathehell Mar 2019 #35

What was divisive? What was gloating? sweetloukillbot Mar 2019 #54

If you really don't understand, whathehell Mar 2019 #57

No, the reader understands that the person is making blanket statements based on skin color. 58Sunliner Mar 2019 #40

Thank you.. whathehell Mar 2019 #48

how is this an insult? 0rganism Mar 2019 #77

I would prefer seeing allies insulted into acting than seeing more blacks murdered.... George II Mar 2019 #87

K&R ck4829 Mar 2019 #10

The same white system that lets Trump radius777 Mar 2019 #12

It's not a "white" system, it's corrupt right wing system whathehell Mar 2019 #16

In 2016 47% of the voting public didn't vote, and that is the problem, and it has been going on for still_one Mar 2019 #20

Huh? whathehell Mar 2019 #21

First of all I agree with the point you are making. Assuming a certain demograpphic is still_one Mar 2019 #24

Talking to DUers, white or not, as if they're Free Republic members whathehell Mar 2019 #29

Yeah I know. It is divisionary, and sure as heck doesn't apply to 99.9% of the folks here still_one Mar 2019 #39

Exactly-do the math and the truth will become apparent. 58Sunliner Mar 2019 #42

You really don't want to let go of your privilege do you? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2019 #63

You really don't want to let go of relentless resentment, do you? whathehell Mar 2019 #65

Resentment about what? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2019 #74

Post removed Post removed Mar 2019 #82

Exactly. Some really, truly prefer not to understand their privilege ck4829 Mar 2019 #84

+1 ck4829 Mar 2019 #71

yes handmade34 Mar 2019 #13

Thanks pnwmom crazytown Mar 2019 #14

I get the message but the Mueller histrionics is tiresome nt tymorial Mar 2019 #26

What I take away from this thread is Mueller bashing, watoos Mar 2019 #30

Spot on. cwydro Mar 2019 #85

Trolling? Drum Mar 2019 #32

Exactly. SlogginThroughIt Mar 2019 #41

Always melman Mar 2019 #93

K&R. A sharp reminder from an important perspective. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #33

This isn't Free Republic -- What's 'needed' here is unity, not whathehell Mar 2019 #36

We can unite in our efforts to fight facism while still carefully examining how our own privilege, WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #38

That is some flat out nonsense. What happened in the sixties?? 58Sunliner Mar 2019 #43

Tell me, what did happen in the 60s? WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #44

How about you ask John Lewis, or read a book. 58Sunliner Mar 2019 #98

You , personally, might be enlightened. That doesn't mean all white progressives are. pnwmom Mar 2019 #67

I'm a progressive and agree with Corey's tweet JonLP24 Mar 2019 #86

Bernie has plenty of supporters here. pnwmom Mar 2019 #89

I don't see any of the pushback you're receiving from Bernie supporters JonLP24 Mar 2019 #91

Anyone who decries "identity politics"-Don't remember doing that, but I see your assumption. 58Sunliner Mar 2019 #96

I think we've done a lot of that "acknowleging" and "careful examining" here.. whathehell Mar 2019 #45

Oppressions certainly intersect all the time. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #46

Yes, some black and white men acknowledge that reality. whathehell Mar 2019 #52

Using the Mueller report as the basis for a white privilege discussion... borgesian Mar 2019 #55

Did you see... tonedevil Mar 2019 #61

First thing I thought of sweetloukillbot Mar 2019 #90

We need some "trolling" ck4829 Mar 2019 #72

"Hey, white people who had faith in Mueller..." jmg257 Mar 2019 #64

Is Corey's Twitter obnoxiousdrunk Mar 2019 #78

Are you saying if a black person brings up the topic of white privilege we should suspect a bot? n/t pnwmom Mar 2019 #79

No. obnoxiousdrunk Mar 2019 #81

DU doesn't surprise me anymore JonLP24 Mar 2019 #80

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2019 #92

"faith in Mueller" melman Mar 2019 #94

Right. Because it was so much more fun to decry "identify politics." n/t pnwmom Mar 2019 #95

I never had "faith" in Mueller Raine Mar 2019 #97

No, not everyone did, but I know there were people who saw him as "the only hope" ck4829 Mar 2019 #100

Muller did his job tirebiter Mar 2019 #101

It wasn't just white people fescuerescue Apr 2019 #102

Have you seen the report? I haven't. SMC22307 Apr 2019 #103