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StarfishSaver

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21. This kind of thing makes me angry, but what makes me even angrier - or maybe just disappointed

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 02:09 PM

May 2020

is the propensity of some of our "allies" to dismiss our frustration and anger with tone policing and lectures about not "making everything about race" and "not all white people" dodges.

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I am amazed how African Americans are able to control their tempers. [View all] shockey80 May 2020 OP

Me, too. it's a testament to their restraint. But frankly, this country has always been Nay May 2020 #1

It never goes underground... HipChick May 2020 #6

In day-to-day reality, very true. Especially when monsters like that cop and his son Nay May 2020 #11

And all the times the families have unconditionally forgiven the murderers dalton99a May 2020 #2

James Baldwin quote... PunkinPi May 2020 #3

What they have endured from us Euros over the past 500+ years is mind boggling. roamer65 May 2020 #4

It wasn't only diseases that killed wnylib May 2020 #28

None intended. roamer65 May 2020 #29

Yes, African people were imported wnylib May 2020 #30

I have thought this myself. madaboutharry May 2020 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2020 #7

Welcome to DU! Go fuck yourself, but welcome! LuckyCharms May 2020 #8

Oooooh! Did we have a racist asshole there for a minnit? BYE. Nay May 2020 #12

Yes, and they were not very articulate either. LuckyCharms May 2020 #13

Imagine that. Inarticulate. It's nearly always a signifier, isn't it? nt Nay May 2020 #15

This person seemed to have trouble forming sentences. LuckyCharms May 2020 #16

There is always something wrong wnylib May 2020 #31

*checks watch* sarisataka May 2020 #9

Hit alert, refreshed screen, gone JHB May 2020 #10

I was HAPPY to take out the trash The Polack MSgt May 2020 #14

Was Trump trolling again? nt Quixote1818 May 2020 #24

One of his minions The Polack MSgt May 2020 #32

Yes, it's true. It's been a survival technique for them though. LymphocyteLover May 2020 #17

And yet the vast majority of mass murderers are angry white guys. Go figure. nt SunSeeker May 2020 #18

Yes. I agree. It angers me deeply, very deeply. PatrickforO May 2020 #19

Years of practice my dear In It to Win It May 2020 #20

This right here. Iggo May 2020 #27

This kind of thing makes me angry, but what makes me even angrier - or maybe just disappointed StarfishSaver May 2020 #21

This! n/t MFGsunny May 2020 #25

Have to agree. plimsoll May 2020 #22

K and R. I have thought this many times. And it's whites who generally do mass shootings Quixote1818 May 2020 #23

I'm not. Their lives depend on it. (n/t) Iggo May 2020 #26