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JoeDuck

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62. I'm sorry ...

Tue Jun 16, 2020, 08:26 AM

Jun 2020

but I can't feel celebratory over someone being fired, or even for expressing a racist opinion. Loss of job may be the right penalty but that doesn't make me happy. I remain sad, perhaps angry, that so many people retain evil racist thoughts and act on them. I keep hoping that the next generation or the next after that will have overcome harboring ill will over others because of differences in appearance. But with Donald Trump feeding raw meat to the Lions of Bigotry, I don't know how long it will take.

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Chalk Wall lady's husband got fired too [View all] StarfishSaver Jun 2020 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Jun 2020 #1

That was probably a pretty good job, too. Sucks to be him. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #2

When they realize we are their equals and not their subjects malaise Jun 2020 #3

The hardest part of freedom is giving it to others...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #4

Sad but true malaise Jun 2020 #5

And they don't see that it is a problem pandr32 Jun 2020 #24

+1 Nevilledog Jun 2020 #44

You give them to much credit, they are not equal to Mr. Juanillo. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #6

+1,000 malaise Jun 2020 #10

Twitter has turned out to be a great resource to fight these racists. brush Jun 2020 #13

Racists should go back into their dank and smelly closet again lunatica Jun 2020 #19

After Nov they will be. Oppaloopa Jun 2020 #47

I'll do my part to make it so! lunatica Jun 2020 #48

It is getting to the point where even their "peops" are outing them. Blue_true Jun 2020 #52

This is a very expensive neighborhood... orwell Jun 2020 #7

The homeowner said the neighborhood was in solidarity madaboutharry Jun 2020 #9

Interestingly ... StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #14

+1 Thank you for that insight. CaptainTruth Jun 2020 #25

He's lived in that house for 18 years Boomer Jun 2020 #33

Interesting perspective. AllyCat Jun 2020 #35

They probably referred to him as James the Gardener.......for 18 years. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #37

+10,000 alittlelark Jun 2020 #54

They may have seen him but assumed he was someone other than the owner of the house JI7 Jun 2020 #58

Both of them fired from high-paying jobs OnlinePoker Jun 2020 #27

I wonder how long they will be able to stay there with him being jobless csziggy Jun 2020 #39

They'll probably move to a much less expensive city where all their neighbors are white... hunter Jun 2020 #42

I was thinking the exact same thing. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #45

Thoughts and prayers!!!!! AZ8theist Jun 2020 #51

Yes! sheshe2 Jun 2020 #8

It sure is getting expensive to be a racist dick. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #11

+1, #RacsimIsExpensive uponit7771 Jun 2020 #60

Ladies and Gents I give you - ChalkGate. 42bambi Jun 2020 #12

I didn't know they actually called the cops! The friggin' nerve! BComplex Jun 2020 #15

Great! Another "learning experience to grow from." "I'm not really like that." NBachers Jun 2020 #16

my late mom said if you dont have anything nice to say , dont say it at all. AllaN01Bear Jun 2020 #17

Both fired - loss of income, maybe forced to move from cushy neighborhood packman Jun 2020 #18

Thus the saying, "Karma is a bitch!" lunatica Jun 2020 #21

WAH WAH, thoughts and prayers HAB911 Jun 2020 #20

good samsingh Jun 2020 #22

and then she only issues an apology after she lost everything AlexSFCA Jun 2020 #23

Didn't know they called the police. zentrum Jun 2020 #26

K&R Sherman A1 Jun 2020 #28

what got me was: she said quote ' I know you don't own this property' when its public bonniebgood Jun 2020 #29

The police she called knew immediately that he owned the property. StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #31

Minor correction. LisaM Jun 2020 #56

She's apologizing all over the place. louis-t Jun 2020 #30

What her apology means. zentrum Jun 2020 #32

"I'm so sorry I can't do these things with impunity any more".... Marie Marie Jun 2020 #46

I'm betting a PR firm wrote her statement Boomer Jun 2020 #34

It was probably a violation of HOA rules. Lock him up! yellowcanine Jun 2020 #36

Yeah Gothmog Jun 2020 #38

Raymond James protecting their bottom line. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #40

That's fine. It's got to start somewhere StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #41

racism is encouraged by making excuses for racists JI7 Jun 2020 #59

Make racism expensive... SidDithers Jun 2020 #43

Displays or racism, be they covert or overt always must have consequences to the racists. Blue_true Jun 2020 #49

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times... MrScorpio Jun 2020 #50

The moral is: Don't act like a racist dick in public. Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #53

This is really encouraging. mountain grammy Jun 2020 #55

Sure hope she wasn't making installment payments on all that face and body work. NBachers Jun 2020 #57

Lisa reminds me of my Republican sister Awsi Dooger Jun 2020 #61

I'm sorry ... JoeDuck Jun 2020 #62

Who said anything about feeling celebratory? StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #63