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Treefrog

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5. I'm amazed no one is offended by statements like this.

Reply to Solomon (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 29, 2021, 09:30 AM

Apr 2021

Because he is black and in the other party, that gives us permission to act as though he has no independent thought at all? Are you calling him a minstrel? Unbelievable to read comments like this on this forum. This is by no means the first.

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Uncle Tim, Uncle Tom thanks you! [View all] Solomon Apr 2021 OP

Republican tokenism on full display. sop Apr 2021 #1

They should have gave him a banjo and let him Solomon Apr 2021 #2

I'm amazed no one is offended by statements like this. Treefrog Apr 2021 #5

if the shoe fits.. (nt) NoRethugFriends Apr 2021 #6

I agree, it's offensive. Baitball Blogger Apr 2021 #7

you remind me of this squirrel CatWoman Apr 2021 #50

More like the squirrel lady. Baitball Blogger Apr 2021 #51

This thread Dorian Gray Apr 2021 #19

while eating watermelon slices and spitting out the seeds............. CatWoman Apr 2021 #13

WTF Dorian Gray Apr 2021 #20

Some very revealing posts here today. Treefrog Apr 2021 #21

what you don't understand is obvious CatWoman Apr 2021 #24

A FUCKING MEN Cat ChubbyStar Apr 2021 #27

LOL!!!! CatWoman Apr 2021 #37

Where did I dictate to black people how they should feel and react? Hmm? Treefrog Apr 2021 #31

um CatWoman Apr 2021 #47

Boom! ChubbyStar Apr 2021 #48

WTF INDEED CatWoman Apr 2021 #23

Hey, don't you go dissin' on banjo players and step dancers.. that's my world msfiddlestix Apr 2021 #26

Scott merely reflects what most Republicans believe PJMcK Apr 2021 #3

They can't admit racism exists because they are the racists... Wounded Bear Apr 2021 #4

So sorry i offended some people. Solomon Apr 2021 #8

Same. Was removed earlier. blm Apr 2021 #11

totally agree with you in this post.. msfiddlestix Apr 2021 #29

He is very wrong Dorian Gray Apr 2021 #30

K&R UTUSN Apr 2021 #9

K&R, or is Tim Scott closer to an Uncle Ruckus? thx in advance uponit7771 Apr 2021 #10

... Treefrog Apr 2021 #12

I'm black. But thanks for your concern. Solomon Apr 2021 #14

LOL!!!! CatWoman Apr 2021 #15

An African-American neighbor used to call him "Scalia's lawn jockey". 11 Bravo Apr 2021 #42

I can't repeat what Arsenio Hall called him. liberaltrucker Apr 2021 #49

The OP isn't white. skypilot Apr 2021 #16

That makes it no less offensive. I have no way of knowing the race of the op. Treefrog Apr 2021 #22

LOL!!!!!!! ChubbyStar Apr 2021 #25

What is your problem Chubby? Treefrog Apr 2021 #34

Well, I am a black DUer as well... skypilot Apr 2021 #36

Be careful that poster claims to "See me" I think they have X Ray vision ChubbyStar Apr 2021 #40

I'm not the only one Chub. Treefrog Apr 2021 #43

You are not the only one? ChubbyStar Apr 2021 #46

Clayton Bigsby is more accurate. sarcasmo Apr 2021 #17

Yuck Dorian Gray Apr 2021 #18

He also said Georgia just legislated laws making it easier to vote! Solomon Apr 2021 #28

He's a total dipshit Dorian Gray Apr 2021 #33

Why are minorities not allowed individual ideology? forthemiddle Apr 2021 #32

false equivalency Celerity Apr 2021 #35

He can lie AND further his own, unstated beliefs. Hortensis Apr 2021 #41

Does Scott have individual ideology? skypilot Apr 2021 #38

Agree. Politics are really problematic for Hortensis Apr 2021 #39

Being a conservative black person doesn't mean you're an Uncle Tom. There are plenty black Solomon Apr 2021 #44

Right. It doesn't mean they have to be any cliche, Hortensis Apr 2021 #45