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StarfishSaver

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28. It's a talent show. He doesn't have any entitlement to be there

Reply to cinematicdiversions (Reply #16)

Thu May 13, 2021, 03:01 PM

May 2021

Last edited Sat May 15, 2021, 10:12 PM - Edit history (1)

If he can be voted off by anonymous people texting in for any reason from they don't like his mullet to they think his singing sucks, and anything in between, the producers certainly have every right to drop him for any reason they like.

Black kids get shot by the police and people justify it because they supposedly did something stupid. This is a good example of how white kids get second chances that minority kids can only dream of.

He's not a victim.

Sheesh.

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