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StarfishSaver

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71. Most people get it.

Mon May 24, 2021, 09:42 AM

May 2021

Most others pretty quickly figure it out. Some people will never get it.

Can't please everyone.

Not sure what the big deal is or why folks are so worried about whether I choose to insert a certain emoji into one of my posts. Anyone who thinks a post needs to be explained to someone who might not get it can explain it. Problem solved.

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Political artist John Sims detained, handcuffed by S.C. police in his gallery apartment [View all] KG May 2021 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise May 2021 #1

Kick Demovictory9 May 2021 #38

IMO, but for George Floyd, Sims could have been murdered by the police no_hypocrisy May 2021 #2

Cops have killed hundreds of people since they murdered George Floyd. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #4

Agreed, but it may have been a factor why this time they didn't shoot first. no_hypocrisy May 2021 #5

How so? WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #7

First, nothing is 100%. no_hypocrisy May 2021 #9

Lotta conjecture just to throw George Floyd's name around. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #10

But going to prison does.... Dan May 2021 #41

_+ llashram May 2021 #45

So, your position is that stopdiggin May 2021 #50

I'm pushing back on the idea that cops thinking about what happened to Derek Chauvin WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #68

According to Beau of the Fifth Column, soldierant May 2021 #59

"When a police culture suffocates the voice of justice, quaint May 2021 #3

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 SheltieLover May 2021 #6

That figures... GoCubsGo May 2021 #8

I have a RW cousin who lives in SC. wnylib May 2021 #27

tell your cousin that stopdiggin May 2021 #51

I think I will use a health angle. wnylib May 2021 #54

whatever works stopdiggin May 2021 #55

Every time I visit Charleston DFW May 2021 #11

You may be surprised. jaxexpat May 2021 #15

I guess that shouldn't surprise me. DFW May 2021 #16

Was it really a mistake, or was it an act of deliberate political intimidation? nt Crunchy Frog May 2021 #12

That was my first thought as well Merlot May 2021 #13

And mine, too. I lean toward thinking it wnylib May 2021 #28

Interesting timing, isn't it? During his art exhibition. yardwork May 2021 #32

Yeah, it seems like too much of a coincidence. I'd bet the local cops weren't too happy about this sop May 2021 #35

You read my mind MustLoveBeagles May 2021 #42

Another isolated incident that doesn't mean anything StarfishSaver May 2021 #14

Oh FFS malaise May 2021 #17

Yes, it's Maddening Roy Rolling May 2021 #19

Ummm, I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm. 11 Bravo May 2021 #34

This site needs a sarcasm font. sop May 2021 #36

Like..... vanlassie May 2021 #40

See? And then you would have been able to type THAT in a sarcasm font! Beartracks May 2021 #49

Some comments don't need a sarcasm font StarfishSaver May 2021 #47

+ 1000 sheshe2 May 2021 #61

Some people on DU don't understand sarcasm, twodogsbarking May 2021 #70

Most people get it. StarfishSaver May 2021 #71

People are puzzling; twodogsbarking May 2021 #72

Yes you're right malaise May 2021 #39

She was being facetious, malaise. sheshe2 May 2021 #60

See #39 malaise May 2021 #67

Yup. He might have been wearing a burglar uniform, you know, like Maru Kitteh May 2021 #18

Sure he wasn't dressed like this? paleotn May 2021 #23

Only a trusty Red Ryder will save you. Maru Kitteh May 2021 #25

The 'burglar uniform' was his skin color. nt sheshe2 May 2021 #65

Ha! That's about how it stands right now. paleotn May 2021 #21

Maybe you should read the article Thtwudbeme May 2021 #22

sarcasm. paleotn May 2021 #24

That's about it, right? yardwork May 2021 #33

They picked the wrong person to fuck with... Buckeyeblue May 2021 #20

His arrest video should be part of the exhibition. rickford66 May 2021 #26

"Nazis or white supremacists" Warpy May 2021 #29

According to Sims, they did not identify themselves as police officers csziggy May 2021 #48

I'm glad Mr. Sims is not dead Marthe48 May 2021 #30

who called the GD police! llashram May 2021 #31

Like swatting, racially motivated police reports should be considered a crime. sop May 2021 #37

I concur llashram May 2021 #46

No one called the police. RVN VET71 May 2021 #43

yeah, yeah llashram May 2021 #44

you asked who called the gd police stopdiggin May 2021 #53

Actually? sheshe2 May 2021 #62

point -(nt)- stopdiggin May 2021 #64

Thanks. sheshe2 May 2021 #66

you see it that way llashram May 2021 #74

because you asked a question stopdiggin May 2021 #75

I'm glad he did not exercise the 2nd A/stand your ground/a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do... Marcuse May 2021 #52

That did not help... sheshe2 May 2021 #63

+ llashram May 2021 #76

*HERE'S THE CLIP: * OF his arrest on youtube: IcyPeas May 2021 #56

You can't make this stuff up. The police just keep fucking up and being racist. Martin68 May 2021 #57

Feature, not a bug. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #69

And people still keep giving cops the benefit of the doubt StarfishSaver May 2021 #73

You're right. And that's because they are afraid of big black men (and little children and women). Martin68 May 2021 #77

Sometimes an incident becomes a cause celebre...sometimes it sinks with nary a ripple. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #58