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maxsolomon

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10. I don't remember any of them, no.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #9)

Tue Jun 7, 2022, 06:09 PM

Jun 2022

It doesn't mean I shrugged because they were Hispanic. Or Black. Or Gay. Or Sikh.

I don't remember the names of the victims of my local Rampage shootings, either: 2012 Cafe Racer & the 2006 Rave After-Party. It's because I never knew them, and there are countless victims.

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Far Too Many People See the Hispanic Names of Those Uvalde Children, [View all] MineralMan Jun 2022 OP

Sickening. cilla4progress Jun 2022 #1

I don't know about that. Is this any different then how Newtown, Connecticut was? jimfields33 Jun 2022 #2

You are correct LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #3

what are the demographics of the uvalde police at the site at the time nt msongs Jun 2022 #4

Uvalde is almost 80% hispanic Hangingon Jun 2022 #5

Many on the Uvalde police are Hispanic. MineralMan Jun 2022 #6

far too many people saw the faces of the kids from sandy hook & shrugged nt orleans Jun 2022 #7

Maybe. I don't know how you'd know this except assumption. maxsolomon Jun 2022 #8

Do you know any of those names? MineralMan Jun 2022 #9

I don't remember any of them, no. maxsolomon Jun 2022 #10

I grew up in a small California agricultural town MineralMan Jun 2022 #13

Here's a name I never knew that still bothers me Jarqui Jun 2022 #12

The people that vote Trump and other racist trash JI7 Jun 2022 #16

Not sure we needed another "They were brown" rodeo Sympthsical Jun 2022 #11

Things seem different to different people. MineralMan Jun 2022 #14

Oh please, this tragedy has touched a chord in the country. Whether anything will come of it, I BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #15