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JustAnotherGen

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1. Hold tight

Reply to IdaBriggs (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 08:42 AM

Jul 2013

It's going to be what those who find Trayvon's killing acceptable are going to do for awhile. Time and again - they use examples of people whose killers were found and are in the process of being punished. Really - it's all they've got.

But I'm glad you are on my side.

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And I just blew my stack at an old friend about the Zimmerman case. [View all] IdaBriggs Jul 2013 OP

Hold tight JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #1

K&R! Anansi1171 Jul 2013 #2

K & R wicket Jul 2013 #3

Awesome Rant! Spot On! onpatrol98 Jul 2013 #4

"attacks on white people don't ever get press coverage"--that was from the Paul Riposte in *1990*! MisterP Jul 2013 #5

yep heaven05 Jul 2013 #6

You're right. The double standard of effort IS based on a lie. Maybe he could acknowledge ancianita Jul 2013 #7

Another example was group of black men who killed TN couple SaveAmerica Jul 2013 #8

Bigots gonna be bigots. blkmusclmachine Jul 2013 #9

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And perhaps you should. JoeyT Jul 2013 #11

Juror #6 reporting. Orrex Jul 2013 #14

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Hey, welcome to DU! Orrex Jul 2013 #16

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To a large degree, my thoughts match yours LearningCurve Jul 2013 #19

Alright, I'm not going to call you a racist. JoeyT Jul 2013 #21

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Since when is Zimmerman white? LearningCurve Jul 2013 #18

Since he killed a black kid. JoeyT Jul 2013 #22

Everyone in my neighborhood would be shocked to hear Zimmerman is "white" LearningCurve Jul 2013 #27

he's half white...is that better? noiretextatique Jul 2013 #35

Neither better or worse LearningCurve Jul 2013 #37

Considering Zimmy's diddy was a cracker judge in rural Florida.... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #38

racism makes for strange bedfellows noiretextatique Jul 2013 #42

I don't know any Zimmerman supporters LearningCurve Jul 2013 #43

NOT just like Obama. Obama's mama didn't teach him to hate. nt Tigress DEM Jul 2013 #40

i stand corrected noiretextatique Jul 2013 #41

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He's a light skinned half Peruvian in Florida. Tigress DEM Jul 2013 #39

Um. Welcome to DU Paulie Jul 2013 #12

I remember when I did my first post on DU. FourScore Jul 2013 #17

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Oh, yeah, welcome to DU! OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #25

Edit: Rather than hello, it's "good-bye" purplereign... OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #24

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I feel you. JoeyT Jul 2013 #13

5 star rant, Ida Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #26

self-delete. Poor choice on my part... OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #28

once again to be a zimmerman okieinpain Jul 2013 #31

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pretense and convoluted thinking are hallmarks of the racially offended noiretextatique Jul 2013 #34

+1 Blue_Roses Jul 2013 #36

same thing happened to me.... Scout Jul 2013 #44