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Sheldon Cooper

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65. One thing you can be sure of is that you were NOT followed because

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 09:07 PM

Jul 2013

you're white. Unlike Mr. Obama. So, it must have been something else. Do you have any suggestions, or are you just hoping to have the dumbest OP of the year?

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Mr Obama, I've been followed in stores too... [View all] Bay Boy Jul 2013 OP

Are you trying to compare your experience to his or mine? tia uponit7771 Jul 2013 #1

I don't know what Bay Boy Jul 2013 #2

Being a black man in America...Is it your claim that my experience and your are the same culturally? uponit7771 Jul 2013 #5

I'm sure our life experiences are different.. Bay Boy Jul 2013 #15

Come now, let us reason together. No I dont automatically think its because of my race or gender but uponit7771 Jul 2013 #21

Not sure I understand your reply... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #23

I'm sayin because of the way that non whites are portrayed in America I don't think I'm out of order uponit7771 Jul 2013 #25

Maybe wrap your head around your earlier comment Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #37

Hmmmmm lamp_shade Jul 2013 #3

I ask my wife Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #4

lol...yep...believing this one... Horse with no Name Jul 2013 #6

What are you believing... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jul 2013 #7

Why would one attempt to diminish the experience that black Americans have? etherealtruth Jul 2013 #8

They are coming out of the woodwork!! uponit7771 Jul 2013 #10

Why? etherealtruth Jul 2013 #14

~facepalm~ Marrah_G Jul 2013 #9

What is your point here? gollygee Jul 2013 #11

Creepy white guys will have that happen to them Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #12

Oh my, you are of course correct etherealtruth Jul 2013 #18

I have spent a lot of time in the Middle East. Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #24

Exactly etherealtruth Jul 2013 #28

I totally get it Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #31

People are people etherealtruth Jul 2013 #33

+++++1! CrispyQ Jul 2013 #32

and creepy is usually just another word for either hfojvt Jul 2013 #40

Maybe to you. I'm not quite that bigoted. Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #43

Where did I say... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #45

Post 15 Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #47

Maybe a comma will help... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #48

Allow me to suggest that if a woman locked her car doors at a stoplight Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #49

Take no offfense if I put you on ignore... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #51

Allow me Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #55

Wow, you're a real charmer. No wonder women are scared of you. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #56

You are on fire etherealtruth Jul 2013 #53

And I am only typing with one hand Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #59

Admittedly etherealtruth Jul 2013 #63

+1 Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #67

I have sleeves and dreads, as well as many visible piercings SQUEE Jul 2013 #71

I was sitting in the dentist chair sorefeet Jul 2013 #13

Your IRL name wouldn't be Navin R. Johnson, would it? nt MrScorpio Jul 2013 #16

I know the movie... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #19

^^^ hehehehehe lamp_shade Jul 2013 #20

I was thinking maybe his name was Mr. Ayak. n/t Ian David Jul 2013 #61

yeah. but yours is because you had your dick out Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #22

STOP IT PRETZEL_WARRIOR Skittles Jul 2013 #35

I approve of this response. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #57

Now I'm in love with you. n/t OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #62

That comment ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #70

You've wandered onto the wrong websites, too. nt valerief Jul 2013 #26

What.The.Shit. Earth_First Jul 2013 #27

BFD. Gormy Cuss Jul 2013 #29

Uuuggghhh! Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #30

Decisions, decisions. What to do? Not reply, let it sink into oblivion where it belongs or reply so uppityperson Jul 2013 #34

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2013 #36

I love that story. Kingofalldems Jul 2013 #38

Yeah, you know what? Me too. RevStPatrick Jul 2013 #39

Wow - that Questlove piece was a powerful read. Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #54

I hope the OP reads this gollygee Jul 2013 #73

Yeah, but he was talking about strangers doing it. Robb Jul 2013 #41

Um... so you're a creepy white guy? MerryBlooms Jul 2013 #42

Seriously dude, racism is a horror Vattel Jul 2013 #44

If you are a "white guy" and women lock their doors when you approach them, then... Deuce Jul 2013 #46

Meh. Igel Jul 2013 #50

That totally relieves you of your white male privilege mwrguy Jul 2013 #52

You must be one scary looking dude. Have you thought of hiring yourself out as a movie extra? n/t Ian David Jul 2013 #58

I remember once traveling cross country with my African-American friend Eugene Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #60

TREMENDOUS Fail. WilliamPitt Jul 2013 #64

One thing you can be sure of is that you were NOT followed because Sheldon Cooper Jul 2013 #65

I can't believe Tien1985 Jul 2013 #66

+1 Matariki Jul 2013 #68

I guess that at least half of white Americans believe that racism means pre-civil right movement Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #69

Yup. This. nt Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #72

You've been followed in stores... with a cell phone camera Quantess Jul 2013 #74

So, I've had stores lock their doors as I've approached them and women follow me in cars. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #75