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In reply to the discussion: What Happened When My Son Wore A Pink Headband To Walmart [View all]NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)136. She says there were witnesses. No one else. That claim is in no way backed up.
The story is bs. Some of her previous stories can easily be found. This isn't her first fabrication.
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It happened to me when mine was 1, wearing pink pjs. I was accosted, asked if I wasn't "afraid
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#81
lol, but your right about touching every stereotype, and people just believe crap like this
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#29
Well, the kid's name is DEXTER, and he's 2...that's what made it sound strange to me.
MADem
Aug 2013
#109
Let me put it this way--no one named their kid "Lee Harvey" in the years after 1963.
MADem
Aug 2013
#160
People in this century are more familiar with the murderous "fictional" Dexter than they are with
MADem
Aug 2013
#162
then at a signal kato his trained attack pitbull who works part time as security
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#31
I never question a story told by a fellow/sister DUer. I might have an unusual thing..
BlueJazz
Aug 2013
#28
Yeah really. Anyone who knows anything about kids KNOWS they will wear something offbeat. Why would
Raine
Aug 2013
#100
But this is a drunk. My neighbor is a drunk and he is completely obnoxious 7 days a week
KurtNYC
Aug 2013
#119
That makes sense then. Fits my personal southern goober profile/stereotype fetish.
geckosfeet
Aug 2013
#113
The sad part? The camo guy doesn't know the heterosexuality doesn't need to be ENFORCED.
napoleon_in_rags
Aug 2013
#10
I don't really like Walmart. And am not surprised it happened there. Call me classist.
Squinch
Aug 2013
#102
I can't imagine her not screaming "HE HIT MY CHILD!" and calling for police and an ambulance...
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#17
Maybe I am colorblind but that didn't look pink/flowery, it looked like a purple potscrubber. nt
MADem
Aug 2013
#110
HUGE mistake not reporting this thug before he left the lot. (Why aren't people believing it?)
WinkyDink
Aug 2013
#59
it reminds me of all the "sick kid" stories (hoaxes) that go through Facebook
NightWatcher
Aug 2013
#62
Central Florida, easy to learn by going to the source (Davenport, says news story)
carolinayellowdog
Aug 2013
#70
She says there were witnesses. No one else. That claim is in no way backed up.
NCTraveler
Aug 2013
#136
Good lord people, this thread is bringing out a lot of what makes DU suck.
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#73
the suckiness is the cowardice of people using pseudonyms to attack a named author
carolinayellowdog
Aug 2013
#83
Thanks, nice to see that others are noticing all this too. I guess reading the first part of a post,
uppityperson
Aug 2013
#88
How do you (and all the other instant skeptics) know this is a bull shit story?
Comrade Grumpy
Aug 2013
#76
three hours north of the city, we would get gawked at and get comments from people
bettyellen
Aug 2013
#107
I've got a couple of pink oxford shirts. They go well with my olive khakis.
Gidney N Cloyd
Aug 2013
#106
Weird how she could take photos of her kid at WalMart, but none of the man who assaulted him
REP
Aug 2013
#91
It took all of a minute to find some of the stuff she posts. Most being outrageous. nt.
NCTraveler
Aug 2013
#138
People who are calling this fake don't want to think that this happens in America
AZ Progressive
Aug 2013
#132
As someone who is certain this story is complete bullshit, let me explain.
Dreamer Tatum
Aug 2013
#140
People calling this fake have functioning bullshit detectors and the ability to google.
LeftyMom
Aug 2013
#147
Because the preponderance of the evidence is that the story is bullshit.
Dreamer Tatum
Aug 2013
#143
I think current odds are running about 50-to-1 that the story is bullshit.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#149