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booley

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7. this is till a thing?!

Reply to Mass (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 04:14 PM

Nov 2013

I live in Missouri, not exactly a Liberal mecca.... and there are scores of bi -racial couples with kids and no one bats an eye.

Seriously, how is this still a thing?

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Richard Cohen (WP): people with conventional views have gag reflex at Di Blasio's family. [View all] Mass Nov 2013 OP

Actually it is just Richard Cohen that is repressing gag reflexes... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #1

'conventional'??? n2doc Nov 2013 #2

It depends on what convention you adhere. gordianot Nov 2013 #3

Sounds pretty dumb considering Blasio won by such a huge margin. nt Kahuna Nov 2013 #4

Is the same true for Clarence and Ginni Thomas? ZRT2209 Nov 2013 #5

An excellent question! ljm2002 Nov 2013 #9

Time for richard cohen (he doesn't deserve capital letters either) to hit the road shraby Nov 2013 #6

this is till a thing?! booley Nov 2013 #7

Someone show Dickie the biracial Cheerios commercial. His head will explode. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #8

Link to R.C.'s Facebook page: Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #10

The commenters are eating him up Number23 Nov 2013 #11

! markpkessinger Nov 2013 #14

Ha! That explains it! Number23 Nov 2013 #15

the washington post is to blame for printing his racist screed...the m$m is FUCKED. spanone Nov 2013 #12

Here's a comment I made on the article . . . markpkessinger Nov 2013 #13

Um, why? nyquil_man Nov 2013 #16

My guess would be . . . markpkessinger Nov 2013 #17

Sigh... nyquil_man Nov 2013 #21

'Conventional views' from people like this would be my guess. Rex Nov 2013 #18

These people too? nyquil_man Nov 2013 #20

Sigh, some things never change do they? Rex Nov 2013 #22

It's a virus. nyquil_man Nov 2013 #24

Odd picture Scootaloo Nov 2013 #28

imagine someone being nauseated by this family Enrique Nov 2013 #19

So he thinks racism is conventional, huh? nt bemildred Nov 2013 #23

Whoa! Gag reflex?!?! Unbelievable! scarletwoman Nov 2013 #25

WTF? I mean, really...WTF? MADem Nov 2013 #26

What, are people just now discovering that Richard Cohen is a foaming racist? Scootaloo Nov 2013 #27

Actually, I'd never heard of him before. nyquil_man Nov 2013 #29

Big supporter of the Iraq war, too Scootaloo Nov 2013 #30

well, his column saying he had just discovered slavery was not that great was a great give away as Mass Nov 2013 #34

This is what so many are eager to "meet in the middle" with. TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #31

Sound off on his Facebook page! BuddhaGirl Nov 2013 #32

Whole village's goin downhill. People puttin lightenin rods on their houses: it ain't natural. struggle4progress Nov 2013 #33