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JI7

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34. so over 75 percent of school kids are just asking to be shot

Fri Mar 23, 2012, 04:00 PM

Mar 2012

or does this only apply to black kids ?

i said before that this whole thing is reminding me of those who blame the woman for rape by bringing up what she was wearing, asking why she went out alone etc.

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Geraldo: My Own Son Is 'Ashamed' Of My Hoodie Quote [View all] kpete Mar 2012 OP

Good for the kid. Fuck Geraldo. Robb Mar 2012 #1

If Geraldo is mistaken for a pedophile and shot, will we blame his mustache? n/t Ian David Mar 2012 #2

DING!!! Wait Wut Mar 2012 #5

LOL!!!!! fascisthunter Mar 2012 #57

"the hoodie is as much responsible"??? The hoodie pulled the trigger? polichick Mar 2012 #3

"It's not blaming the victim" gratuitous Mar 2012 #4

The son gets it. Lone_Star_Dem Mar 2012 #6

I have trouble telling Geraldo and Borat apart. MineralMan Mar 2012 #7

one of them is a comedian CreekDog Mar 2012 #37

Ah...it is clear to me now. MineralMan Mar 2012 #40

wtf? Geraldo has outdone himself this time. yardwork Mar 2012 #8

So a hoodie is "gangsta"? I guess I'm married to a "gangsta" librarian because my wife wears hoodies WhollyHeretic Mar 2012 #9

Oh, you've got to watch out for the gangsta librarians. tanyev Mar 2012 #35

My wife and I both wear our hoodies when it's cool auburngrad82 Mar 2012 #10

Fox News: Talk first, think later. savalez Mar 2012 #11

I Had A Similar Conversation w/ My Son otohara Mar 2012 #12

You are the only one in this thread who is trying to look at this from both sides. murielm99 Mar 2012 #19

Doesn't Seem To Make Much Difference otohara Mar 2012 #32

My kids are about as white as they come. murielm99 Mar 2012 #45

I don't know JonLP24 Mar 2012 #38

Without Guns, There'd Be No Fear of Clothes otohara Mar 2012 #44

Thank You RobinA Mar 2012 #41

I'm not sure what the not liking reality JonLP24 Mar 2012 #48

I just heard a black cop... butterfly77 Mar 2012 #13

That's the thinking that blames women for being raped malaise Mar 2012 #14

Good - I'm tired of the blame everything but the guns crowd. Initech Mar 2012 #15

I wear mercuryblues Mar 2012 #16

really. barbtries Mar 2012 #17

I wear hoodies. ohheckyeah Mar 2012 #18

Geraldo is quadrupling down on his hoodie remark pokerfan Mar 2012 #20

He keeps climbing out of the hole then jumping back in again. SolutionisSolidarity Mar 2012 #53

Zimmerman would have followed him anyway because he was black. nt Incitatus Mar 2012 #21

How true. NOLALady Mar 2012 #43

Maybe this apple fell and rolled away from the tree. Incitatus Mar 2012 #22

Sound very much like trying to blame a rape on the clothes the victim was wearing. I thought we jwirr Mar 2012 #23

+1 What an asshole SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #25

this just in-Capone's vault is still empty nt bart95 Mar 2012 #24

LOL...I was just about to write: deutsey Mar 2012 #29

I wear hoodies and I am a 73-year-old white blonde female. RebelOne Mar 2012 #26

I wear them too dana_b Mar 2012 #28

GANGSTA!!!! deutsey Mar 2012 #30

I'm a 30-something blonde white female Aerows Mar 2012 #56

really, Geraldo? dana_b Mar 2012 #27

He just had to insert himself into the story somehow. What a Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #31

I'm a middle-age white man and I wear a hoodie just about every day. Why? Shampoobra Mar 2012 #33

so over 75 percent of school kids are just asking to be shot JI7 Mar 2012 #34

Should we blame the manufacturers of hoodies? IggleDoer Mar 2012 #36

the problem is that without the hoodie, the kid was harassed CreekDog Mar 2012 #39

What did Shaun Slannity say...`` butterfly77 Mar 2012 #42

So if Trayvon wasn't wearing a hoodie vankuria Mar 2012 #46

He should be ashamed! Hatchling Mar 2012 #47

He was probably also wearing pants. surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #49

Geraldo in a hoodie DesertRat Mar 2012 #50

I used to think Heraldo made sense when he was young aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2012 #51

Most decent paying "pundit" openings are in corporate media daleo Mar 2012 #54

Wow, someone should have shot me down in cold blood a few decades ago LynneSin Mar 2012 #52

Does Geraldo see the same problems with this? Patsy Stone Mar 2012 #55

I really hope... greytdemocrat Mar 2012 #58