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In reply to the discussion: A short rant about the need for victims to be perfect & react perfectly to violence and oppression [View all]Blue_Tires
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A short rant about the need for victims to be perfect & react perfectly to violence and oppression [View all]
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2014
OP
yeah. just like focusing on the naked person at the gay pride parades
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2014
#2
it's understandable to measure that emotional reaction against what's being protested
bigtree
Aug 2014
#4
Exactly! Let's hear the media condemn the shooting of an unarmed teenager..
mountain grammy
Aug 2014
#58
So you say agreeing with you makes no sense? I guess I can't argue with that. nt
el_bryanto
Aug 2014
#21
I don't think the OP defends it, but is stating that the media covers that rather than the root
cui bono
Aug 2014
#32
Yeah well I got sick of some DU'ers using a black child's grades to justify his murder
Scootaloo
Aug 2014
#36
How do you feel about the cops repeatedly brutalizing and killing African Americans in this country?
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#38
When the disfranchised voice has nothing more to lose, don't look for a rational or valid response.
LanternWaste
Aug 2014
#53
I understand what you're getting at but I don't think it's really the same thing.
cui bono
Aug 2014
#27
Right/white wingers always make crud out of these things. Remember how they predicted riots
Hoyt
Aug 2014
#39
Nobody's perfect--so you can't expect victims to react "perfectly" to violence and
Louisiana1976
Aug 2014
#41
Are you from the US? Do you understand the systematic racism that these people face in the US?
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2014
#52
What they need to do is take it to the suburbs, golf courses, and gated communities because
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#72