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57. Seen on Twitter: "If a tree falls in the forest, and no white person is there to hear it...well...

Reply to Tutonic (Reply #18)

Thu Aug 21, 2014, 07:22 PM

Aug 2014

we have to wait for more evidence."

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Back in the late 70's/early 80's, I had just finished my first tour in the Army [View all] CatWoman Aug 2014 OP

Amen ! RagAss Aug 2014 #1

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #2

This fat old white man gives you a kick and a rec. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #3

one of my good friends, Sheryl, was white CatWoman Aug 2014 #4

. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #6

I tell ya, I never traveled south with my husband notadmblnd Aug 2014 #26

Depends on where in North Carolina. yardwork Aug 2014 #45

Some people are just ignorant to the bone Warpy Aug 2014 #38

a very heartfelt k and r niyad Aug 2014 #5

I was born in Missouri (Kansas City) and lived there through the late 70's/early 80's justiceischeap Aug 2014 #7

... CatWoman Aug 2014 #12

What a great thing to write. pangaia Aug 2014 #48

+1 Quayblue Aug 2014 #8

kick Baitball Blogger Aug 2014 #9

Things have changed in this country less than a lot of people like to think Spider Jerusalem Aug 2014 #10

... bigtree Aug 2014 #11

Girl, TELL IT. "You think the shit came (out of) nowhere??" Number23 Aug 2014 #13

fucking A CatWoman Aug 2014 #14

Oh CatWoman myrna minx Aug 2014 #15

those kids were born a month apart CatWoman Aug 2014 #16

Too young and precious to experience such an ugly world. myrna minx Aug 2014 #35

I want to weep. Stonepounder Aug 2014 #17

Thank you, thank you Tutonic Aug 2014 #18

St. Louis is "supposedly" the gateway to the west CatWoman Aug 2014 #19

My one and only visit to St. Louis was in 1972 ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #46

No words to describe the pain you must have experienced. So sorry that your Mom had japple Aug 2014 #49

Seen on Twitter: "If a tree falls in the forest, and no white person is there to hear it...well... alcibiades_mystery Aug 2014 #57

That tweet wins the internet! eom 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #60

knr mopinko Aug 2014 #20

I'd be willing to bet you were more comfortable in Germany. nt elias49 Aug 2014 #21

actually I was CatWoman Aug 2014 #23

I grew up in Indiana, late 60s early 70s MohRokTah Aug 2014 #27

Ten years ago I was visiting my aunt in Munster IN Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2014 #50

I'm in a small town north of Indy blueamy66 Aug 2014 #52

lived in IN growing up LittleGirl Aug 2014 #54

. fishwax Aug 2014 #22

I sat here nodding my head as I read your post. herding cats Aug 2014 #24

My father had a job Beringia Aug 2014 #25

That's called "testing" Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #42

thanks for sharing Beringia Aug 2014 #62

Michael Brown was murdered. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #28

I feel the same way, Jackpine. ladyVet Aug 2014 #39

I'm right with you. I've been finding this particular episode has worked its way under VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #43

"Or can you even think beyond your petty self righteousness?" Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #29

I was in college in the mid 70s in Vermont cilla4progress Aug 2014 #30

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I hate that anyone whose skin is different than the racists have Cha Aug 2014 #33

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #34

In the early seventies, I used to road race motorcycles. Ikonoklast Aug 2014 #36

I can't imagine either Tumbulu Aug 2014 #59

Kick grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #37

Kicked and highly recommended. DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2014 #40

Thank you, CatWoman! Raster Aug 2014 #41

K&R valerief Aug 2014 #47

My wife and I were creeped out by the "Southern Pride" attitude we ran into in Wilmington, NC roscoeroscoe Aug 2014 #51

love you CatWoman spanone Aug 2014 #53

This Caucasian Texan kicks and recs your OP. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #55

But what about the riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiights..... ..... ..... (of white folks) alcibiades_mystery Aug 2014 #56

And what about the OUTRAGEOUS!!!!! Disrespect hurled at our President? Tumbulu Aug 2014 #58

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