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44. The President in the White House represents AMERICA..

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 12:22 AM

Sep 2014

The "bodies on the streets and the people locked up in jail" represent the police force

and the judicial system, but by all means, don't "waste your time" with critical thought,

just whine and judge all white Americans as "racists".

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This is so disturbing! #Ferguson: Black vs White [View all] sheshe2 Sep 2014 OP

Rewrite on Lawrence O'Donnell: Why are new Ferguson witnesses different? Stellar Sep 2014 #1

Thank you for the link, Stellar. LO'D is always spot on. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #4

I keep bringing this up in other threads. Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #18

I don't want to say "F" America, Cali_Democrat. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #20

Yes of course! Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #26

Hey.. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #31

Jeffrey Tobin sat there looking like a damned fool when their lawyer was asking Stellar Sep 2014 #8

The look on Jeffrey Tobins face said it all. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #22

I am white and this is indeed disturbing. Apparently St. Louis County is a very sick area of the USA jwirr Sep 2014 #2

It is no doubt reflective of the entire country alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #10

"I doubt this poll would look different anywhere in the United States." Number23 Sep 2014 #27

It would look different in New York, San Francisco, and most of whathehell Sep 2014 #28

I grew up in NYC alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #34

I don't know what it was like when you grew up there, but the city whathehell Sep 2014 #36

Wasn't that long ago alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #37

Then why did they vote in Bill DeBlasio? whathehell Sep 2014 #40

Who is "they"? White New Yorkers? alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #41

"They" are all New Yorkers voting. whathehell Sep 2014 #43

You just happen to be wrong about New York alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #46

Your "analysis" of White New Yorkers racial views suffers from an obvious sampling bias.. whathehell Sep 2014 #47

You're acting like your speculation has any evidence to support it alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #49

He's not alone, what. Feral Child Sep 2014 #54

Until you have a survey like the one done in Ferguson, it's ALL just speculation.. whathehell Sep 2014 #59

You're entitled to your opinion Feral Child Sep 2014 #61

Yes, I am, but I'm just wondering about something whathehell Sep 2014 #62

I'm a bit confused Feral Child Sep 2014 #63

Wow..So am I. whathehell Sep 2014 #66

We can certainly agree on Ferguson Feral Child Sep 2014 #67

Yes, certainly.. whathehell Sep 2014 #68

Cool! Feral Child Sep 2014 #69

Yes, it is. whathehell Sep 2014 #70

WOW Mr Dixon Sep 2014 #64

They usually have county level interactive maps for statewide alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #65

Substantial doubt, actually. whathehell Sep 2014 #32

Not much difference in racial attitudes alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #35

Again, I disagree, and whathehell Sep 2014 #38

I live 70 miles SE of St. Louis, and it's the most racist, segregated city in America. ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #12

It's not a bit different than any other place out there. n/t jtuck004 Sep 2014 #15

Of course it is.. whathehell Sep 2014 #33

The bodies laying in the streets and the people locked up in jail say otherwise. "Dances with the jtuck004 Sep 2014 #42

The President in the White House represents AMERICA.. whathehell Sep 2014 #44

I've lived in several cities, in different regions. Feral Child Sep 2014 #52

That makes me very sad. So that leaves us with the question I first asked "Why?" What makes us jwirr Sep 2014 #53

Although I recognize that even among liberals Feral Child Sep 2014 #55

I like that. jwirr Sep 2014 #56

Thank you, jwirr. Feral Child Sep 2014 #57

two americas noiretextatique Sep 2014 #3

expected Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #5

I'm so glad we live in a post-racial America ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #6

"I'm so glad we live in a post-racial America ..." sheshe2 Sep 2014 #9

I may be out of the mainstream here in a rural area that is very liberal but I do not think that jwirr Sep 2014 #19

I don't really know the answers, but your post was thought provoking. logosoco Sep 2014 #29

Thank you. When I went to one of their Lutheran colleges there were both black and First American jwirr Sep 2014 #48

Contrast this to another incident where a white man was BREAKING INTO his girlfriends home Number23 Sep 2014 #7

I am grateful to say that the page would not fully open for me. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #11

62 percent thinks Wilson was justified damnedifIknow Sep 2014 #13

When I put up the video where the one guy has his hands up saying, "He's got his hands up!" Maraya1969 Sep 2014 #16

I too am white and simply appalled. eom sheshe2 Sep 2014 #23

Appalling to me. I was born with white skin. This is sorrowful. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #14

I too am white. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #25

We are all born onto this earth. We are all equally deserving of the resources of this earth, Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #50

Denial is not a river in Egypt. marble falls Sep 2014 #17

Ashamed with the depth of stupidity onecaliberal Sep 2014 #21

onecaliberal... sheshe2 Sep 2014 #24

Yes, you are right about that. onecaliberal Sep 2014 #58

Reminds me of the racial divide after the OJ Simpson verdict hugo_from_TN Sep 2014 #30

This depresses me. TDale313 Sep 2014 #39

Yes it is, and after reading story's on the recent incident by officer but the difference being AuntPatsy Sep 2014 #45

welcome to the United States of ... Ferguson napkinz Sep 2014 #51

LOL!...Only when San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Oregon are El Paso, Texas whathehell Sep 2014 #60