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freshwest

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15. The outcry is for the strong. Those with broken hearts are too burdened to speak, oftentimes.

Reply to napkinz (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 11:04 PM

Dec 2014

Death silences so many. Grief is such a negating emotion. It does not translate into fighting words until the shock is over. Then one can inhale and say one's piece, be it loving or angry. There are no words in the moment, nothing equals death.

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He had a talk with his son. [View all] sheshe2 Dec 2014 OP

shame on the officers ... napkinz Dec 2014 #1

So much shame napkinz. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #2

as I posted the other day ... the mayor has NOTHING to apologize for, NO ONE to apologize to napkinz Dec 2014 #3

I know napkinz. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #5

NYPD could have responded by bringing their sons there and saying they loved them, too. Instead... freshwest Dec 2014 #14

the picture of the mayor and his son SO reminds me of this cartoon (from when Trayvon Martin died) napkinz Dec 2014 #27

napkinz KMOD Dec 2014 #21

thank you KMOD napkinz Dec 2014 #28

... napkinz Dec 2014 #4

K&R. n/t FSogol Dec 2014 #6

These Awful "I Can Breathe" T-Shirts Mock The "Black Lives Matter" Movement napkinz Dec 2014 #7

They laugh as black men die. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #8

and no one is calling them on it napkinz Dec 2014 #9

I don't know the answer to that napkinz. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #10

one word to describe the MSM napkinz Dec 2014 #29

The outcry is for the strong. Those with broken hearts are too burdened to speak, oftentimes. freshwest Dec 2014 #15

Guess that is why I am having a hard time with this freshwest. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #18

absolutely disgusting d_r Dec 2014 #11

Right? cyberswede Dec 2014 #12

giving the finger to simple humanity spanone Dec 2014 #13

"giving the finger to simple humanity" sheshe2 Dec 2014 #16

how can they even THINK of wearing that shirt? heartless. it was ruled a homicide spanone Dec 2014 #19

smh Hutzpa Dec 2014 #17

"I can breathe" = "If you can't, I don't give a fuck." nt MrScorpio Dec 2014 #20

^^^this^^^ sheshe2 Dec 2014 #22

Excellent OP, she, that gets right to the heart of the matter. Thank you. Cha Dec 2014 #23

Cold-hearted, calloused, cynical bastards. Ed Suspicious Dec 2014 #24

Some people live under a *very* thin veneer of civility. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #25

They have traded their white robes for black ones.... Lochloosa Dec 2014 #26

kick napkinz Dec 2014 #30