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Dont call me Shirley

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44. This is needed more than ever today...

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 09:43 AM

Mar 2015

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Still so furious I can barely breathe. The 47 demand to be looked at. [View all] Mira Mar 2015 OP

Those three aren't Republicans. They're Neo-Confederates posing as Republicans. BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #1

Agreed KansDem Mar 2015 #2

The Republicans have become neo-confederates. Gore1FL Mar 2015 #6

Bingo. They are most certainly what being Republican means. nt valerief Mar 2015 #16

You ain't lying! forest444 Mar 2015 #9

"ready for the SAE bus" Tsiyu Mar 2015 #14

Neo-Confederates they are alright. And rehashing their lost Civil War like Groundhog Day the movie. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #18

The thing we Democrats and Liberals must never forget: RWers have LONG memories BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #25

There are still reenactments in Central Valley California. onecaliberal Mar 2015 #28

Oh believe you me, we have our share of Neo-Confederates here, too. I've met them and they're BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #29

I'm sorry you have to endure that level of ignorance. onecaliberal Mar 2015 #30

Thanks, onecaliliberal. It's pretty painful to be discriminated against, yes. I just hope, one day, BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #31

We can continue to hope and work for that kind of society. onecaliberal Mar 2015 #32

And we do, onecaliliberal. :-) BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #33

Very cool! onecaliberal Mar 2015 #34

Thanks, onecaliliberal! BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #36

I too am so sorry you are forced to put up with that willfully ignorant mentality. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #39

Thank you, DCMS. I have hope that things will get better regarding race in this country. BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #40

This is needed more than ever today... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #44

Great post, thanks. nt greatlaurel Mar 2015 #23

You're welcome, greatlaurel. eom BlueCaliDem Mar 2015 #24

good for you. passage of time does not dimish their treachery samsingh Mar 2015 #3

Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2015 #4

I worked at a Skippers and one time didn't wash my hands. It was a small bathroom and a customer brewens Mar 2015 #5

Hell no...Let em stay in the race.. busterbrown Mar 2015 #7

A University of New Hampshire Professor's letter to the Editor of the NY Times. Botany Mar 2015 #8

So why aren't we still bound to the Kyoto Treaty? NobodyHere Mar 2015 #43

Mira, may I humbly suggest... calimary Mar 2015 #10

Thanks so much Mira Mar 2015 #12

K & R SunSeeker Mar 2015 #11

KICK.. we need to stay angry.. mahalo Mira Cha Mar 2015 #13

We CANNOT allow this to die out marym625 Mar 2015 #15

They are the party of Idiocrats lunatica Mar 2015 #17

If you think about it you realize- KrazyinKS Mar 2015 #19

I did see and hear Sean Penn and you Mira Mar 2015 #20

and who's the paymaster? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #41

If elected (yeah, right).... Generic Brad Mar 2015 #21

Agree!!!! mfcorey1 Mar 2015 #22

Fellow North Carolinian here. Jamastiene Mar 2015 #26

Thank you for your comments - they were a hoot to find. Mira Mar 2015 #27

Agreed. stage left Mar 2015 #35

Two thumbs up. mmonk Mar 2015 #37

Mira, I was not surprised at all to see both Burr and Tillis signed that letter. mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #38

K&R n/t Dalai_1 Mar 2015 #42