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bigtree

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41. we're on the same page, mnhtnbb

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 08:26 PM

Jun 2015

...the easy access to guns is a plague on America; a cancer on our society. Solving that is a seeming impossibility.

Right along with that is the inability of some to 'get along.' There's a cottage industry, driven in great part by petty legislative politics, of divisiveness and racial hatred which has spilled out into the public consciousness and legitimized/encouraged the pitting of groups of Americans against others.The republican political class benefits directly from racial and ethnic hatred and resentment that they fuel with their rhetoric at every opportunity. It's an old game, adopted from our tragic beginnings as a nation, practiced by people who should know better but don't give a damn about our humanity, as long as it provides red meat to throw to their rabid constituency.

It's going to take determination and resolve to fight all of that. I'm glad we still have folks like you who care about making a difference and changing our politics to include everyone in our progress and advancement.

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I'm so glad I'm off work tonight (space to absorb the impact of the tragedy in S.C.) [View all] bigtree Jun 2015 OP

N/T AuntPatsy Jun 2015 #1

My heart is heavy, too, for all the babylonsister Jun 2015 #2

that's the way it is bigtree Jun 2015 #8

I'm sorry for your distress. Hope you have family and friends close by KittyWampus Jun 2015 #3

thanks, Kitty. I'll be fine bigtree Jun 2015 #4

That's pretty much what bothers me, too. malthaussen Jun 2015 #5

yep, mal bigtree Jun 2015 #7

For a lot of years, I didn't understand the need for validation. malthaussen Jun 2015 #10

that's a very discerning point bigtree Jun 2015 #11

When the children of privilege realize that equality is not a gift... malthaussen Jun 2015 #15

I wasn't around on DU for this OP then heaven05 Jun 2015 #19

it's truly a generational struggle, heaven05 bigtree Jun 2015 #34

+1 daleanime Jun 2015 #12

k&r prayin4rain Jun 2015 #6

Where can we be safe? Where can we be free? Where can we be black? riderinthestorm Jun 2015 #9

heartbreaking, indeed, riderinthestorm bigtree Jun 2015 #35

thank you for heaven05 Jun 2015 #13

Excellent post. I have a feeling that this attack was meant to be a message to all black people. jwirr Jun 2015 #14

Rhodesia was the 60's-70's so there is some very long and old time hate on his shirt . lunasun Jun 2015 #17

Exactly. jwirr Jun 2015 #18

fortunately, jwirr, we're much more complex that this shooter might have imagined bigtree Jun 2015 #36

Oh, yes his actions are going to backfire on him. And it will make the hate and racism jwirr Jun 2015 #40

"my acceptance here will always be an open question for some,"....i had hoped it would be different lunasun Jun 2015 #16

aint it the truth, lunasun? bigtree Jun 2015 #33

"Where can we be safe? Where can we be free? Where can we be black?" awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #20

I have a very heavy heart today also, bigtree. brer cat Jun 2015 #21

we'll regain our security bigtree Jun 2015 #37

((With you, dearest bigtree)) blm Jun 2015 #22

thanks, blm bigtree Jun 2015 #25

One of the women killed was sister of someone I know here in NC. blm Jun 2015 #28

You okay, bigtree? This is just so staggeringly horrible. calimary Jun 2015 #23

yea, I'm fine, calimary. Thanks for asking, though. bigtree Jun 2015 #24

In your second paragraph - a most interesting note. calimary Jun 2015 #26

Beware the day they change their mind bigtree Jun 2015 #27

Indeed. We all have a common enemy. Let's not forget that! calimary Jun 2015 #30

(((bigtree))) Solly Mack Jun 2015 #29

Solly Mack bigtree Jun 2015 #38

These types of heartless mass shootings never really go away for me. Jamastiene Jun 2015 #31

hey, Jamastiene bigtree Jun 2015 #32

Oh, bigtree. mnhtnbb Jun 2015 #39

we're on the same page, mnhtnbb bigtree Jun 2015 #41