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"Fatigued" is putting it mildly... Blue_Tires Jun 2015 #1
Soul killing, mind-numbing weariness, more like. AP opted for understatement. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #3
+1 daleanime Jun 2015 #20
+1000000 onecaliberal Jun 2015 #26
And to make things worse Blue_Tires Jun 2015 #38
Yes, there's quite a sub-group of the closeted ones here on DU Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #40
One of the TV types last night said that Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #2
And, if this vicious young killer is any indication, they're not Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #4
Recommended. Autumn Jun 2015 #5
We can't eradicate racially-motivated violence. Vattel Jun 2015 #6
Hear, hear! Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #8
Amen..... daleanime Jun 2015 #21
I'm with BlueTires JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #7
I well remember the image of that doll. I was shocked at Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #9
my dad knew JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #15
Wise dad. Sorry for your loss... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #16
I grew up in a mostly white town in Western NY JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #17
They think they're being more clever and covert now. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #22
'...after barrage of racial incidents' 500 years long and on-going n/t GreatGazoo Jun 2015 #10
yes, we are weary bigtree Jun 2015 #11
I stand humbled and gratified before your collective display of dignified civility and restraint. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #12
Preying on hatred, ignorance, madashelltoo Jun 2015 #13
Thank the creative entity for your collective wisdom and humanity... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #19
Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" Award rocktivity Jun 2015 #14
You are SO spot on. The underlying narrative is even here in the title and text. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #18
Thank you. But there really IS such a thing rocktivity Jun 2015 #23
Who knew? How have I missed this all these years? Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #29
K&R The tiredness began when law makers started rolling back everything that was accomplished jwirr Jun 2015 #24
It's like the fabled hopelessness of Sisyphus--forever trying to roll that boulder up hill... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #27
Thank you because I want to believe in the methods of MLK and Ghandi. I need to believe that they jwirr Jun 2015 #30
Take heart... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #33
Thank you. My brother, sister and I went to visit the MLK Memorial when it was in the basement of jwirr Jun 2015 #37
Yes, he was a true citizen of the world and he would have loved it. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #41
took this at Brown V Board of Education Historic site handmade34 Jun 2015 #32
Great graphic, the symbolism is heavy (literally)... Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #34
Colors, Negroes, Blacks, African Americans have always felt under seige Iliyah Jun 2015 #25
Never safe, never secure in their personhood. Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #28
Also, please dont let anyone minimize pain PoC feel with relatively similar black on black murder uponit7771 Jun 2015 #31
My response to that hackneyed meme is "Walk a mile in a POC's shoes, then get back to me..." Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #35
Something much smaller but equally hateful -- oldandhappy Jun 2015 #36
Despicable sub-humans. I'm not sure they're more numerous, just Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #39
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