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nadinbrzezinski

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57. You do not do twitter do you?

Wed Aug 12, 2015, 02:31 PM

Aug 2015

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#blacklivesmatter
#BLM
#BLM (insert city here)

You think racist whites came up with those ones?

And yes, I will call this racist divisive crap what it is Your OP Sir, is a dog whistle, DROP IT.

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The nit has been picked..... (NT) ghostsinthemachine Aug 2015 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Aug 2015 #2

Your concern is duly noted. NuclearDem Aug 2015 #3

Oh Boy sharp_stick Aug 2015 #4

Wut? hifiguy Aug 2015 #5

! QC Aug 2015 #6

My first reaction to the acronym... Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #7

Mine, too! The Bureau's leadership uses "BLM" as well. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #22

Oh geez. We've been talking about the Supreme Court all wrong too. DO NOT SAY SCOTUS NO MORE! LiberalAndProud Aug 2015 #8

I recall Scalia's reference to "SCOTUS Care." Sounded like a genitalia hygiene regime. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #28

That sounds more like Clarence Thomas mythology Aug 2015 #47

OMG...(fwiw - sometimes an abreviation is - just that...) nt jonno99 Aug 2015 #9

So I guess I should be outraged that straights dsc Aug 2015 #10

O FFS. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #11

Stupidest OP of the day. Give this divisive crap a rest, why don't you? Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #12

+1 hamsterjill Aug 2015 #72

It seems like this post is a a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board stillwaiting Aug 2015 #13

Or propelling the boat slowly while hifiguy Aug 2015 #16

Permanent timeout would be best. NuclearDem Aug 2015 #19

holy fucking shit. the op thinks people with AIDS, should die cali Aug 2015 #24

Don't use the abbreviation AIDS Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #50

lol. I'm just appalled that anyone posting what the op cali Aug 2015 #56

Not a member of MENSA I guess Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #64

After seeing that I agree. hifiguy Aug 2015 #43

Hey... no ASAP.........spell it out geez.........N/t........ damn Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #67

oh dear. the apex of absurdity has been reached. cali Aug 2015 #14

Well put. Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #38

This has got to be trolling melman Aug 2015 #15

it may be trolling, but I think the op is serious cali Aug 2015 #18

It's trolling. NuclearDem Aug 2015 #21

That is quite a nasty accusation and smear against me. 951-Riverside Aug 2015 #29

Are you still opposed to curing AIDS? NuclearDem Aug 2015 #34

I think you're right. just wow cali Aug 2015 #31

So confronting people over abbreviating Black lives is trolling? 951-Riverside Aug 2015 #23

What is the specific reason usage of an abbreviation is negative? LanternWaste Aug 2015 #25

Well, people have already had fun with Bernie Sanders' initials jberryhill Aug 2015 #40

you think people with AIDS should just die. cali Aug 2015 #27

I don't think black people should be hunted down like sport by the "authorities" 951-Riverside Aug 2015 #46

neither does anyone else here. duh. And unlike YOU cali Aug 2015 #49

Well since 70% of people sarisataka Aug 2015 #51

yes, it's racist as hell. cali Aug 2015 #58

Someone is engaging in trivialization here, that is for certain jberryhill Aug 2015 #53

I think saying that people with AIDS should die is offensive cali Aug 2015 #35

Come on, please! brush Aug 2015 #37

So are you a person of color (POC)? TM99 Aug 2015 #75

In which the stupity is not so-called GusBob Aug 2015 #17

Jeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzus kerrrrrrrrrrist! Glitterati Aug 2015 #20

Nice day on the water sarisataka Aug 2015 #26

The OP is hauling them in today! FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #45

Better tell POC who use #BLM romanic Aug 2015 #30

oh no! our conspiracy has been exposed! nt HFRN Aug 2015 #32

Post removed Post removed Aug 2015 #33

In general people like to use abbreviations. ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act, BLS - Bureau of still_one Aug 2015 #36

Those are organizations and laws not Human beings n/t 951-Riverside Aug 2015 #44

Is the organization upset if people use abbreviations, because actually that is the only still_one Aug 2015 #52

Then explain precisely why JFK, FDR and LBJ are neutral in usage LanternWaste Aug 2015 #61

Isn't BLM also an organization? whatthehey Aug 2015 #73

LOL, good one jberryhill Aug 2015 #39

New hobbies: get some. DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2015 #41

Oooookaaaayyyy LittleBlue Aug 2015 #42

Due to the limitations on the number of characters on a subject line, you can't use Black Lives Matt lumberjack_jeff Aug 2015 #48

to anyone reccing or thinking of doing so cali Aug 2015 #54

ha!!!!!! wendylaroux Aug 2015 #55

You do not do twitter do you? nadinbrzezinski Aug 2015 #57

What a load of bullshit. Dumbest post of the day! BillZBubb Aug 2015 #59

and other progressives can't admit all lives matter ileus Aug 2015 #60

no,because it diminishes the point. dilutes it cali Aug 2015 #65

That one is so absurd, it's a joke, right? leveymg Aug 2015 #62

Maybe complain to these folks, whatthehey Aug 2015 #63

I see you've evolved your views on the topic. Zenlitened Aug 2015 #66

wtf? cali Aug 2015 #68

Thank you. H2O Man Aug 2015 #71

wait. what? GusBob Aug 2015 #74

That is very misleading Zenlitened 951-Riverside Aug 2015 #77

I disagree with you because I'm a white supremacist liberal. Nt killbotfactory Aug 2015 #69

I'm from North Carolina but I abbreviate it to NC. You're reaching into the silly zone now. mmonk Aug 2015 #70

Please respond to post #66. H2O Man Aug 2015 #76

I call it SSN ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2015 #78