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TM99

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75. So are you a person of color (POC)?

Wed Aug 12, 2015, 02:43 PM

Aug 2015

I am. And I and other poc call it BLM as well.

You seriously consider this worthy of posting about?

This, right here, is the type of shit that tells me people really don't give a shit about black lives because they would rather troll stupid OP's like this than discuss the serious issue at hand.

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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